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Comments after, this is something they do a lot, in order to frame it that theyre hearing for the first time. but it was interesting, the president denied it, but his initial denial was, no, you know, i dont know who told you that, which is essentially -- i mean, it literally was a version of, "thats not true," you know, "whered you hear it," then called it fake news, which he did everything, and i think he said, no, i didnt, and that was the end of it. did not get into this in depth. the denial...

With that, cuomos court is in session. you heard me talking with kel kellyanne, hes like, well you heard the president say no. she has lied to us about material matters of fact in the russia probe before. hes not underoath. but in terms of credibility, him saying no, i didnt do that, you pair that with what the doj put out saying not that he never asked them, not that he never talked about it, not that he didnt want it but according to the doj there were no promises and commitments made to do an...

Kellyanne, hes like, well you heard the president say no. she has lied to us about material matters of fact in the russia probe before. hes not underoath. but in terms of credibility, him saying no, i didnt do that, you pair that with what the doj put out saying not that he never asked them, not that he never talked about it, not that he didnt want it but according to the doj there were no promises and commitments made to do anything with the southern district management of the case. what does t...

Lets listen. >> at no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided any promises, commitments concerning the special counsels investigation or any other questions. >> any other investigation would cover npsee, would cover michael cohen in this case, correct? >> didnt he say as for promises or did he say we didnt discuss it or all. >> nor asked for, nor have i promis promised, nor have i provided any promises or commitment itself. i have not been asked for promises. >> promises or commit...

Comment with the presidents comments after, this is something they do a lot, in order to frame it that theyre hearing for the first time. but it was interesting, the president denied it, but his initial denial was, no, you know, i dont know who told you that, which is essentially -- i mean, it literally was a version of, "thats not true," you know, "whered you hear it," then called it fake news, which he did everything, and i think he said, no, i didnt, and that was the end of it. did not get in...

Himself. and we know how he feels about recusals. ask former attorney general jeff sessions, hell tell you. where is he now? so while the president was saying this in public -- >> its a total witch hunt. ive been saying it for a long time. its a witch hunt. thats all it is. witch hunt. witch hunt. witch hunt. witch hunt. so far, this thing has been a total witch hunt. and it doesnt implicate me in any way. >> so hes saying that in public and the toou"the times" reports behind closed doors, he wa...

That he was recused? >> yeah. >> of course he would know it. if i knew it, he knew it. if you knew it, certainly a lot of people knew it. >> im saying it was very knowable. the doj -- >> heres a question i have for you -- >> were both lawyers and it looked like a lawyer response. >> it wasnt clever. it was very forthright. >> he never said they never spoke about it. >> the acting attorney general testified at length under oath he was shown great disrespect by any number of members there -- >> an...

That is, an effort to use the levers of power of the government for a corrupt purpose. >> would that be obstruction? >> yes. well, it would be attempted obstruction. >> it is unclear what whitaker did in response to the presidents call. there is no evidence that he took action. the justice department says whitaker made no commitments but does not flatly deny the investigation was discussed. but trump was not shy about making a blanket denial. >> did you asask matthew whitak to change the leaders...

Sources say that trump was upset about the cohen probe and how it implicated him in the payments to two women during the election. you will recall that, and that he did spoke with whitaker about it over the phone. the president thought whitaker should do a better job of krog the investigators in the probe that he oversaw as acting attorney general. during recent congressional testimony whitaker would only say he wont discuss conversations with the president when asked if he spoke to him about th...

>> so hes saying that in public and "the times" reports that behind closed doors, he was trying to take action to tamp down the investigation. whitaker, in his testimony before congress earlier this month, said this. >> at no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. excuse me. he said he never provided any promises or commitments. which leaves a whole lot of gray area for having co...