President ial election, sort of. Well, i would, because hes in charge of the country just like i consider myself to be responsible for things that happen in this country. Certainly as the leader of a country, you would have to hold him responsible, yes. And two weeks before his inauguration, President Trump while he was president elect was briefed in detail on u. S. Intelligence that putin ordered the election attack. The former director of National Intelligence James Clapper was involved in that briefing. Before we left the room, they started writing a press release about our encounter, and were trying to say that the russian meddling, the interference had no impact in the outcome of the election. We didnt say that, but i do think there was skepticism from the get go. From that day to this day, that indicated that anything that attacked the legitimacy or questioned the legitimacy of nowPresident Trumps election, he just couldnt get his head around. Lets bring in our cnn White House Co
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reporter: yeah, it s truly shocking that they would even consider recommending that mike mcfaul, the former u.s. ambassador to russia, be allowed to be questioned by the russians. kaitlin, thank you very much. we have lots to discuss. joining us right now, the staff writer for the new yorker, a former member of president george w. bush s national securities council michael allen, former u.s. assistant attorney, and our chief political correspondent dana bash. the white house is considering allowing mike mcfaul, the former u.s. ambassador to russia, he served for five years in the government, to be questioned by putin s regime. what s that all about? i don t think it s the white house considering it. i don t think it s the administration considering. i think it s the president of the united states not saying no. and his press secretary, because of that, not being able to say no because she speaks for him and he s watching the press
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