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And the department of justice, can you just explain the kind of team he has assembled. its obviously a large number of very experienced attorneys, he has fbi agents, and what is the process of how they conduct interviews, what they do in the field. how extensive is this? >> so bob mueller has essentially assembled a little u.s. attorneys office under the auspices of the special counsel mandate that he has. the people he has brought in are all very experienced prosecutors in the area of fraud and...

Prosecutors, in the area of fraud, and corruption, and counterintelligence. hes got russian speakers as well on his team. hes got agents embedded in the prosecutorial team. they all have work streams. some will be working on the manafort quirly, some will be working on the flynn inquiry, some of them working on the obstruction of justice if thats a line of inquiry. all these teams will be working in parallel to one another. and theyll see as they progress, where the roads intersect. and muellers...

>> he did say under oath that you told him to let the flynn -- you said you hoped the flynn investigation -- he could let go. >> i didnt say that. >> so he lied about that? >> well, i didnt say that. i mean i will tell you i didnt say that. >> so trump said comey was lying about things that make trump look bad, but he tweeted a misleading statement about tapes to make comey tell the truth, which worked except for when it didnt. at this point you might want to throw your hands up and say, forget ...

Of the flynn investigation. >> i want to find out if there was a problem with an election having to do with russia. >> saying he understood it to be talking about the flynn inquiry, not the broader investigation. comey confirmed the story that the president asked for his loyalty. the president denied asking the loyalty question. comeys language almost perfectly matches some of the linked stories. >> bret: thank you. lets get reaction to comeys prepared testimony. and a look ahead, a look back at...

Public, in fact the president has denied what i think will be a press conference we will see many times where he said no, no, next question, about whether he asked him to suspend the flynn inquiry. jim comey has now testified under oath under penalty of per injury. one of the big questions is will donald trump ever give his account not to reporters but under oath. and if you look at what jim comey said when he said -- with us to obstruction of justice, im sure that is a conclusion that the speci...

Of the flynn investigation. >> i want to find out if there was a problem with an election having to do with russia. >> saying he understood it to be talking about the flynn inquiry, not the broader investigation. comey confirmed the story that the president asked for his loyalty. the president denied asking the loyalty question. comeys language almost perfectly matches some of the linked stories. >> bret: thank lets get reaction to comeys prepared testimony. and a look ahead, a look back at toda...

Trump inappropriately pressed him for loyalty, said he should be investigated for obstruction, and that he wrongly interfered with the flynn inquiry. trumps immediate reaction was that some of comeys statements under oath were not true. >> some of the things that he said just werent true. >> he did say under oath that you told him to let the flynn -- you said you hoped the flynn investigation -- he could let go. >> i didnt say that. >> so he lied about that? >> well, i didnt say that. i mean i w...

Wanted to make sure that the truth came out. and by talking about something like tapes made people have to -- it made comey in particular think to himself, i better be honest. i better tell the truth about the circumstances regarding the situation. >> i better tell the truth. is that now what the white house thinks comey did? because comey testified that trump inappropriately pressed him for loyalty, said he should be investigated for obstruction, and that he wrongly interfered with the flynn in...

Like tapes made people have to -- it made comey in particular think to himself, i better be honest. i better tell the truth about the circumstances regarding the situation. >> i better tell the truth. is that now what the white house thinks comey did? because comey testified that trump inappropriately pressed him for loyalty, said he should be investigated for obstruction, and that he wrongly interfered with the flynn inquiry. trumps immediate reaction was that some of comeys statements under oa...