Jessica schneider. Were learning more and more right now about former Attorney General Barrs Role in the trump Administrations Targeting of democratic lawmakers. Reporter we are. My colleagues are hearing from people familiar with Barrs Role in these investigations and theyre stressing that this probe targeting democratic lawmakers, it was more than a year old when barr became Attorney General. They say that barr came in urging prosecutors to complete investigations quickly, but that barr does not recall the specifics of this probe involving democrats Adam Schiff and eric swalwell. Tonight, though, lawmakers want answers directly from barr as several investigations are being launched. Tonight, democrats are demanding former attorneys general Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr testify under oath after revelations of secret subpoenas served on apple to obtain meta data. The justice Departments Inspector general issuing its own review of records of two of former President Trumps most outspoken adversaries, Adam Schiff and eric swalwell. I cant go into received those subpoenas or whose records were sought. I can say that it was extraordinarily broad. People having nothing to do with the intelligence matters that are at least being reported on. It just shows what a broad Fishing Expedition it was. Reporter cnn has learned members of the Committee Plus Staff were part of the dragnet, but also Family Members, even one minor, people who had no connection to the Intelligence Committees russia investigation like schiffs personal Office Staff were also caught up in the collection. The investigation was part of a Leak Hunt for whomever divulged information about contacts between trump associates and russia at the height of the russia probe. Officials thought the Leak Investigation would likely end without charges but when Attorney General Bill Barr took over at the Justice Department, barr pushed. I hope trump supporters who fear Big Brother see that Donald Trump was the biggest Brother Weve ever seen in our country, who did weaponize this to go all the way down the stack into the private communications of people he perceived as political opponents. Reporter President Trump repeatedly made it clear he wanted the dodj to investigate leaks and congressman schiff. Ive actually called the Justice Department to look into the leaks. Those are criminal leaks. I think it was leaks from the Intelligence Committee, house version, and i think they leeleeaked it. I think probably schiff leaked it. Reporter Attorney General barr avoided questions from Kamala Harris during a hearing in 2019. Attorney general barr, has the President Or Anyone at the White House asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone . Um, i wouldnt yes or no . Could you repeat that question . I will repeat it. Has the President Or Anyone at the White House ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone, yes or no, please, sir . Um the President Or Anybody else. Seems you would remember something like that and be able to tell us. Yeah. But im trying to grapple with the word suggest. Still, Today Barr told politico that while he was Attorney General beginning in 2019 he was, quote, not aware of any congressmans records being sought in a Leak Case and added that he was never encouraged to target democratic lawmakers saying trump was not aware of who we were looking at in any of the cases. We also are aware that barr never briefed trump on any of these leak probes, though of Course Trump frequently brought up those leaks. Attorney general barr had suspicions about leaks and believed the Dojs Credibility was at stake if it couldnt show all those leaks have been investigated. Lets bring in jim Acosta And Dana Bash And Preet bharara. Preet, all of this obviously raises very serious questions about Bill Barrs involvement in all of this, his integrity. Whats your reaction . A few reactions. There is a great gulf between what was reported in the New York Times very specifically, as we just heard, about Bill Barrs involvement, about his placement of a prosecutor from New Jersey in washington to oversee the Leak Investigation, the fact that career prosecutors, according to the reporting, thought there was nothing there to justify a prosecution. He pressed on and wanted to continue the investigation. Thats very much at odds with what he just said to politico in terms of not having any knowledge of this. Its also a peculiar statement because he gave it. It shows, among other things, how serious Bill Barr, among other people, think that these allegations are, that he feels the need to distance himself from them even when the reporting suggests he knows something about it. I think theres a reason why we have seen so quickly the Inspector General announce a wideranging investigation of what went on here and a lot of criticism from a lot of people, including people on the republican side. From a legal perspective, preet, this seems to be a truly unprecedented intrusion. Have you ever seen anything like this . No, i have not. From time to time it happens that prosecutors open up investigations and actually prosecute Members Of Congress. We saw that during the prior administration as well, although in two Cases Trump granted clemency to those Members Of Congress. But those are almost always in connection with certain