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Mr. comey for previously telling him he was not a subject of the fbis russia investigation." now, the second event that troubled investigators was one we all watched. it was this interview with nbc news lester holt, which occurred two days after james comeys firing. the president said this. >> regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. knowing there was no good time to do it. and in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump...

Transition, which was headed up by star-crossed vice president-elect mike pence, during the transition which mike pence was running, mike flynns lawyers notified the transition formally in writing that flynn was the object of an fbi investigation into him having potentially acted as a secret agent for the government of turkey. the transition was notified about that during the transition. despite that notification he was under federal investigation on a counterintelligence matter, they want ahead...

We now know during the transition, which was headed up by star-crossed vice president-elect mike pence, during the transition which mike pence was running, mike flynns lawyers notified the transition formally in writing that flynn was the object of an fbi investigation into him having potentially acted as a secret agent for the government of turkey. the transition was notified about that during the transition. despite that notification that he was under federal investigation on a counterintellig...

He wants it to. when you look at his tweets, he said, this was really bad stuff. an all-time biggest scandal. i think hes right, but not in the way he thinks. i know as a former fbi agent, in order to use a tool as invasive, you have to meet a certain set of standards and get the highest level of approval within the justice department, particularly if youre involving a presidential candidate. the fact that the fbi were able to meet those hurdles, to overcome those challenges and use this informa...

Cannot be indicted. so its a little vague what theyre meaning. and it may be to make mr. trump relax and bring him in and get him in front of the grand jury. that report also indicates that they are writing a report. theyre going to do it possibly in segments, where theyll address the obstruction in one, the counterintelligence matter in another, and what have you. so its very good journalism and its a very insightful report in that it tells all the permutations involved in it. but it doesnt rea...

Theyre going to do it possibly in segments, where theyll address the obstruction in one, the counterintelligence matter in another, and what have you. so its very good journalism and its a very insightful report in that it tells all the permutations involved in it. but it doesnt really tell us a whole lot about where we are. >> so heres the quote youre talking about. the special counsel also told trumps lawyers that he is preparing a report about the presidents actions while in office, it says, ...

He declined to prosecute. he needs not only to determine who has committed criminal offenses, but what is the story behind the entire russian collusion/counterintelligence matter that is on his mandate? so i think that what were seeing here is a prosecutor who dauntingly is pursuing what he has been obligated to do per his mandate, and it shouldnt be surprising to anybody that gates will feature prominently in that because of the role that he held both in the campaign and with manafort in the pr...

>> martha: tonight, and fbi probe that could be turning criminal with no reports of contact between russia and the trump campaign. what to make of that? the spotlight again on former national security advisor michael flynn. "the new york times" reporting that team trump was aware that he was being investigated before the inauguration at hired him to be there and there and i say anyway. but we should tell you that the white house has come up moments ago and they deny that report completely. they ...

Justice departments efforts. its now in the hands of a special counsel who i have full confidence in. the counterintelligence matter goes forward. i hope they wont be in conflict with one another and i dont believe they need to be. >> is it your understanding that rosenstein knew that he was going to be fired before he wrote the memo? >> im not sure he said that with clarity. >> is an acceptable nomination of lieberman for you? >> i think he can do a fine job. ultimately, thats the presidents de...

Is now leading the special -- who is now the special counsel, was at the fbi -- was at fbi headquarters here in washington, d.c., and he met with some of the top investigators on the counterintelligence matter in this case. were also told he was briefed on some of the memos that comey had written. some of them are classified, some are not. were not sure as to which memos he was briefed on, but he was made aware of these memos and were told that officials expect him, as part of his probe into thi...