mr. mueller and mr. rosenstein conduct this investigation? first of all, mr. mueller was the head of the f.b.i. in 2009. he potentially had a role to play in these questions. at the very least the fact that the f.b.i. never prosecuted any case, never raised objections, never allowed congress to be able to look into these matters, that would be an act of omission. so at best there is an omission that creates a conflict for mr. mueller. at worst there might be have -- might have been actual malfeasance or active negligence. in those circumstances we need fresh eyes and clear eyes to give the american people confidence that our justice system is in fact working for them. but the not only the uranium one deal that gives us a great deal to question. we also have this fusion g.p.s. dossier, which we've now learned that the democratic party was paying for. the democratic party was out paying people to stirrup this slashese and inaccurate dirt on president trump both before and after he was elected. in his own testimony before the congress, mr. comey said that these al

mr. mueller, mr., more rosenstein they played on the same league for all these years, now we'll get leaks on general glynn, this i flynn, tha problem. i hope that we can get something done on this because, if you are going to spref investigate, we e investigations in congress. we sho not have someone with at least bare minimum, the appear answer of a conflict. charles: i think that white house agrees with you, and senator corker, maybe graham, again, circling wagons around bob mueller. i find it interesting, smart, well-thinking republicans saying this just common sense, better part of vel o -- vel valor are g this push back. >> you have people who are investigating this and have for year, "wall street journal," they all recognize the same thing we recognize. i have been calling on this for months, that mr. mueller needs to stand down, step aside, if you top proceed -- if you want to provide proceed, maybe anoth, another venue, but, people who never got to the bottom of this hid some from congress it

mr. mueller. somewhat legislation to limit his reach. other want legislation to keep him safe from being fired. do you think congress has any role in legislating about the special counsel right now? >> i don't think so. i don't hear much pressure to pass anything. there's been no indication the president or the white house are not cooperating with the special counsel. i think the view up here is let him do his job. >> finally, we've got the tax bill that dropped on the day that we're talking. it's got some controversial provisions in it. there's a $500,000 limit for new homes on mortgage interest. realtors will be coming after the bill. the state and local income tax reduction is dead, corporate income tax is permanent. is this going to make it through the senate if it makes it through the house? >> we'll have a companion bill that the finance committee will review a little bit later. comprehensive tax reform is always challenging because if you achieve your goal and the goals here are middle class tax relief plus changes in the business

mr. mueller. if president trump really thinks mr. ler has gone beyond his mandate or is acting unethically or is biased, the answer is to fire mueller, but the answer is not to start issue ing pardons for anyone connected to any alleged conspiracy. that would be misuse -- >> how would you know at this point then, because it's early on? how would you even know? and you're saying it has to do with crimes that deal with money and so on, but he's not finished with the investigation yet. >> yeah, that's exactly my point. i quite agree with you, don. the pardon power is really only for two cases. one is when the law seems harsh. that doesn't seem to be present here. it doesn't seem like the law here calls for excessive penalties for money laundering and tax evasion. and the second case the framers had in mind, the one that's more important in the federalist papers, is the idea that you might have a rebellion or a riot, and you need to pardon people in order to restore peace, like the end of the civil war and reconstruction when president li

mr. mueller -- using this dossier, is it fruit of the poison tree?shannon: are you confident -- we got to go -- but are you confident that the investigations into fusion gps and the dirty dossier and the uranium one deal, that that will get answers and that the american people want? >> no. i'm not confident. the agencies are protecting mueller's investigation and anyone who asks questions about anything or being told, we are looking at it criminally, therefore you can get the information. we'll be in the dark unless we press harder on it. >> shannon: keep us updated on what you find. up next, it is "night court." first, the left want to gun control and now they want that control. we'll [lance] monica, it is absolute chaos out here! gale force winds, accumulations up to 8 inches... ...don't know if you can hear me, but .. [vo] progress is an unstoppable force. brace yourself for the season of audi sales event. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during the season of audi sales event. ♪ >> shannon: time for "night court."

