aid the president. >> congressman, is there evidence that the president was aware of these 11 that you speak of and their contacts with russia? was he aware of them communicating with russia? >> look, i'll just use one example. if you read mr. bannon's book, he said himself that it's very hard to imagine that his son didn't have this meeting at trump tower with russians. you need dirt. and then go directly up to his father and talk about it. he said he thought he brought those people up to meet the candidate. i don't know if that took place, but it is very hard to imagine with the people we're talking about -- mr. cohen, general flynn, and so many others -- that the president wasn't aware. but i'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt if he allows us to let this investigation go forward. if he allows mr. mueller and mr. rosenstein to do their work.