That delay, that gap is it really interesting. Because we know this isnt the only information that american intelligence had about possible russian attempts to influence the election. So there it were other channels coming in at the same time. Also highlights the degree to which the fbi was put in an almost impossible position later in the campaign. We know they had this information or some of this information. We knew there was the Ongoing Investigation into Hillary Clintons emails. You have the fbi essentially meant to it be a nonpolitical organization in possession of damming fascinating pieces of evidence, if not smoking guns, in either case, trying to decide how to play it, how aggressively to pursue their investigation and what political risks there are for a nonpartisan Law Enforcement agency to be perceived as putting its fingers on the scale if any of this nfrngs came out in the last few weeks. Again, another piece, not the full picture, but justins to provide context for hous
be very contentious about how far we go, what s known, what might become known. matt miller i want you to speak to that as well. the caution required as you deal with a case or matter like this one. he is exactly right. if it came to u.s. officials set off off off alarm bells. and i think what they would have done is try to initially assess the credibility of this tip from the australian intelligence service and begin investigating as ron said quietly but trying to do it in a way that doesn t become a full scale wide open public investigation that the public has really no way of interpreting. so you hear, as people did during the campaign, about one candidate, hillary clinton being under investigation. it s hard for the public to know what to make of that. they can t tell whether that s a serious crime has been committed or it s just an investigation that may ultimately turn up
that delay, that gap is it really interesting. because we know this isn t the only information that american intelligence had about possible russian attempts to influence the election. so there it were other channels coming in at the same time. also highlights the degree to which the fbi was put in an almost impossible position later in the campaign. we know they had this information or some of this information. we knew there was the ongoing investigation into hillary clinton s emails. you have the fbi essentially meant to it be a nonpolitical organization in possession of damming fascinating pieces of evidence, if not smoking guns, in either case, trying to decide how to play it, how aggressively to pursue their investigation and what political risks there are for a nonpartisan law enforcement agency to be perceived as putting its fingers on the scale if any of this nfrngs came out in the last few weeks.
acting. but i think that the illusion that he can actually participate in the elections or anybody could participate in the elections and effect change that way is gone for him. if anybody can organize an effective boycott he can, but i very much doubt that could happen. from my last question, i m watching how you ve been watching all the investigations unfold, 2018, what in your estimation is the ideal outcome from the mueller investigation? what are you looking forward to them coming out of them? ideal outcome would be that it would be over and actually focus on trump is doing in this country rather than engage in magical thinking that one small produce of his results this would be over. i think that s my biggest problem with the investigation. it should certainly proceed. certainly find out what happened. but i think that the hope that it will get rid of trump is unreasonable.