mr. mueller and mr. rosenstein conduct had investigation? first, mr. e head of the fbi in 2009. >> with me now, the florida congressman gates. thanks for joining me. when you look at these issues, what is a conflict of interest under the law? >> well, the question is whether or not bob mueller can investigate russia's investigation to the 6016 election if he has a conflict of interest as to either of the participant in that election. in 2009 we knew that russia was trying to infiltrate our uranium assets. >> i'm asking you a question, what is the standard of conflict of interest under law? what is the conflict of interest standard you're referencing? >> oh, look. if you have a relationship to a party, or if your own conduct was part of a transaction, you then cannot come pack and investigate and review that transaction because you are part of underlying witness scenario. and in 2009 -- >> what is bob mueller, i want to go in order. what is bob mueller currently investigating in your view? >> well, his charge is to investigate russia's involvement in the

mr. mueller presented to the white house. that he has requests are asking for documents related to the firing of james comey. firing of michael flynn. the statement that was allegedly dictated by the president relating to the trump tower meeting and a variety of other events that are specific to the actions of the president of the united states. so the question is is there ever going to be a time where mr. mueller decides that he has enough information that he doesn't need the president's account of events or is enough information you know that he can sort of rule out any wrong doing by the president. realistically, it's hard for me to see a circumstance under which you know, either of those circumstances come to pass. i think in any investigation of a matter in which the president was the person who did the action in the case of james comey, the firing of james comey, i don't see how you conclude that. >> now the president has tried to turn the narrative upside down in the past. he's poked holes in the crede bability of muel

mr. mueller is also looking at whether or not kushner lied to congress. and lying to congress is actually a federal crime as well, making a false statement to congress is something that has been charged in the past and could be charged here. so what mr. kushner told congress about a meeting with a russian, if it's inaccurate, and if mueller can prove that he purposely was trying to deceive congress, then he could make that charge. >> eli, having said all that, how much worry are you picking up is there surrounding jared kushner in the west wing? it's not impossible that president can be told if they have a staff member who has become radioactive that they need to limit their exposure to him, senior adviser or not, family member or not. >> that's right. and, you know, jared kushner, from folks that i talk to, it sounds like he's around a lot when things are going well and sometimes when things are not so well. when there's a dark cloud hanging over he's not around as often. this is obviously a dicey situation as far as the staff that works for jared kushne

mr. mueller is conducting. so whatever they say before congress will go directly to mr. mueller's investigation, as well. they're not getting immunity to testify before congress, so the question that they have to confront is do they voluntarily disclose and discuss things in a congressional setting. >> warner also talked about bringing donald trump jr. before the committee and implied that he'd want it to be in a public setting. what do you think would factor in donald trump jr.'s response to a request for that? >> typically a criminal defense lawyer will advise a client not to testify and not to make any public statements. but he's in an awkward position because he also is sort of a political figure as well. and typically political figures want to testify want to explain and want to go public. and my sense is he'll do that. >> the house intel committee is moving forward with their own investigation, and they interviewed former trump bodyguard keith schiller last week. nbc confirmed that schiller spoke about a 2013 trip to moscow and said someone there offered to send fiv

mr. mueller? >> no. think that we should cooperate with him until there is something that is incontrovertible and clear that he is doing something wrong. i'm convinced that mr. mueller puts a pall on the entire process when he ignores this conflict that he obviously has. >> shannon: i want to read something from senator blumenthal, of course a democrat in the senate side. he has this to say about where we are right now with the indictments this week and the one plea deal we saw. "there are clearly facts and evidence that show collusion by the trump campaign with the russians, at least individuals involved in the trump campaign. we are nowhere near the end of this investigation. there is a lot more to be known." obviously, there are congressional investigations going along with for the special counsel. this is the first time i have heard someone step up and say that they have evidence of collusion. >> we need to see that because we certainly haven't seen it yet. the one collusion evidence we have seen is

