Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018

The Daily

The New York Times

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4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Republicans insist that their push to release a secret memo that is said to question the conduct of the F.B.I. and the Justice Department in the early stages of the Russia investigation is not an attempt to undermine the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller. But whatever their intentions, the possible fallout from the memo’s release has everything to do with Mr. Mueller. Guest: Michael S. Schmidt, who has been covering the Russia investigation for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:26.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbarrow.
0:33.0	This is The Daily.
0:38.0	Today, Republicans insist that the release of a secret memo calling into question the early
0:47.0	stages of the Russia investigation is not an attempt to undermine special counsel Robert
0:53.8	Muller and his investigation.
0:56.9	Whether or not that's true, the possible fallout from the memo's release has everything
1:03.4	to do with Robert Muller.
1:11.1	It's Thursday, February 1st.
1:20.8	Reporting to the New York Times, investigators working for the Special Prosecutor Robert Muller
1:24.2	have interviewed Hope Hicks over the last two days.
1:26.9	Attorney General Jeff Sessions was interviewed by President Trump's son-in-law and White
1:30.7	House advisor, Jared Kushner, was questioned by his wife.
1:33.8	We've learned that White House senior policy advisor, Steven Miller, has now been interviewed
1:38.6	as part of the Special Counsel Robert Muller's Russia probe.
1:42.3	So this brings the probe into the inner circle of the White House.
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