shading of it when they re just on the verge of switching you into target. you re still a subject. but we ll get into it. all right, thanks, lawrence. thanks, rachel. well, as i said, the president of the united states is now officially a subject of special prosecutor robert mueller s investigation, according to a breaking news report tonight in the washington post. one of the authors of that report will join news a moment, robert costa. your status in a federal criminal investigation is often clarified by your lawyers when investigators want to question you, as we know robert mueller has been seeking to president trump for months now. and there are three possible status levels for someone prosecutors want to interview. they are witness, subject, and target. witness is the least dangerous status. target is the most dangerous status. target is exactly what it sounds like. witness means you have something useful to say, but are not implicated in a crime.
what has taken place over the last week. it s certainly not normal to go and receive information as the chairman of a committee that you can t share with your own committee members. but you go and share with the president. particularly if the investigation involves associates of the president. it s not just an unwillingness to share with democrats. none of the committee members, democrats or republicans have seen what the chairman is referring to. in an interview today with eli lake of bloomberg, who will join news a moment, devin nunes defended meeting his source at the white house, saying that the white house was the most convenient secure location with a computer connected to the system that included the reports. he added that his source was not a white house staffer and was an intelligence official. but senator mark warner, the ranking member of the senate intelligence committee said devin nunes s explanation is more than suspicious. i, and i know chairman bury on the senate si