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Madeup story. >> this russia thing. just this month, trump lawyer rudy giuliani acknowledged that comey was fired over the russia investigation because comey wouldnt follow trumps directive to publicly clear him. >> he fired comey because comey would not among other things, say that he wasnt a target of the investigation. hes entitled to that. hillary clinton got that. and he couldnt get that. >> joining me right now is julia ansley, justice reporter for nbc news, shannon pettypiece a white hous...

Last year. so discussing it beyond that point. >> why did he tell lester i did it because of russia? >> youd have to ask him. i think the questions to the russians in the oval office are even more to the point. talking about how the pressure was relieved on him because of that. and that is something that the mueller has a transcript of. the white house has handed over many different documents related to the questions of obstruction in this case, the transcript of the conversation there. the inte...

Today the president tried to deny russia played any part in his decision to fire comey. "not that it matters, but i never fired james comey because of russia. the country mainstream media loves to keep pushing that narrative but know its not true." however, theres now a preponderance of evidence out there showing just the opposite. one day after firing comey, the president held an oval office meeting with russian diplomats including some of the people under scrutiny by the fbi and described come...

Sustained pressure made several officials uncomfortable because they viewed it as improper and worried it could be politically and legally problematic. as "the new york times" reported this week, trumps intervention with the attorney general is a key line of inquiry for the special counsel. the central question in the obstruction prescribe is why trump fired the man investigating his campaign. former fbi director james comey. last night, "the new york times" revealed former acting fbi director a...

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