some higher up, trump or one of the people around him, they freak out and are afraid to go to court. they filed a motion to quash that subpoena. and they ve done so in new york and other places with state investigations. we ve seen nothing like that at the federal level. and that s a sign that so far, investigation hasn t really looked seriously at trump and his very inner circle. you know my garland honest process well. are people right to be frustrated and upset that things are taking so long? you know him well, stephanie. i ve known him for about 20 years now. and let me tell you, this is not a person who caves the pressure. there s not a person sharks responsibility. and he is not somebody who screws up. i literally cannot think of a time that he screwed up on anything of import. and, you know, when neil describes is the endgame of a long prosecution.
others are reported is that there is some progress in the investigation, including some looking at higher ups. but i guess what i m concerned about is the fact that it s been a long time. memories fade s. and witnesses forget things. and they magically forget things, particularly if they worked for trump. and, so with every passing day, you have to worry more and more. and to me, the most critical sign is that, only an investigation, if you subpoena some higher up, trump or one of the people around him, they freak out and are afraid to go to court. they filed a motion to quash that subpoena. and they ve done so in new york and other places with state investigations. we ve seen nothing like that at the federal level. and that s a sign that so far, investigation hasn t really looked seriously at trump and his very inner circle. you know my garland honest
that none of this matters. democrats are only looking here because the russia investigation hasn t panned out. does that work? oh, he gets a weak argument. look, he can say that they re harassing me on stuff like collusion if special counsel mueller never finds any collusion that rises in the law to the legal definition of conspiracy. you know, it means that the president is actually legally exposed. on his finances, we all now know that president trump was looking into doing a trump tower in moscow, that he spent a long time working on this. it would have made him hundreds of millions of dollars. it was a project that could not approved without the help of the russian federation, by the president of russia himself, vladimir putin, and that he lied to the voters about this repeatedly, and that vladimir putin knew that. to say whether or not he committed any financial crimes when he borrowed money from the
staff confirmed that that s where we were. we still have some investigation left though. dana: and the ranking democrat said not so fast. what do you know? the investigation hasn t been concluded. reaching conclusions based on incomplete investigation would be a mistake. a bad mistake. we should be allowed to conclude our investigation just like mueller needs to finish his investigation and let s see where the facts lead us. dana: so you re advising don t read much into either one of what the chairmen said? i wouldn t. dana: okay. let s go to colorado for a second. you re from there. you have served there. been a public servant there. just last night, colorado advanced a bill that would join many other states, i think 13 other stays that would tie colorado electoral votes to whatever the national popular
as congress races toward another deadline, the question must once again be asked. can lawmakers get their act together and avoid another shutdown? now, nancy pelosi is joining the calls for protecting special counsel robert mueller and saying that it should be and democrats will fight to have it included in any final spending bill if it s not done before then. the president has his own demands. he wants billions of dollars for the border wall be included. joining me now is a former republican governor of new jersey, christine todd whitman. thanks for coming in. good to see you. i checked your twitter feed and you said shame on you, republicans, if you don t move ahead in protecting bob mueller s investigation. mitch mcconnell says, though, this is a solution in search of a problem because mueller s investigation hasn t yet been impeded. does he have a point? he does have a point.