kinds of crimes like wire fraud, insider trading, Corruption Matters and the like. Im not aware of any situation which in a Leak Investigation, all of which are fraught and difficult for various reasons and often dont end up in charges of anyone, again, for various reasons, that in a Leak Investigation of this nature, you are asked for toll records and Phone Records of Members Of Congress, their staff and, according to the reporting, to Family Members of those folks. Ive not seen anything like it. Thats why, again, youre seeing the uproar youre seeing, because you have to be incredibly sensitive to the prerogatives of congress. You have to be incredibly sensitive as to how precise and concrete youre being about what youre seeking. Theres no evidence to indicate at this moment. Maybe something will come forward. Thats why Bill Barr and Jeff Sessions and others need to come clean and come forward and answer questions about this. Were they simply on a Fishing Expedition knowing the fact that there were leaks and various individuals had information and just concluding they needed to be investigated . Or did they have something more particular about these individuals specifically . I think thats an important question that has yet to be answered. That started when Jeff Sessions was Attorney General, continued when Bill Barr became Attorney General. I want to play a clip. I interviewed Bill Barr last fall and i asked him about the public pressure that thenPresident Trump was putting on him to investigate these, quote, leaks. Listen to this. Is it appropriate for the president of the united states to be putting pressure on you in the way he clearly did . I dont feel any pressure from that. You dont think hes trying to pressure you into going forward with indictments and criminal charges and stuff like that . No. You know, when we talk in private, he doesnt Talk Like That, so. He doesnt Talk Like That in private, but publicly he but is it appropriate for a president of the united states to be speaking like that publicly about the what do you think is inappropriate . How does that look, that exchange now, knowing what we now know . You know, he was sidestepping by trying to be precise and saying, well, he doesnt say in public what private what he said in public. The reason it is even more stunning now is because its a reminder that the Attorney General didnt necessarily need to be told by the president this is what i want you to do, or people who worked for the Attorney General didnt need to be told. Because he was saying it in public. The president was saying it in public. And you played it for him. So that was one of the hallmarks of the trump era, which is he always said the quiet part out loud. All of the things that a previous politician or a different kind of administration would kind of work behind the scenes, he would just say in public so everybody knew what he wanted to happen. Right now its kind of a game of not it. Bill barrs saying i didnt do it. Other people in the Justice Department, his predecessors are saying he didnt do it. Somebody did it. Somebody had to approve this. You were covering all of this as our chief white House Correspondent at the time. Thats right, wolf. I think this is just another example of how Donald Trump was a Rogue President leading at many times a rogue administration. This was the ranking democrat on the house Intelligence Committee in Adam Schiff, and eric swalwell, who is one of the toughest critics of Donald Trump. Keep in mind, wolf, these are Phone Records. Are we at a point in this country where the government can seize our Apple Phone records and just not tell anybody about it, especially when youre a member of congress . Just ridiculous. I talked to a former senior white House Official about this earlier today, who said, once again, Donald Trump was pressuring Jeff Sessions as the Attorney General to conduct these types of probes. Jeff sessions was pushing back on the president at that time, and trump was on a tirade about it according to this former white House Official. Lastly, wolf, one final thing i just want to say is they were leaking all the time inside this trump White House. Dana knows this all too well. She was talking into sources inside the administration. I was talking to sources inside the administration. They were all leaking all the time. If Donald Trump wanted to get rid of the leaking, all he had to do was look inside the building. This Story Deals with two of his main critics, Adam Schiff and eric swalwell, but if you take a look at the very secretive investigations of the news media, he was going after three News Organizations that trump publicly always railed against, the New York Times, the Washington Post and cnn. Its an Enemies List. Theres no other way to look at it. The list that we now have is the only thing that we know about. We still dont know what we dont know, meaning, we are now becoming aware of these investigations or the seizures of these Phone Records, et cetera, because Gag Orders that were allowed to be placed by a judge are now expiring. So we might have even more information about other, you know, unprecedented seizures of information. Its pretty much of a bombshell, preet. Where do you see all of this heading right now . Well, i think dana is exactly right and that we might be seeing on a rolling basis other Gag Orders with respect to other requests for information expiring and coming due and the biden Justice Department not wanting to stand by those Gag Orders. So well get more information about that. As i said, over the last 24 hours you have seen a really serious outcry and uproar. I think you might see the Senate Judiciary try to investigate. The Inspector General is investigating. Theres going to be a lot of pressure on Merrick Garland and the top leadership of the Justice Department to explain to the public what went on, what they think was appropriate and was not appropriate. If they dont do that in a way thats going to be shorter than the Inspector General investigation, i think people will be upset about that. Be sure to join dana this sunday for state of the union. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi will be among her guests. Thats Sunday Morning 9 00 a. M. Eastern. 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How egregious is this intrusion . This is pretty bad. Members of congress, theres a clause in the institution that allow us a little more leeway in free speech. This is a direct assault on that and the separation of powers. I also think when this is all said and done, i think it will be viewed as a greater assault on the Working Press of our country. It is of great concern and we have to sort this out and find some accountability. You were briefed on the scope of the investigation earlier today. What else can you share . What i learned is theres a lot more to learn and i am assuming this Justice Department will fully cooperate with the Inspector Generals investigation. But im also hoping that ive heard the Senate Judiciary committee wants to bring mr. Sessions and mr. Barr before them and question them on their oath. Im also hoping that the current Justice Department will come for forward. The Inspector General at the Justice Department is launching an investigation. Sure. Those investigations, as you know, can take some time. It would be nice for Members Of Congress, particularly those who were targeted and the committees they serve on, to get information in the meantime to know what took place. Plus, we understand we were told, it was in the article, that this investigation was closed. Heres a fair question. Is it completely closed or just closed as it relates to Members Of Congress . Obviously, again, The Press was targeted as well. You say what was going on as far as The Press is concerned was even worse than was going on involving these two members of the house Intelligence Committee, did i hear you right . No. I just think thats quite possible given Chairman Schiff talked about how broad this was, how it was viewed as a Fishing Expedition. I think what hes alluding to is there seems to have been a lot of people on this targeted list and i surmise that a great number of them are members of the Working Press. They were looking for leaks. Obviously they werent just going to look at Members Of Congress. Were there others that have not yet been publicly identified . Is that what youre saying . I would say that Apples Process of notifying members was less than sufficient. So whats going to be taking place in the next several days is the discussions with apple given the numbers of other members of the committee, Who Else might have been targeted as well. Do you know if you personally were targeted . I have no idea. Again, we are now in a process where were asking through the committee to communicate with apple as far as Who Else was on this list. A shortcut to that might be the Justice Department telling us in the meantime. Do you worry this is just the tip of the iceberg, that former President Trump weaponized the Justice Department in ways were only now beginning to understand . Absolutely. You just look at open sources and you can discern that. Look at the work they did with stone and general flynn, you know, pressuring the Justice Department to work on the sentences for those two and the charges on those two and the fact that Attorney General barr acted as what, almost additional counsel for the president , if not his Press Secretary when the Mueller Investigation Report came out. Weve heard the White House doing this with other issues, reports of mr. Meadows pressuring the Justice Department on the election lie. What else is out there . If theyve got rogue actors, its hard to imagine they werent just in the Justice Department. Where else were they . I think we need a fouryear damage assessment. Congressman Mike Quigley of illinois, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. Coming up, the pictures tell the story of a new mood within the G7 Alliance as President Biden takes his place on the summit stage. man so when in doubt, just say, let me talk to my manager. Next, carvanas 100 online shopping experience. Oh, man. 