mr. mueller is conducting is a snipe hunt. as many of the members of this committee have indicated, however, there does seem to be damning evidence related to russia and hillary clinton's state department. if there's as much evidence in my judgment against the president as we have against the obama administration and mrs. clinton, i'm afraid mr. trump would have been burned at the stake by now. there's a clear inequity. the fbi and the department of energy court documents detail an extensive coordinated scheme of kim backs, extortion and general wrong doing related to the acquisition of a uranium trucking firm in the canadian mining company uranium one but the russian company. the fbi obtained an eye witness account routing millions of dollars to the u.s. which benefitted the clinton foundation. despite this evidence, rather than bring charges in 2010, that was not on your watch, the fbi continued the investigation for four more years and allowed the acquisition of 20 percent of our strategic uranium supply to take place witho

mr. mueller. and that means developing, helping mr. r develop a case against someone else. >> and he's exactly right. the prosecutors do not give a cooperation deal to someone unless they help them, you know, create a case that is chargeable against someone else. that's what his goal to be to do. >> norm, that's interesting. i almost forgot about the pardon possibility. he has spoken very highly and favorably. he likes him. he respects him as a general. then you would clam up. if you knew you were getting a pardon you would clam up and not cooperate. what do you think has changed? >> alisyn, bob mueller has applied pressure not just to michael flynn but michael flynn's son who was involved in some of these unridge sterdz foreign agency activities and other matters that create liability. it would be awkward for the president not just to pardon flynn but to pardon his son. i think flynn's lawyer, a very shrewd operator, has figured out the wisest thing to do now, the surest way to protect his client and his client's son, and that is a com

mr. mueller's investigation is getting into that. that makes a lot of sense forman fo manafort to be in moscow. what else could manafort have been doing with the russian government more directly and that we still don't know. we'll see. >> those slides and communications based on the platform happened before he became the trump campaign manager. joey, manafort is already charged on related crimes as far as his involvement of the trump campaign. remember when manafort was indicted in october, there is live speculation that is it maybe flynn as oppose to manafort or both of them are indicted as well. the other thing we should point out is although the investigation centers on russia, as to flynn, they're looking of what he maybe doing in turkey. the problem with these investigations are, when ever a special council or any counselor looks into item a, you find items b, c, and d. and manafort, and will the president at some point pardon him during the investigation or when it is over. that remains to be an open question. you can always to

mr. mueller. considering your prominent role in the trump campaign did you work closely with and communicate with steven miller when he worked on the campaign? >> i worked with him. he worked with me previously. >> thank you. and did mr. miller tell you that he was working on a letter with president trump which detailed the president's reasons for firing then-fbi director comey? >> mr. miller is a high government official close to the president of the united states and i'm not at liberty to reveal the nature of any conversations we may have had. >> are you claiming executive privilege? >> i'm not claiming executive privilege. i am following long-established policies of the department of justice. >> the president has not invoked executive privilege. i -- >> time has expired. >> is there authority in this committee to permit a -- witness to refuse to answer a question. what is the appropriate response to enforce the ability to do proper oversight? >> the chair recognizes that senior officials from b

mr. mueller is conducting is a snipe hunt. and as many of the members of this committee have indicated, however, there does seem to be damming evidence related to russian and hillary clinton state department. if there have been as much evidence in my judgment against the president as we have against the obama administration, and mrs. clinton, i'm afraid mr. trump would have been burned at the stake by now. there is it a clear inequity. the fbi and department of energy court documents detail an extensive coordinated scheme of kickbacks, bribery, extortion threats and general wrongdoing of uranium one by the russia giant. the fbi obtained an eye witness account backed by documents indicating russian nuclear officials routing millions of dollars to the u.s. which benefited the clinton administration, or clinton foundation, clinton foundation. despite this evidence rather than bring charges in 2010, that was not on your watch, the fbi continued the investigation for four more years and allowed the acquisition of 20% of our strateg

mr. mueller's office and mr.nn's and his attorneys that said he should not have any further communication with the attorneys. >> the special counsel is privy tow details that we don't have, but the non-reporting income and failing to register as an agent for a foreign business and contradictory statements about communications with russian officials. which do you see as having a largest potential for actual charges connected to them. >> i think it's wide open. what flynn will give you the opportunity to learn as a prosecutor is the wide scope of what was taking place within the trump campaign at the time. who they were talking to and what was the practice and patterns of individuals. what were their goals. there is a whole avenue of items that could be looked at and information that could be gained from mr. flynn who was an integral part of the trump administration or the trump campaign and the early parts of the administration strategies. >> you will remember back in march, flynn tried to seek immunity for his te

