Mueller Report: Former Prosecutor Describes What He'll Be Looking For
Alysin Camerota asked panelist what they'll be looking for in Mueller's redacted report tomorrow.
"Elie, you are one of the people who will be sequestered in a room when the 400 pages are released," she said.
"I'm fascinated by your process. You have shared with us that the first thing you will do is hit the search function for five key words: collusion, dirt, Jr., McGahn, defer. Why are these, to you, the money words?"
"Collusion, a little bit of a trick there," Honig said. "I don't think Robert Mueller will use the term because it is not a legal term. There is no crime called collusion. He may quote somebody talking about collusion. I want to see what Robert Mueller makes of contacts with Russia we know about.
"That brings me to the second term -- dirt. We know the Trump Tower meeting where Junior, Paul Manafort, Jared Kushner -- this happened. They met with Russians who offered dirt on Hillary Clinton in Trump Tower. I'm interested to see what Robert Mueller makes of that. Is it a security breach, an abuse of power? And then Junior. Mueller never interviewed Trump Jr., subpoenaed him. Was he a target? Typically with a target, you don't subpoena them. Targets usually get charged. Donald Trump Jr. has not been charged. What does he make of Junior's attempt to get the dirt from Russia? Did he refer Donald Trump Jr. to another office for future investigation.