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You can even almost see it more in the Body Language than you can in the public statements that you get from these World Leaders, though some of them have said publicly theyre grateful for bidens presence, a clear jab at his predecessor. You see the embraces, the handshakes, there are fewer Arm Crossings and looks of disapproval that we became used to in the trump era. Just because they are more diplomatic, does not mean they see Eye To eye on everything. Face to face diplomacy is back tonight as President Biden surrounded himself with other World Leaders at the G7 Summit. After being forced to meet remotely for a year, it was the first gathering of the four leaders since the covid19 pandemic. It is genuinely wonderful to see everybody in person. I cant tell you what a difference it makes. Reporter Biden Arrived Intent on restoring the traditional alliances that his predecessor often undermined. Some of those allies are already noting the difference in biden and his predecessor including german chancellor angela merkel. Translator being able to meet Joe Biden is obviously important because he stands to the commitment for multilateral Li Ism which we were missing in recent years. Reporter summed up by this 2018 photo of merkel standing over trump, who had his arms crossed, as he refused to sign the agreement with other G7 Leaders. Were like the Piggy Bank that everybodys robbing and that ends. Reporter even allies Around The World seemed to welcome the change in u. S. Leadership. Its wonderful to listen to the biden administration and Joe Biden. Its fantastic. Hes a breath of fresh air. Reporter it remains to be seen how bidens diplomatic outreach changes the substance of those relationships. But tonight the G7 Leaders were joined at dinner by queen elizabeth, Prince Charles and Prince William in the queens first visit with World Leaders since the pandemic. The duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton and first lady Jill Biden visited a school together. I want to say a personal thank you and welcome to you, dr. Biden. Reporter biden will visit the queen at Windsor Castle on sunday before ending the trip with a high stakes meeting with vladimir putin. Whats your message to putin . Ill tell you after i deliver it. Reporter now, wolf, after the president delivers his message to President Putin, we are expecting to hear from him, but we may be hearing from only him, because right now we are told by sources that they are not currently expected to hold a joint press conference. Of course, that is the Side By side you saw that President Trump held with President Putin in helsinki three years ago. One thing we should know about the agenda of that meeting, a Kremlin Spokesperson told us earlier they did not expect Alexei Navalny to come up or be on their agenda. The White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded by saying just because its not on the Kremlins Agenda does not mean its not on President Bidens. Lets go to cnns chief international Correspondent Clarissa Ward in england covering the g7. The president s interactions with other World Leaders clearly different than trumps. Did he make progress, do you believe, in repairing some vital relationships with u. S. Allies . Reporter theres no question that even if there hasnt been any substantial change yet in terms of solving all the worlds problems which is obviously a tall order, there has been a shift in public opinion. You can feel it and see it loolook looking at those pictures in kaitlans piece, World Leaders seemingly relaxed in each others presence. This isnt just about the memories of awkward situations and uncomfortable gaffes, but this is about World Leaders being able to stand Face To face in each er. Others presence. You saw Emanuel Macron walking along with President Biden, the two of them frequently touching as they spoke. This is about Body Language. As absurd as it sounds, it is actually a really important part of diplomacy. Macron and biden had a oneonone meeting. Theyre going to have another one. Afterwards we saw a tweet from macron where he said, now that we are together, united, determined to make a difference, its time to deliver. Im sure we will. Joe biden with that exclamation mark. I think that really summarized the mood here. There is a sense of positivity and a sense that things are possible. No ones saying its going to be easy, wolf, but certainly for the first time in a couple of years there is a sense of Renewed Invigorated and indeed enthusiasm about the g7 and making this count for something, particularly ahead of that allimportant summit with President Putin. Thats really encouraging to hear that. Lets get another perspective on President Bidens summit debut. Were joined now by the former national Security Advisor to President Trump, john bolton. Hes also the former u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations and author of the book the room where it happened, the White House memoir. Thank you so much for coming in. Take a look at the pictures, some of the leaders at the G7 Summit today. It was a pretty stark contrast to what we saw during trumps summit with these leaders back in 2018. You were there. I was covering it. What do you think . I think trump obviously didnt enjoy these gatherings. He didnt much like meeting with allies. Why wouldnt he like meeting with allies . Didnt he realize how important the u. S. Alliances, nato, the g7, the eu, all those alliances are . Well, i wouldnt put the eu in that category, but i think trump looked at germany, france, others and saw u. S. Trade deficits. Thats how he saw international relations. And he didnt, frankly, see what much Donald Trump got out of g7 meetings and that is the fundamental measure for him of nearly everything. So i think biden has done and will continue to do here whats