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investigation would soon be winding down. however, there are signs to the contrary. axios is reporting that, quote, members of robert mueller s team are reaching out to former republican national committee staff who were familiar with the digital campaign. the goal is to determine if the joint effort was related to the activities of russian trolls and bots aimed at affecting the american electorate. ty cobb said all of the interviews with the special team are over. however, former colleague said i would be shocked if he was done with the inner circle. all of these indictments, guilty pleas and interviews could be round one. joining me is jonathan swan with acti axios. thanks to all of you for joining. barry, the resident former prosecutor here, let me start with you. you have this report from the washington post saying that if point is that it s a question that a lot of people close to the situation are asking themselves is why did mueller allow for this prosecutorial vulnerab ....
Strategically for mcconnell? of course. the best possible outcome is to have roy moore and the horse he rode in on a distant memory. the problem for republicans and for mitch mcconnell is there are more steve bannon crazy republican candidates right around the corner. steve, you know these races. michael grimm in new york who got out of prison who threatened to throw the reporter off the balcony. paul kneeland from the white, kelly ward in arizona who has suggested that because john mccain is sick he should resign and she should take his seat. the steve bannon wing of the republican party survives the defeat of roy moore, so roy moore is done in terms of national politics but this whole division within the republican party and the steve bannonism is still going to be chokehold around mitch mcconnell s neck going into 2018. ayesha, as a democrat, i m curious how you think about that. ....