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Were specifically about whether the president was the subject of a counterintelligence investigation. first, on january 6th when comey went to trump tower to brief the president-elect on a dossier of allegations involving mr. trump, first reported by cnn, comey says that, quote, during our one-on-one meeting at trump tower, based on president-elects reaction to the briefing and without him directly asking the question i hovered that assurance, that he was not under fbi counterintelligence probe....

>> thanks for having me. >> you heard the statement that former fbi director james comey describing president trump as saying as i hope can you let this go, meaning the investigation into the fired national security adviser michael flynn. do you believe as jeffrey toobin does that that potentially is obstruction of justice? >> i think its devastating. im an engineer, not a prosecutor, so i cant tell you what the exact legal standard is, but if the president said those words, i believe its absolu...

Were following multiple breaking stories including the bombshell testimony that the fired fbi director james comey will deliver tomorrow morning before the senate intelligence committee. comeys opening statement released today at his request, by the way, confirms the president told the fbi director he needed loyalty. comey will also testify that the president asked him to, quote, let go of the investigation into fired national security adviser michael flynn. lets bring in our political and legal...

Personally investigating president trump. i reminded him hi previously told him that. he repeatedly told me we need to get that fact out. the dossier in particular attracted the presidents attention. he said he had nothing to do with russia, had not been involved with hookers-ins russia and had always assumed he was being recorded when in russia. he asked what we could do to lift the cloud. the president comey says was also very interested in establishing his loyalty. in their january 27th dinne...

Had similar conversations. we know that at least in march he had a conversation with dan coats, the director of national intelligence in, which it appears that dan coats wasnt necessarily directly asked to help the fbi, to get the fbi off the back of michael flynn, but, you know, i we want to know had a little bit more about how that conversation came across. it doesnt look like the president actually said i need you to help get the fbi off mike flynns back, but it certainly looks like you can i...

And in a speech in the heartland promoting a infrastructure plan where he ducked questions on whether he has confidence in his attorney general. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." breaking news. the fired fbi director james comey will testify tomorrow that president trump asked him directly about former national security adviser michael flynn under investigation for russia contacts saying, quote, i hope you can let this go. in his opening statement released early by the senate int...

Dinner in late january made him, quote, uneasy, and describing the conversation as awkward. the former fbi director even says he told attorney general jeff sessions it was inappropriate for him to be left alone in the room with the president. in his testimony comey leaves not to subtle clues for investigators going forward. he describes the memos he wrote about the meetings with the president as unclassified, indicating in his view there what is no legal barrier to making them public and he name...