understanding what was found in the mueller report, what was left perhaps unfully sort of vetted or investigated, where they might pick up and take new direction. that s part of what we expect. but this afternoon s conversation is members only and it s just a start. alex? kelly o in west pom beach. let s go now to nbc news national security and justice reporter julia ansley and tom winter, our dynamic duo. there are new developments at the justice department. give us the latest. reporter: so alex, behind me i can tell you that the attorney general william barr is reviewing the mueller report that was delivered to him yesterday afternoon. and once he is finished with that, he will give that kind of shortened version to congress. it will include decision sez made not to the prosecute, decisions robert mueller made not to prosecute as well as the conclusions of the report. and we can also report that we in the media and therefore, the public will get the same
white house that make congress feel he s not capable of definite actions that demean the office and hurt the united states of america with he being president. so it s a different standard. and then the justice department regulations or policies say that you can t indict a president. it could be that the evidence came to a level where you could indict the president. we ll find out what s said by mueller and what barr allows us to see. that would certainly be a crime if he did in fact conspire with the russians. we don t know what it s going to say. there could be a lot there that s not necessarily an indictable offense but is maladministration which is something that could be considered a high crime and misdemeanor. the bottom line is oversight. impeachment is not the only thing on the table. the big thing is oversight by the people s elected election
and an indictment occurs. but they re not connected. in one comprehensive narrative. so the hope is that mueller helps give us a complete and comprehensive story so that we can all then draw our own conclusions as to the president s behavior with respect to putin and russia and the collusion that did or did not occur between members of his campaign and the russian officials who were behind the bots and the trolling to influence the outcome of the election. is that specific dli what you re going to be looking at from an oversight perspective or is there anything more for what you ll be specifically looking for? our first hearing was with michael cohen. i came away convinced after listening to that trat trump organization itself is a criminal enterprise. trump university was found to be such. the trump foundation was found to be such by officials in new york state. so i think we re going to want to look at the whole structure
there are laws that need to be changed. and if they lead to find out information that makes people think including republicans on the senate side that there needs to be impeachment to protect our country, so be it. it doesn t necessarily have to be an impeachment issue. it can be fact finding for the american public and possible legislation down the line. representative steve cohen, thank you so much for your time on this big news day. let s go back to cynthia, former fellow prosecutor with me. is anything you heard from congressman cohen, anything we discussed, does that give you pause relative to something that could still be coming down the pipe for donald trump or anyone close to him? he didn t have a lot of details on kushner or hicks. but they are cooperating to some degree with the judiciary committee according to reports. right. it will be interesting to see what they ve turned over, their request from the judiciary committee mirrors the request of what they gave mueller. i
out that answer. you re saying that because you believe don junior, you know him to be someone that the sdny is looking at. that is why robert mueller would have backed off. might have had to. key to the obstruction investigation is what happened not only in the june 16th meeting, the june meeting of 16 but also in lying to cover it up. remember he lied and said it was about adoptions after the president met with putin and they had discussion about adoptions. that s key to the obstruction question. it s hard for me to believe that mueller would not have made an effort to talk to him. so far we don t have evidence that he did. it s a mystery that needs to be solved. cynthia alksne, thank you much for that. the attorney generals at the justice department today. the president is in florida. what are the chances they ve communicated in some fashion since the mueller report was submitt submitted? that s next. submitted? that s next.