response to the russia investigation. but in a new portion of his interview with abc s george stephanopolous, trump was asked why he didn t actually answer any questions on obstruction, and the president dismissed the importance of it. you didn t answer questions on obstruction. wait a minute, wait a minute, i did answer questions. i answered them in writing. not on obstruction. i don t know. i answered a lot of questions. they gave me questions, i answered them in writing. not on obstruction. look, george, you re being a little wise guy, which is typical for you. just so you understand, very simple, it s very simple. there was no collusion. the big thing is collusion. now there s no collusion. that means it was a setup. in my opinion, and i think it s going to come out. all right. joining me right now, democratic texas congresswoman and senior member of the house judiciary committee, sheila jackson lee. good to see you, congresswoman. so what s your thank you. in
if they hear it and see it, see robert mueller talking about those ten times the president tried to obstruct justice, again i think that fires up independence. so i don t think those hearings they get in the way of getting trump out of office, i think they help that effort. do i have time to play the sound i wanted to play? let s play this. actually to your point, paul. if you answer these questions to me now why not answer them to robert mueller under oath? because they were looking to get us for lies, for slight misstatements. you didn t answer questions on obstruction. wait a minute, i did answer questions. i answered them in writing. not obstruction. i don t know. i answered a lot of questions. not on obstruction. george, you re being a little wise guy which is, you know, typical for you. just so you understand, very simple. it s very simple. there was no crime. special counsel mueller
if you answer these questions to me now, why not answer them to robert mueller under oath? because they were looking to get us for lies, for slight misstatements. i looked at what happened to people, and it was very unfair. you didn t answer questions on obstruction. wait a minute. wait a minute. i did answer questions. i answered them in writing. not on obstruction. i don t know. i answered a lot of questions. they gave me questions. i answered them in writing. not on obstruction. look, george, you re being a little wise guy, okay, which is typical for you. just so you understand, very simple. it s very simple. there was no crime. there was no collusion. nbc s peter alexander, our white house correspondent, adding this reporting to our understanding of this now war of words today between don mcgahn and donald trump. peter s reporting that a person close to former white house counsel don mcgahn is dismissing president trump s comments to
get us for lie frs slight misstatements. i looked at what happened to people, and it was very unfair. very, very unfair. very unfair. i gave them 1.5 million pages of documents. right? i gave them 400 or 500 witnesses. i let don mcgahn testify. i let him he was the white house counsel. i let him but you knew he was doing an interview. you didn t answer questions on obstruction. wait a minute, i did answer questions, i answered them in writing. not on obstruction. i don t know. i answered a lot of questions. they gave me questions, i answered them in writing. not on obstruction. look, george, you re being a little wise guy okay, which is typical for you, just so you understand, very simple, it s very simple, there was no crime, there was no collusion. sorry. okay. lots to unpack there. you heard the president said
to fire mueller. but that is not all here. lies came up again when the president said he refused to testify to mueller under oath because he didn t want to get caught in a lie. but if you answer these questions to me now why not answer them to robert mueller under oath? because they were looking to get us for lies, for slight misstatements. i looked at what happened to people, and it was very unfair. very, very unfair. very unfair. i gave them 1.5 million pages of documents. right? i gave them 400 or 500 witnesses. i let don mcgahn testify. i let him he was the white house counsel. i let him but you knew he was doing an interview. you didn t answer questions on obstruction. wait a minute, i did answer questions, i answered them in writing. not on obstruction. i don t know. i answered a lot of questions. they gave me questions, i answered them in writing.