trying to influence our democracy. as marco rubio has said, this time it was one party and one presidential candidate and next time it will be the other party. so we have an obligation to get to the bottom of this and to allow the special counsel to do their job. but at the same time, congress and especially the senate should be holding hearings because those are in public so the public understands what s going on here. one of the other things that s really struck me in that e-mail exchange and again, we don t know if that s the full e-mail exchange. but it wasn t just that they were pitching dirt. it was that the sentence where they say that the russian government is backing donald trump or wants donald trump to win the election and there was no reaction from or apparently in those e-mails that we saw from donald trump jr. of surprise. that seems to be a major headline for someone in the midst of a campaign to discover and yet it seemed almost like a second reference or that this
to the bottom of this and to allow the special counsel to do their job. but at the same time, congress and especially the senate should be holding hearings because those are in public so the public understands what s going on here. one of the other things that s really struck me in that e-mail exchange and again, we don t know if that s the full e-mail exchange. but it wasn t just that they were pitching dirt. it was that the sentence where they say that the russian government is backing donald trump or wants donald trump to win the election and there was no reaction from or apparently in those e-mails that we saw from donald trump jr. of surprise. that seems to be a major headline for someone in the midst of a campaign to discover and yet it seemed almost like a second reference or that this was sort of a known fact already. exactly. and i think that kind of presumption makes anyone you don t have to be a lawyer or a prosecutor to think this, hey, wait a minute. if i got that