necessary to show the world that Donald Trump is an anomaly. But lets not let the Champagne Flow too freely here. This is process and pats on the back and good feeling. Its not substance yet. There are obviously still differences. At least publicly theyre trying to be nice about it all. Lets look ahead to next wednesday, the summit with President Putin of russia. Is it a good idea, from your perspective, that President Biden is going to have this summit . I dont think so. And i think primarily because i dont think hes ready for it. Whos ready for it . Biden. I dont think he has in his own mind clearly what his own strategy is on a number of key issues. I think this early meeting likely benefits putin, whether they have a joint Preferess Conference at The End or not. I think putin comes pretty clearly with an idea of what he wants on a lot of things. I think biden may have been talked to this as a Process Matter when hes really not ready on substance. The russians are saying that the relationship between the u. S. And russia is so bad only a summit can fix things. From their point of view, i think being on the same Stage And World view with biden is a plus for putin. He needs it right now. I think he will play it to maximum advantage. My guess would be he has something up his sleeve that well find out next wednesday. I want to move onto some of the Breaking News. Whats the most important message that biden should send to putin . Again, that he is not Donald Trump. Biden represents a Return To Normalcy in the american presidency, a center left democratic normal, to be sure, which is not where my preference was, but certainly not Donald Trump. I think making that point to putin, as with the g7 at the nato summit, which will come next, is an important thing to do. We know that biden is not going to say he agrees with putin and disagrees with the u. S. Intelligence community, as trump did in helsinki. You were there, i was there as well. Right. But the question is does he know what he wants to achieve with russia . Hes demonstrated through what hes done with Nordstream Pipeline saying he doesnt want it completed but then waiving the sanctions. Thats an open invitation to putin. What were learning now about the Justice Department investigating, opening up these very secretive investigations of key members of the house Intelligence Committee as well as major News Organizations. Nobody needs to explain to me how Donald Trump abused power to go after people who disagreed with him. Ive been subject to that and still am. I wont say anything more about myself here. When you say you still are, what does that mean . Well, cases are still continuing. Against you . Right. Initiated by trump . This is on the book, the question of publication review. Im convinced ill be vindicated but theyre still in train. What i think were seeing here is the possibility of even more widespread abuse by trump of the judicial process, of the legal process against people because of political opposition to him. And that is serious. Now, the one thing i would say is it would be nice to have more facts here. Weve seen some reported. I think its very important that the Inspector General at the department of justice proceed with his investigation. Id rather not see this turned into a circus on Capitol Hill. Im not very optimistic about avoiding that, but i think it would be useful to restoring normalcy in the american Body Politic to get more facts before everybodys knees jerk. You were President Trumps national Security Advisor. Did you have any idea at all that they were launching these kinds of potentially criminal investigations into Intelligence Leaks . Well, he talked about investigating leaks all the time. He had a pretty distorted view of what the predicate for such an investigation would be. Its not just that somebody leaks damaging information about Donald Trump, but that theres classified information involved, National Security or other sensitive information that would form a predicate for a criminal investigation. And i think thats whats going to be critical here. Did the Justice Department for whatever Reason Launch these investigations without an adequate predicate . Its true both with respect to the Members Of Congress and the journalists. You know, there are extensive Department Regulations on investigating journalists. The current version, i think, by and large written by barack Obamas Attorney eric holder. Are thos regulations . Thats a pretty important question. Looks like these investigations were part of the socalled Enemies List that trump had, right . Look, it wouldnt surprise me in the slightest. Im not in any way trying to excuse what he did and im prepared to believe the worst. Im just saying lets get some facts this time. The book is entitled the room where it happened. Thanks for coming in. Glad to be with you. Coming up, former Attorney General William Barr called out by critics for doing former President Trumps bidding. No, hes not in his room. Dad, why didnt you answer your phone . Your mother loved this park. She did. Well, well, well. Look at you. You mastered the master bath. You created your own style. And you yes, you turned a Sourdough Starter into a sourdough finisher. So when you learn your chronic Dry Eye is actually caused by reduced Tear Production due to inflammation you take it on, by talking to your eyecare professional about restasis®. 