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mr. mueller, investigating this as well, former f.b.i. director. and it leads people to wonder about the voracity and truthfulness of the administration. >> and he said that donald trump jr.'s email was forwarded to kushner. at the time when there was that meeting between kushner and those who were apparently trying to draw up some dirt on hillary clinton, the intention of that meeting was to draw up dirt. some argue that that's not conclusion, that it's an intent to dig up dirt and nothing more. are we to read more into this? >> you can see compelling arguments on both sides, can't you? at the end of the day, it will be up to the legal experts to decide. remember, it was dirt that would be provided by the russians. and -- >> to be fair, to dig up dirt on an opponent, that's perfectly fine. >> and whether or not it somehow crosses a legal line, we'll have to see. let those who are much more familiar with the law determine that. it would seem, though, wouldn't it, that digging up dirt on your political opponent is a famous activity of american polit

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mr. mueller is dealing with, are there any other matters that you would see a circumstance where andissue has been rated chairman goodlatte's letter where you would anticipate a recusal on your part? mr. sessions: i do not anticipate that but it is possible. appoint a special counsel to investigate the uranium one matter? crexendo leave i do. christ you have the authority to appoint a special counsel to mediate the fusion gps matter? mr. sessions: i do not believe that i should be talking about and evaluating cases here today. >> i'm not asking you to evaluate. i am asking you to evaluate your authority to appoint special counsel. i don't want to know anything about the investigations, even if they are happening are not happening. mr. sessions: if i am not recused, i have the authority and responsibility to make that decision. >> as it relates to loretta lynch using the pseudonym elizabeth carlyle, are you recused on that matter? are you recused on the fusion gps matter? mr. sessions: i don't think so. i am not going to comment about that but i would say in defense of attorney general lyn

mr. mueller. the fact is, we have seen all the facts. he has more than met the standards.is, he is a threat to the american people. for everyone who says let's do nothing and let's wait for whatever reason they have, the fact of the matter is we can't wait. that is what we are asking the american people to. david: let's assume the american people agree with you, the house of representatives is the one who rings impeachment? that is how it works. have you seen a republican controlled house and any indication that the representatives are inclined to go along with this? tom: there was a bill introduced people asthat had six cosponsors. the effect of the matter is, i understand the point you are making about the process. a process making point. we are making a moral point with the american people that yes, you are talking about the steps and how exactly will it go russian mark -- go? tore is something important be done on behalf of the american people. rather than saying this is how it is going to go, we are saying something else. we need to raise this point and we need be ame

mr. mueller or his team or the fbi concerning any factors. >> nobody else with the fbi either? >> no. >> and the department of justice? >> no. >> the white house? >> no. >> any members of congress? >> the conversation may have come up with some time but not to obtain information. with regard to your broad question i don't recall at this moment sitting here with any such discussion. >> the time of the gentleman has expired. we have a lot of people want to ask questions. i took the liberty of reviewing federal crimes against children particularly those dealing with or physical abuse. as you well know lee coffman debbie miller gibson and beverly young nelson, these young women have accused this individual judge moore who is running for a federal office the united states senate of child activity. do you believe these young women women? >> i have no reason to doubt these young women. >> with that in mind if you believe these young women do believe judge moore should be seated in the senate if he winds and will you introduce investigations by the doj regarding his actions? >> we will

