Private meeting took place. They also acknowledge that it is possible that any additional meeting, anderson, was incidental. Has attorney general sessions responded . We got this statement a short time ago from the department of justice. Ill read it in full. It says, the department of justice appointed a special counsel to assume responsibility for this matter. We will allow him to do his job. It is unfortunate that Anonymous Sources whose credibility will never face public scrutiny are continuously trying to hinder that process by peddling false stories to the mainstream media. The facts havent changed. Then senator did not have any private or side conversations with any russian officials at the mayflower hotel, anderson, thats their full response. So theyre denying it categorically. If true, it would not be the first time that sessions failed to disclose a meeting with the Russian Ambassador. Thats exactly right. During his confirmation hearing january 10th, sessions testified he, quote, did not have any communications with the russians, end quote, during the campaign. He said the same in a written statement submitted to the Senate Judiciary committee. But when reports emerged in march that the two that he did have meetings with kislyak during the campaign, one at the Republican National convention in july and one in his Senate Office in september, sessions conceded that the meetings happened, but insisted they were part of his Senate Duties and had nothing to do with the campaign. Nonetheless, he was forced to recuse himself from the russian investigation. After that revelation, sessions was asked again at a News Conference on march 2nd whether there were any other meetings with russians besides those two. Here was his response then. Have you met with any other russian officials or folks connected to the russian government since you endorsed donald trump . I dont believe so. I you know, we meet a lot of people, so senator, from those two meetings you discussed with the ambassador i dont believe. Reporter later that week, when sessions updated his sworn testimony to the Senate Judiciary committee, he acknowledged those two meetings with kislyak, but did not mention any encounter at the mayflower hotel, anderson. But clearly those answers not entirely sufficient, as we know, the hill and the fbi are looking into this. Jim sciutto, thanks very much. Again, this came at the end of a day that began with another shoe drop in the russia probe. We learned that fired fbi director james comey will testify publicly before the Senate Intelligence committee. We learned when hell testify, although we dont know the exact date. And most importantly, we learned what he is expected to say, later today, we learned who the House Intelligence Community wants to hear from. Cnns Jessica Schneider joins us with all the details on that. So the House Intel Committee issued a number of subpoenas today. Whod they call . Reporter anderson, seven new subpoenas went out today. And heres exactly how they break down. Four of them related to the russia probe. Those were issued to President Trumps personal lawyer, michael cohen, also former National Security adviser, Michael Flynn, as well as their business entities. Those subpoenas are for documents that both men have been reluctant to turn over. Now, the three additional subpoenas related to unmasking, thats, of course, the unveils of identities in of americans in intelligence reports, and all of these subpoenas relate to the unmasking request made by obama officials, including former cia director, john brennan, former National Security adviser, susan rice, and former u. N. Ambassador, samantha powers. So in aural, seven new subpoenas going out today, anderson. And the subpoenas, the House Intelligence Agency suspects some came directly from chairman nunes, but nunes recused himself from the russia investigation. We know that he did step aside from the russia probe. But it turns out, chairman nunes still has subpoena power. And thats actually stirring a lot of concern within the committee. Chairman nunes can, in fact, unilaterally still issue subpoenas and one senior house intelligence aide tells us that the unmasking subpoenas, three of them, likely came from nunes himself, without any consultation with the democrats. And like i said, this has stirred up some controversy. Ranking member schiff actually talked about it a few days ago, saying he wanted the full Committee Vote on all subpoena, but it doesnt look like that happened. Next week, were expecting to see former director comey testifying before the Senate Intelligence committee. Do we know what to expect and what day that will take place . Reporter sources are telling me comey will likely publicly recount his runins with the president. Likely to happen next week, not sure on the date. But when he does get up there to testify, the most intriguing details may come if james comey recounts his february 14th meeting with the president , where the president allegedly asked him to drop the fbis increasing Michael Flynn and flynns ties to russia. Sources, of course, have told us that comey wrote this all down. Its you be clear if comey would read from it or how exactly his testimony might unfold, but we do know he wants to held his story. And in addition, comey has met with special Counsel Robert Mueller to work out the parameters of his testimony. And we know that comey will likely sit down with mueller again for a formal interview afterwards. So anderson, right now looking at that possibility of testimony, some time next week, not exactly clear on the date, though. All right. Jessica schneider, thanks very much. Lets get perspective from david axelrod, matthew rosenberg, and carl bernstein. David, how big of a deal would it be if then senator sessions did in fact have another undisclosed meeting with the Russian Ambassador . Well, if is an important word, but if that were the case, it would be a very big deal. Because, remember, the rationale for him not disclosing the previous meetings were that they have been,pleural the one in his Senate Office, happened in the course of his duties as a senator. That he routinely received foreign diplomats. This is a meeting offcampus, one on one, and its another thing that he didnt disclose. And anderson, the bottom line is, if you have nothing to hide, you dont hide anything. And there is stealth that pervades this entire story from the president on down, and the attorney general has been guilty of it, as well. So this would really add a log to the fire. Matt, i mean with, if this meeting did take place, and again, its an if, we dont know, it would seem to raise more questions about that argument that sessions made to davids point, that this was, you know, that he didnt disclose this during his confirmation hearings, two other meetings, because he was acting as a senator. Absolutely. And