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Its not one snapshot of one statement or event, but pattern of activity over time. she can talk about that. >> the "new york times" talked to three close sources to corallo, and he did not dispute the report when reaching him whether there was obstruction of justice going on there, but, again, pattern of activity, does that count when you are just talking about lying to the public or "new york times"? >> i think it does, jake. the report says something important, that hope hicks allegedly said t...

The door. might that give him pause? the president, in terms of releasing the memo? >> no, i mean, i think the decisions been made. i think the memos coming out. i dont think that the fbi director is going anywhere. he, obviously, has an obligation to fight for his department, and their view is that it shouldnt come out. the thing is about this, its not new, right? i mean, the fbi, the doj, and the cia have been at odds. we had a huge fight in 2014 about release in the cia document pertaining to...

Obstructed justice in the russian investigation. former trump legal team spokesman is expected to be asked about it when interviewed in the next two weeks. cnn previously reported president trump helped craft a misleading explanation for a meeting between donald trump jr. and russian lawyer offering dirt on hillary clinton. the statement claimed the meeting was about russias adoption policy, though e-mails fromdicted the explanation. the "new york times" cite three people with knowledge of the i...

Finally, the fact that rather than consulting with the fbi, they really did not give the fbi a chance to respond at all. instead, or review the hmemo an said instead and said they were under investigation by the house intelligence committee. that was a strange thing too. >> the fbi director, christopher wray, rob rosenstein, steven boyd all out publically against the release. do you think if the white house overrules these three individuals, top justice department officials, they should resign? ...

Were back, sticking with breaking news, the threat of a possible obstruction of justice charge hangs over the white house as the "new york times" reports a former spokesman for president trumps legal team will talk to the special counsel, robert mueller, about a conference call between the president and closest aides, hope hicks, raising concerns hope may have tried to obstruct the investigation in the fall. jim, this all goes back to the trump tower meeting with don jr. and the russians, right?...

Whether it is broader. the broader story here is did the white house try to hide what happened in the meeting in a way that caused obstruction of justice. >> to be charitable, we dont know the context of the remark. could have been saying she doesnt think the texts are going to get out to the media, not that shes trying to hide them from the investigation. that would make a big difference. >> yes. look, i think, also, shes somebody who came into the white house never having worked in politics, n...

Also republicans in the justice department and fbi are with the house democrats on the issue. coming up, its not the crime, its the coverup, a phrase made famous in watergate. is the coverup more important than what happened in the meeting? thats next. , 1... not cool. freezing away fat cell with coolsculpting? now thats cool! only coolsculpting is fda-cleared to treat and freeze fat cells, non-surgically. diet and exercise alone just shrink those cells. coolsculpting gradually eliminates them, ...

The term "witch hunt," arguably forced out the deputy fbi director, and heard reports of him wanting sessions gone for rescuing himself, and rosenstein gone for not having a better control of the mueller investigation, and even mueller gone. already, theres this horrible relationship between the intelligence community and president trump. specifically, the justice department. how bad can it get if he goes against his own justice department? >> well, its just continuing what hes already started, ...