mr. mueller is compromised.- it is not about jeff sessions but getting answers for the american people. >> sandra: joining me now is judge andrew napolitano. a really big piece he published in fox news.com calling for this special counsel. if he does not do that, he is calling for the attorney general to step down. >> the attorney general can expect a difficult time when he testifies before the house judiciary committee tomorrow. >> sandra: it will get fiery. >> republicans want to know why aren't you investigating mrs. clinton. why don't you pick up the ball and run with it? whatever happened to the uranium one investigation? did the f.b.i. pay for the russian dossier or mrs. clinton? interesting questions. democrats on the other hand will say the "washington post" claims there were 30 separate contacts between the trump campaign and russians. you told the senate judiciary committee you didn't know of any. which is right? he will be in a vice when he testifies tomorrow. with respect to what congressman jordan s

mr. mueller essentially an unlimited mandate for anything he finds along the way of this investigation. you'd like to see that it's about what they said it was about. >> melissa: what's your bet on does this wrap up, does it keep going through the whole entire presidency? >> i think it goes on for years, i think the white house should be concerned. this is essentially for all practical purposes and unlimited budget, unlimited tagline on this investigation and likely we will find something, whether or not it's at all related to the original cause. >> melissa: president trump says he has a brief phone conversation with vladimir putin yesterday and there are concerns the u.s. could be taking a backseat to russia when it comes to the peace plan in syria, especially after putin was photographed hugging dictator bashar al-assad. should americans be worried? the in-laws have moved in with us. and, our adult children are here. so, we save by using tide. which means we use less. three generations of clothes cleaned in one wash. those are moms. anybody seen my pants? nothing cleans better. put th

mr. mueller and the investigation right now. they're going to drill down deeply. i'm sure his lawyer is now discussing with the special prosecutor areas in which he can cooperate. what's pivotal to that process is the client comes in. mr. flynn will have to sit down. he will be quizzed by a team of prosecutors, investigators and they're going to ask him all kinds of questions. >> the white house has reacted to all of this, saying there's no reason for alarm. we're not panicked here in the white house. do you think that's true, is there reason for not having an alarm in the white house going off right now? >> let me say this i wouldn't wish on my worst enemy an investigation by the fbi and a special prosecutor. to say you're not alarmed is a bit unusual. they haven't ramped up in terms of a defense team. they've not matched person for person what the special prosecutor has and they're really taking a very lackadaisical approach to this investigation. it's quite surprising. >> john lara, we'll talk with you about it again. thank you very much. >>> the senate showdow

mueller probe. you saw the indictments this week of paul manafort and mr.ates and the plea deal with papadopoulos. what do you make of them? >> well, there are, they are a nice beginning, i suppose, if you're a prosecutor. but they are a beginning. and notably, the deal with pap adopt louse that has -- papadopoulos that has everybody's eyebrows going up and down did not charge him with anything like collusion. he was charged with making a false statement. paul: which is kind of the lowest level of prosecution -- >> there's no such thing as collusion as a crime. you will look in vain in the criminal code to find a crime of collusion. conspiracy, yes. but not collusion. paul: why do you think they didn't charge conspiracy? i guess maybe they didn't have the evidence that he was conspiring with anybody? >> correct. and what they advanced as the at the same statement of the crime or the statement of the criminal background shows that this guy was kind of a low-level climber who was trying to push his way to the top, talking about how wonderful it would be if do

mr. mueller about cooperating. in march of this year, michael flynn's lawyer publicly advertised that michael flynn was willing to tell his story if he could get an immunity deal and once the special prosecutor appointed in may, the only immunity deal that mattered was an immunity deal with the special prosecutor. in march, michael flynn's lawyer said general flynn certainly has a story to tell. and he very much wants to tell it, should the circumstances permit. and so, the question tonight is, do the circumstances now permit michael flynn to tell that story to special prosecutor robert mueller? during the presidential campaign, michael flynn offered this insight as to what he thinks an immunity deal means. >> when you are given immunity, you have probably committed a crime. >> robert mueller is investigating a private meeting michael flynn had with former russian ambassador kislyak and jared culturer in and investigating other conversations of flynn and russians including one the russian ambassador as the obama ad