its a huge if. But i think its also important to remember that Michael Flynn, the former National Security adviser, was fired and the white house reason was because he misled Vice President pence about conversations or the nature of conversations hed had with ambassador kislyak. So, you know, if Jeff Sessions is now found to have had another meeting and was not we dont know what hes told people inside or outside the administration, but it does raise that prospect, that youve already fired one Senior Member of the administration from misleading people outside the administration for this. Would you fire another . Carl, again, this just being looked at. We dont know if this meeting took place. It could just be a moot point. The white house could say, if it does turn out there is a meeting, the attorney general has already recused himself from anything to do with the russia investigation. The point is, we need plausible explanations from the president of the United States, Jeff Sessions, general flynn, Jared Kushner, about a coverup. The fbi right now is trying to penetrate what it knows is a coverup from the president of the United States through his family, his soninlaw, through sessions, through others. Doesnt mean that theyve obstructed justice, necessarily. But the fbi is operating on the premise that the president of the United States and those closest to him are engaged in a coverup. What they want to know, what we want to know in the press, what the congressional investigators in both parties want to know is, what is being covered up. Is it financial gained by Jared Kushner, by trump, by others . Or no financial gain . Is it some kind of secret arrangement to bring about the policy desires of russia, whether witting or unwitting. They have a coverup they are trying to unravel and theyre getting no help from the white house how can you say its a coverup, unless its known because a coverup does not mean an obstruction of justice. It means an attempt to hide the facts from investigators and from the people of the United States. Theres no question thats going on, and the fbi investigators will tell you that, people in congress will tell you that, people in the white house will tell you that. It doesnt mean its illegal. That remains to be seen. But if there was not a coverup, why wouldnt the president of the United States say to his counsel, in the white house, i want a white paper issued on all of my dealings as a businessman with russian and my soninlaws dealings with them, with my campaigns dealings with them and lets get this behind us and get on the business of the country. We havent seen anything like that. Matt, we should point out, the white house says they are fully cooperating. The white house says theyre completely cooperating. I mean, i think we dont know what happened with the attorney general, if he met the Russian Ambassador in april at the mayflower. Thats still a source of speculation. But we have seen over the last few months a pattern where the white house says Nothing Happened and it turns out something did happen. Or i know from personal experience, we spoke to the white house about a meeting that mr. Jared kushner and Michael Flynn had with the Russian Ambassador in december in trump tower. And kind of said, oh, yeah, that happened. And we found out a few weeks later, actually, there was a second meeting arranged with the ambassador. And then, Jared Kushner met with the russian banker that they left out of that conversation. So a lot of sins of omission or attempts to move on from things and not answer question. Does it look like a coverup . At times, yes. We dont know that. Lets be clear, the banker hes meeting with was very tied up with the kremlin and his bank was sanctioned by the u. S. Government. And you know, the question thats lingering out there or one of this is, well, were sanctions discussed and is that why Jared Kushner wented a private channel administered not by the u. S. But by the russians to have back channels. But i just want to say one other thing about what carl said. But it is absolutely true that the president can lift the veil on a lot of this, simply by making the kinds of disclosures that have been the norm since nixon. For example, his tax returns. He could release his tax returns for the last ten years and other details about his businesses that would give people confidence or not that he didnt have these obligations or connections to people who are related to russia, if not russian. And he hasnt done that. And every day that passes that he doesnt do that, hes adding to the suspicion that theres something there. It would be very helpful to see, to see, as well, the kushner companys tax returns and whether Jared Kushner or his familys organization has loans that are outstanding to russians, ethnorussians, et cetera, or have been seeking them. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Just ahead tonight, two vastly different views of how unusual it was if Jared Kushner proposed using russian facilities to secretly communicate with moscow. A former cia briefer joins us. And coming up, Hillary Clintons speaking out with the sharpest language yet on her election. Are you done yet . Does it look like im done . Shouldnt you be at work . [ mockingly ] shouldnt you be at work . Todd. Hold on. [ engine revs ] arcade game fist pump your real bikes all fixed. Man, you guys are good well, we are the numberone motorcycle insurer in the country. Wait. You have a real motorcycle . 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And i would disagree with maggie about back channels and secret channels, because they can be the same things. In the kennedy era, quite specifically, the knowledge of this was limited to the two brothers. One was the president and one was the attorney general. They kept it out of the state department. They kept everything away from everybody. Former president ial briefer, david priess, suggested otherwise. Hes the author of the president s book of secrets, and he tweeted that it was, quote, true that jared and rfk are the only two regular family recipients of daily potus intel docs in his 55year history. False in all other ways. He and jeff join us tonight. So, david, in what ways is the comparison between Robert Kennedy and kushner a false one . Theres a large difference between the two men. Robert kennedy before he took over as attorney general for the United States had served, well, on a couple of senate committees, staff, he had served in the justice department, had experience with the government. And then, of course, he was the attorney general of the United States. He was one of those people in the smallest circle around the president helping to make National Security decisions. That is a very different position than weve seen with Jared Kushner, who had literally no government experience before coming in, had not