YESTERDAY.
PROSECUTORS SAY THEY PLAN TO
SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY.
>> President Trump: THERE
SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN A
SPECIAL COUNSEL TO BEGIN WITH.
OTHER PEOPLE AGREE THERE WAS NO
COLLUSION, NEVER ANY COLLUSION.
IT SHOULDN'T HAVE EVER HAPPENED.
I HAVE MADE EVERYTHING
AVAILABLE.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING TO DO
WITH RUSSIA.
>> Sandra: THAT'S PRESIDENT
TRUMP DURING AN INTERVIEW
SLAMMING THE RUSSIA PROBE BUT
SAYS HE WILL PROBABLY RESPOND
IN WRITING TO SOME QUESTIONS
FROM SPECIAL COUNSEL MUELLER,
KEY SENTENCING DATES ARE ON THE
HORIZON.
WEIGHING IN NOW FORMER UTAH
CONGRESSMAN JASON CHAFFETZ.
IS THAT A GOOD IDEA FOR HIM TO
ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS IN A
WRITTEN FORM?
>> YEAH, I THINK THE PRESIDENT
DOES THINGS DIFFERENTLY THAN
MOST EVERY OTHER PERSON OUT
THERE.
MOST LEGAL COUNSEL WOULD SAY
DON'T DO IT.
WRITTEN QUESTIONS ARE FAIR GAME.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT IS FROM
DAY ONE SAYING I'M OPEN AND
TRANSPARENT, I HAVEN'T DONE
ANYTHING.
MIGHT AS WELL ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS.
>> Sandra: THIS IS OBVIOUSLY
ENTERING A CRITICAL POINT HERE
AS WE NEAR MID-TERM ELECTIONS.
THE RESPONSE FROM THE
PRESIDENT, HOW DOES THIS ALL
CONCLUDE?
HOW DO WE EVENTUALLY SEE THIS
ALL COME TO AN END?
IT HASN'T BEEN ON THE FRONT
BURNER FOR QUITE SOME TIME
BECAUSE OF ALL THE NEWS, JASON.
WHERE DOES IT ALL GO NEXT?
>> I THINK EVEN THE DEMOCRATS
ARE GETTING TIRED OF THE RUSSIA
PROBE AND LAST CLOSING EIGHT
WEEKS OF THE ELECTION YOU DON'T
HEAR THEM TALKING ABOUT RUSSIA
BECAUSE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
OTHER THAN A FLAILING
REPRESENTATIVE ADAM SCHIFF, YOU
DON'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO PROSECUTIONS
OR ALLEGATIONS AGAINST ANYBODY
TO PROSECUTE ANYBODY REGARDING
RUSSIA THAT IS CLOSE PROXIMITY
TO THE PRESIDENT.
I THINK IT'S TIME FOR MUELLER
TO WRAP IT UP.
SHOW WHAT HE FOUND.
I DO THINK DIRECTOR MUELLER HAS
FALLEN SHORT.
HE HASN'T PURSUED URANIUM ONE
OR THE FISA ABUSE AND THE
DEMOCRATIC MONEY.
THAT'S THE ONLY EVIDENCE THAT
WE HAVE OF THINGS GOING ON WITH
RUSSIA IS DEMOCRATIC MONEY
GOING TO PAY PEOPLE OVERSEAS TO
TRY TO SPY ULTIMATELY ON DONALD
TRUMP.
>> Sandra: WHICH SHOULD SPUR
THE QUESTION WHAT HAPPENS IF
THE HOUSE FLIPS AND DEMOCRATS
REGAIN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE?
THEY PROMISED A CONGRESSIONAL
INVESTIGATION.
>> CONGRESS HAS A RIGHT TO
PROVIDE OVERSIGHT.
THE COUNTRY IS GOING TO DECIDE
SEVEN DAYS FROM NOW.
DO THEY WANT ADAM SCHIFF TO
HAVE A GAVEL, MAXINE WATERS TO
HEAD UP FINANCIAL SERVICES, DO
THEY WANT ELIJAH CUMMINGS TO
HEAD UP THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
IF THEY DO THEY HAVE THE
ABILITY TO GO AFTER THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
>> Sandra: ACCORDING TO TWO
SOURCES CLOSE TO TRUMP'S LEGAL
TEAM THIS PROBE IS QUOTE
WINDING DOWN.
WE HAVE NOT HEARD SPECIFICALLY
FROM THE MUELLER TEAM
COMMENTING ON THEIR TIMELINE
HERE.
WHEN DO YOU SEE THIS ALL
WINDING DOWN, JASON?
>> WELL, OBVIOUSLY NEXT TUESDAY
IS AN INFLECTION POINT.
THEN ONCE THE ELECTION IS DONE
I THINK MUELLER VERY SOON AFTER
THAT HAS A DUTY AND OBLIGATION
TO GO BEFORE THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AND WRAP THIS THING UP.
I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE
SOME MOVEMENT ON ATTORNEY
GENERAL SESSIONS AND ROD
ROSENSTEIN FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
OR FROM THEM PERSONALLY.
ALL OF THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.
I THINK IT HAPPENS IN NOVEMBER
AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A GOOD
THANKSGIVING BY THEN.
>> Sandra: DO YOU THINK THERE
WILL EVER BE A SIT-DOWN
INTERVIEW WITH THE SPECIAL
COUNSEL WITH THE PRESIDENT?
>> IT DOESN'T SEEM TO GRAVITATE
TO THAT POINT.
THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY
EVIDENCE OF ANY CRIME.
AND SO IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN
ANY EVIDENCE AFTER NEARLY TWO
YEARS OF A PROBE, THEN WHY DO
YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH THE
PRESIDENT?
THERE IS NO NEED TO DO THAT.
DO THEY SUBMIT SOME WRITTEN
QUESTIONS AND THE PRESIDENT
ANSWERS THOSE?
THAT SOUNDS GREAT BUT THERE IS
NO EVIDENCE AT THIS POINT.
>> Sandra: ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL SEE WHERE ALL OF THIS
GOES.
ACCORDING TO CATHERINE HERRIDGE
IS REPORTING ON THIS THERE ARE
OUTSTANDING ISSUES TO BE
RESOLVED BEFORE THE WRITTEN
ANSWERS WOULD BE SUBMITTED AND
ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON
CONFIRMATION OF THAT HAPPENING