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Which does not require specific intent. what do you make of this? i mean, its really, its really confound anything many ways. first comey clears hillary clinton in a bizarre press conference. he doesnt even talk to the attorney general. one of the things the inspector general complained about was that he undermined her authority. thats the attorney generals decision, whether somebodys charged or prosecuted, not the director e of the fbi. then a few days before the election, or or oh, we have mor...

Live audience at new york citys 92nd street y. lets just bring that up. >> i hope donald trump is not removed from office by impeachment because -- it would let the country off the hook. and it would drive into the fabric of our nation a third of the people believing there was a coups. that said, if the facts are there and the legislative -- two houses of congress think its appropriate, thats fine. >> so, first comey says he hopes donald trump is not removed from office by impeachment, then he s...

The 2016 election. at first comey filed suit in federal court challenging the subpoena to appear in private session. he said he wanted to testify publicly. congressional republicans rejected that. >> jim comey, last time i was at a public hearing with them over hundred times he said i cannot answer in this setting. why, mister transparency wants to go back to a setting where he knows he cannot answer questions is befuddling to me and i dont think my fellow citizens by that. >> reporter: last mon...

Carley: james comey will testify behind closed doors. todd: we expect new details about the russia probe and document against paul manafort and michael cohen. carley: we have a preview. >> reporter: james comey is returning to capitol hill testifying in a closed session this morning for the house judiciary committee. house republicans want to ask about his handling of the investigation into former secretary of state hillary clintons private email server and russian interference in the 2016 elect...

Conflict or a reason that the white house might have -- the president might have a reason to fire him as special counsel. do you have any response to that? >> its convoluted reasoning. when mr. rosenstein appointed mr. mueller, he explicitly said he had not informed the white house. he just went ahead and did it, to his credit. but the fact that mueller is considered for these positions speaks to his integrity and sessions himself even said mueller is of the highest integrity. this is just shoot...

He just went ahead and did it, to his credit. but the fact that mueller is considered for these positions speaks to his integrity and sessions himself even said mueller is of the highest integrity. this is just shooting the messenger. weve had two people who have devoted themselves to law enforcement to the country for most their lives. most of their professional lives. first comey, now mueller. when they -- when comey does things the president doesnt like, when mueller, who seems that he will p...

>> its my judgment that i was fired because of the russian investigation. i was fired -- or the endeavor was to change the way the russian investigation was being conducted. >> what is next for the russia probe after former fbi director james comey talks about his interaction with the president. did his testimony change anything? >> nice to have you with us. its friday, june 9th. 4:00 a.m., exactly in the east folks, with james comeys blockbuster testimony in the books now, the question is what ...

>> first comey never gave the president assurance of personal loyalty. second, investigation into possible conclusion by team trump into russia was accelerating. that may explain the timing. sources tell cnn comey was fired a week after asking for more resources to investigate the russia connection. the white house for its part denies comey made that request. regardless, theres progress reported in that probe. a senate committee issuing a subpoena. first the white house doggedly defending its ...

He was not doing a good job. >> thats what the president says. but we have new insight this morning into what he was really thinking and it didnt have much to do with hillary clintons e-mails. plus michael flynn told to hand over documents to the senate. will he respond to the subpoena, and how will it change the russia investigation? good morning and welcome to "early start." im alison kosic. >> im dave briggs. it is national twilight zone day, did you know? it feels like twilight zone in the...

The director was wrong to usurp the attorney generals authority on july 5th, 2016 and announce his conclusion that the case should be closed without prosecution. theyre basically saying this is a substantive critique of him essentially going rogue during the campaign, and that means that hes no longer fit to serve because he still says its the right thing to do. and the attorney general and the president agree, and theyre saying, dont democrats agree? you guys have been calling for his head fore...