mueller. i want to bring in now dan rather. i cannot wait to read it. number one on my reading list. i think i'm going to get to yours first, mr. rather. welcome to the program. i want to talk to you about this new reporting. >> thanks, don. >> absolutely. robert mueller may be putting pressure on former national security adviser michael flynn. flynn and his son are both under scrutiny by mueller. is mueller trying to get flynn to flip and testify about russian interference or possible collusion to protect his son? >> well, first, obviously i do not know for sure. but having covered prosecutors over the years, it's pretty obvious that and juskel so that the mueller operation is trying to get various people to flip. and putting the pressure on flynn, frankly, don, for the last couple of weeks i've been saying to myself we haven't heard much about flynn. now it's out. you can bet that special counsel mueller and his people have been talking to flynn a lot more than is apparent in what we know from the public prints. and now we have this information that in addition to putting the pressure on flynn himself, putting the prush on his son. bu

mr. mueller going after one individual for his connections with turkey.oing after another individual for his connections with ukraine. here is a case where there is a direct russian connection between a u.s. firm, fusion gdp. >> yeah. david: that was paid for by the democratic national committee, which by the way we now know was controlled essentially by hillary clinton directly according to donna brazile. there is a direct russian connection. why isn't robert mueller look into that or is he? >> we don't know but he should certainly seems to me. that is why we called for a second special counsel to look into this and all the other issues. you're right, david, money went from the dnc, the clinton campaign the law firm, perkins coie and some was made to russians to give information. that is how that works. david: right. >> if that is not some kind of a coordination, i don't know what is. david: uranium one, the president says the biggest issue involving russia and individuals in the united states. that really, does that require another separate counsel or c

mr. mueller's team. worried that his conversations may have been picked unon the government-authorized wiretap or perhaps by russia or china, mr. kushner has become increasingly cautious about how he communicates, even with friends. so do you think there's any sense, kimberly, that john kelly might actually be doing gerald a favor by keeping him oupt of the public eye right now because of the russia investigation? how do you read this? >> yeah. i think that's one definite way to read this. overall, with the exception of the statement he made before being questioned by congressional investigators, jared kushner has not been very outspoken about this investigation compared to other people kwhof given interviews or given public statements or tw t tweeted. as lawyer, i think that's a terrible idea when you're under investigation to be giving all of these extrajudicial statements and jared kushner overall hasn't done that. so it may be helpful there for him in that sense. but i think at the end of the day, it

mr. mueller is coming for your orange ass. ly thing that would piss off trump even more is an engraved invitation. sir robert swan mueller third esquire cordially requests the pleasure of your company, at an evening reception to go [ bleep ] yourself. byo orange ass. [ cheers and applause ] so, trump was in florida over the weekend, and of course at this point we just take it for granted that trump who repeatedly bashed obama for golfing spent the weekend golfing. in fact on sunday trump hit the golf course for the fifth day in a row. even the masters only last four days. trump golfs more than people who play golf for a living. in fact on friday, when it was reported that trump was hitting the links with professional golfers tiger woods, and dustin johnson. he actually admitted it, but tried to claim it wouldn't take that long. after turkey calling, we'll be heading over to trump national golf club jupiter to play golf quickly with tiger woods and dustin johnson, then back to mar-a-lago for talks on bringing even more jobs and

mr. mueller's grand jury the person said. the subpoena caught the campaign by surprise. also, new tonight, jared kushner reportedly received e-mails last year about wikileaks and failed to turn those e-mails over to the investigating senate judiciary committee. that's according to a letter sent to his attorney today by the top republican and democrat on the committee. kushner apparently received the e-mails in september of 2016 and forwarded them to another campaign official. senate judiciary committee leaders said that one other witness had turned over e-mails from kushner that he himself had not produced. the committee also wants, quote, documents concerning a russian back door overture and dinner invite which kushner also forwarded to at least one other campaign official and in a third request the committee says it wants any communications from kushner involving u.s./russian businessman millian. what's interesting about this particular request is that sergei millian is the man identified as source "d" in the trump dossier. millian apparently supplied the details of so