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Translator we have a bilateral relationship that has deteriorated to its lowest point in recent years. You once described trump as a bright person, talented. How would you describe President Biden . Translator even now i believe trump is an extraordinary individual, talented individual. Otherwise he would not have become u. S. President. Hes a colorful individual. You may like him or not. He did not come from the u. S. Establishment. He had not been part of politics before. Some like it, some dont like it, but that is a fact. President biden is radically different from trump because President Biden is a career man. Hes spent virtually his entire adulthood in politics. Just think of the number of years he spent in the senate. A different kind of person. It is my great hope that, yes, there is some advantages, some disadvantages. But there will not be any impulsebased movements. Reporter that was a fascinating answer for several reasons. He was asked what do you think about biden and he spent the first half of that answer, more than that, talking about trump and describing him and his career before he became president. I think its notable saying how long President Biden has been in politics as a senator for several decades and then as Vice President and president. Putin is someone himself who has been in public life for some time. He was in the kgb. Hes been president for several years. Hes not someone who came out of nowhere with no political background like former President Trump did. I think what the White House is going to be doing is watching this closely, watching what he says on monday going into that meeting. They say they want to get Face To face with putin to hear him talk similar to what hes saying there about what he envisions for the u. S. russia relationship. He is saying there something weve heard from the White House, which is that they think that relationship is at its lowest point in decades. Keir simmons pushed putin several times on whether or not he is a killer. That is something that several u. S. Figures have referred to putin as, including most recently President Biden. He was asked in an interview do you think putin is a killer. He said very quickly without skipping a beat, yes, he is. Thats part of this Stage Setting going into this meeting. What that looks like, how long this meeting goes on, were still waiting to see. It should be fascinating. We will watch it very closely. Putin has been the leader of russia for some 20 years and hes complaining maybe hes not complaining but he seems to be kpcomplaining that biden has been in public office for so long. Clearly, kaitlan, putin really likes trump a lot. Thats obvious. Reporter of course he does, because trump was someone who embraced him over his own Intelligence Agencies in front of the entire world, on camera in front of the Press Corps in helsinki. Donald trump was his Dream President because he was someone who did not go to lengths to hold him accountable for actions when it came to political prisoners and election interference. Now he is dealing with a very different president. The White House says they dont want to push russia. They want to have a Working Relationship with russia because they do think its important. But he is dealing with someone who is very different than the president he has been interacting with for the last four years. In helsinki when trump sided with putin and dissed the u. S. Intelligence community, one of the most awkward moments. I was covering that. So, so awkward. Coming up, former Attorney General William Barr called out by critics for doing President Trumps bidding. Well take a closer look at his controversial tenure when we come back. [sfx rainstorm] comfort in the extreme. 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Brian todd is working the story for us. This is just the latest controversy stemming from Barrs Tenure at Attorney General. The latest among many controversies, wolf. Tonight were taking a deeper look into his turbulent ride as Attorney General and the legacy he left at the Justice Department. Tonight some critics are citing a litany of instances where then Attorney General William Barr bent the law or the truth to protect Donald Trump. Bill barr as Attorney General was called out multiple times by multiple federal judges for being dishonest, lacking the facts, lacking candor. Just a few weeks after he took office he gave the public a glimpse into Robert Muellers report on the possible Obstruction Of Justice by trump saying that while the report didnt conclude trump committed a crime, it also didnt exonerate him. He made it clear that he had not made the determination that there was a crime. Barrs assertion that the report vindicated Donald Trump brought immediate pushback from Robert Mueller himself who believed Barr Mischaracterized his findings. They were a misrepresentation of what the report actually said. In my view, that moment damaged the rest of his tenure as Attorney General because he damaged his own credibility. Critics also lament Barrs Refusal to investigate trumps call to the president of ukraine, his decisions to drop the case against Michael Flynn and ask for a shorter sentence for roger stone, his public backing of trumps false