mr. mueller and others with the department of justice. i join my colleague, the gentleman from arizona, in calling for mr. mueller's resignation or his firing. >> cynthia, have you seen any public evidence of what the congressman calls indisputable conflicts is. >> i have not seen it. it is not surprising to me that he was given time to speak when there was nobody else in the room to listen. and bob mueller is one of the most honorable people i have ever known or worked. and it is outprags these people go on and on and abuse him. i just, it disgusts me. >> cynthia and barbara, as always, we appreciate your expertise and your candor. thank you. >>> up next, new reporting on the russians pulling potentially a fast one at the republican convention. it is becoming a focus of the russia probe. and later, the man who co-authored the art of the deal tony schwartz, is live here with us. and later, what was going on with obama? ♪ [vo] progress is an unstoppable force. the season of audi sales event is here. audi will cover your first month's lease

mr. mueller has that i've recused myself from. >> other than the matters mr. mueller is dealing with, are there any other matters that you would see the circumstance where issue has been raised in chairman letter where you anticipate a recusal on your part? >> i won't prejudge that. but it's possible. >> do you have the authority today, subject tour recusal, to a point special counsel to investigate the uranium one matter? >> i believe i do. >> do you have the authority to a point a special counsel to investigate the fusion gps dossier? >> i don't believe that i should be talking about and evaluating cases here today. >> i'm not asking you. >> yes, you are. >> i'm ask about your authority to appoint the special counsel. i don't want to know if the investigations are happening. >> so if i'm not recused i have the authority and duty yes to make that decision. >> as it relates to loretta lynch using the sind nim lace carl lyle, are you recused on that matter? >> i don't think so. >> are you recused of the fusion gps matter? >> there go, i'm not able to comment abo

mr. mueller. now in a letter to the committee quled sessions said he authorized justice department prosecutors to look into whether the sale of a uranium company during clinton's time as secretary of state warranted a special counsel investigation. meanwhile the president's 12-day five country tour of asia has come to anen. we are hearing positive reviews about the trip from none other than the p. we've had a tremendous situate successful was done on trade, not only on the deals that we have at least $300 million worth of deals, but that will be i that number a fairly short period of type. i think when made a lot of progress just in terms of relationship. we actually sold $300 million worth of equipment and other things and i think that number is going to be quadrupled very quickly so that's over a trillion dollars worth of stuff. i think we have done a really fantastic job. it's been a great trip. the president didn't want to delay his flight home. he skipped a session at the ace and summit he wa

mr. mueller and his team. there is nothing that says the recipient of a document request like the department of justice could not voluntarily disclose it if it wanted to. i don't imagine that the department wants to very much. >> no. but that gives me a whole good idea for how to spend my afternoon tomorrow trying to figure this out. paul rosenzweig, former senior counsel on the ken starr investigation. currently a senior fellow at the r street institute. first time you've been on the show tonight. i really appreciate your time. i hope you come back. >> thanks for having me. >> i appreciate it. when you work for a president who counts himself among the very, very capital v, very rich and you yourself are more in the category of just going along okay, you might want a little help paying the lawyers you need on account of your very rich president boss. it would be only human of you to want a little help. and tonight that dynamic between and you your very rich boss, that would be big news. that's coming up. stay

mr. mueller's efforts. it's clear that general led the transition team efforts in connection with russia and that was his focus. he's no longer a member of the trump administration because it was believed that he misled particularly the vice president about his meetings with the russian ambassador, failing to disclose that he allegedly talked to the russian ambassador about russian sanctions. obviously it was very serious then and it's very serious for the administration now. >> you know, your republican colleagues have made note that this information continues to get leaked. is that a concern of yours? >> i don't think anyone wants an investigation by leaks. it's obviously there are leaks coming from the white house, from the house and senate investigations, to a lesser extent probably the mueller investigation. they need to stop, but the fact that leaks are happening is sometimes get a sense from my republican colleagues that they think that the leaks are more important than the fact that the russian gove

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