claims about Voter Fraud in 2020, including on cnn. Elections that have been held with mail have Foundi Substantil Fraud and core ecoercion. And worried that a foreign country could send thousands of fake ballots and it might be impossible to detect. What are you basing that on . As i said repeatedly, im basing that on logic. Pardon . Logic. And on foreign election meddling. Of those three countries the Intelligence Community has pointed to russia, china and ern,e iran, which one is the most aggressive. I believe it was china. Barr was believed to be behind the effort to clear protesters from Lafayette Park so trump could walk to a church and flash a bible, an Accusation Barr denied. All developments which surprised some analysts who had had High Hopes for William Barr when trump nominated him. Bill barr seemed like a safe, Sound Pick from Donald Trump. Bill barr had been Attorney General before from 1991 to 1993 under president george h. W. Bush. He seemed to understand the job and the Justice Department. William barr did not respond to Cnns Request for comment on our reporting on his overall tenure as Attorney General, but he did tell Politico Today that he was never aware of any effort to go after the records of trumps democratic rivals on the house Intelligence Committee. Wolf. Brian, thank you very much. Brian todd reporting. Other important news were following, the cdc now says theres growing evidence that a rare Heart Inflammation may be linked to covid19 vaccinations. An Advisory Panel is now set to hold an Emergency Meeting on this subject. Lets bring in our chief medical correspondent, dr. Sanjay gupta. Sanjay, how concerned should young people especially and their parents for that matter be about this . I think people should be aware but not alarmed by this, wolf. We are talking about something that increasingly looks like theres some sort of association here between the vaccines and this Condition Moaknown as myocarditis. Were getting some numbers of what were talking about. Youll see its a fairly rare condition in people 16 and 17, 2. 3 million doses given, 79 reported cases. For those that are older, about 196 reported cases out of 9. 8 million doses so its rare, wolf. I think the bottom Line Number there is what the Myocarditis Background Rate is and thats how these experts made this conclusion that there seems to be some link. Be aware, chest pain, fever, those are some of the symptoms. If somebody has those symptoms after the vaccine, get it checked out. All these patients were able to go home and treated successfully. How much do we still need to learn about potential Side Effects from all of the various covid vaccines . Yeah, thats a great question, wolf. We know a lot in the adult population. Were learning more and more in the 12 to 15 population as well. But when i say a lot, remember the clinical trials involved Tens Of Thousands of people and they followed for Side Effects and adverse events two months out. Now you look Around The World and you have hundreds of millions of people who have received the vaccine so you get a lot of real world data. Theres few things out there in medicine that are as widely distributed as a vaccine so you do get a lot of information about Side Effects. We dont know with younger children yet until we see the trials. Thats one of the things the investigators are looking for as they conduct these vaccine trials. Let me also get your thoughts, yesterday sometimes contentious fda Advisory Vaccine on Authorizing Covid vaccines for children under the age of 12. You spoke to one of the doctors involved in that last night. What were his concerns . Well, he was framing this as a risk versus benefits, which is the correct framing. Thats how everyone is framing it so that wasnt a surprise. The thing is the risk obviously to children is lower than it is to adults. So the benefits are going to have to outweigh those lower risks so you have to have a higher bar of evidence for the benefits. Its worth keeping in mind still, wolf, that younger people are becoming increasingly the reservoir of covid in this country, thats why vaccines are important. Even though theyre not hospitalized and dont die nearly as often, they still, if they get infected, there could be longterm symptoms as weve talked about, wolf. You dont want to get this infection. Finally as we go back into the fall, wolf, there may be some outbreaks again. You may have some resurgences and you want to make sure that you have vaccines available, especially for schoolage children at that point. You certainly do. Sanjay, as usual, thank you very, very much. To our viewers, thanks for watching. Im Wolf Blitzer in the situation room. Have a nice weekend. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Outfront next, Breaking News. Apple speaking out after the trump Justice Department Subpoena Ed the company and secretly seized data from Democratic Congress people. New details about just how sweeping the subpoena was. This as we learned microsoft was also subpoenaed for data in connection to a Capitol Hill staffer. Plus Breaking News on vladimir putin. He is speaking ahead of his Highstakes Summit with President Biden, comparing biden to trump, who putin calls an extraordinarily talented individual. And death threats like your family will be killed very slowly, intruders breaking into relatives