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People should not be thrilled on this question of what to do with the mueller investigation. >> senator chris coons took one of the most important questions of the day from history and observation in listening to donald trump for two years, lets listen to chris question that got a strong answer from william barr. >> if the president directed you to change those regulations and then fire mueller or simply directly fired mueller, would you follow richardsons example and resign instead? >> assuming...

Instruction. >> well, however, barr would not commit to releasing muellers report itself, even though he repeatedly vowed to be as transparent as possible. instead he said he would release his own summary, his own, william barrs summary of muellers report. >> under the current regulations the special counsel eare port is confidential. the report that goes public would be a report by the attorney general. >> im hearing you say that inspite of the fact that you want be to transparent neither congr...

But good news for everyone who just wants to get answers. i have a great team to break it down. first, i want to explain why all of this should matter to you and me. when william barr took his seat in front of the senate judiciary committee there was one big question hanging over him. would he do anything to disrupt the special counsels russia investigation? over and over, his answer was no. >> first, i believe it is vitally important that the special counsel be allowed to complete his investiga...

Probe. >> would you say you a close relationship with mr. mueller? >> i would say we are good friends. >> would you say you understand him to be a fair minded person? >> absolutely. >> do you trust him to be fair to the president and the country as a whole? >> yes. >> barr disagreeing that the mueller investigation is a witch hunt. >> i dont believe mr. mueller would be involved there a witch hunt. >> he also said the former attorney general was correct recusing themselves even though it infuria...

Nixon resigned, as we all know. if those directions were to fire mueller, would you follow richard nixons example and resign instead? >> assuming there was no good cause? >> assuming no good cause. >> i would not carry out that instruction. >> let me bring us forward to your 1991 hearing in front of this committee. you explained at the time how you would handle the bbci case, and ironically, robert mueller, the same individual, was at that point the head of the criminal division. you testified t...

Mueller investigation. will he allow the president for instance to be subpoenaed if necessary by the mueller investigation? would he step aside if the ethics attorneys say he should, in fact, do so. what about the conversations that he had with the president and the presidents legal team whose memo -- barr distributed his memo criticizing the oh instruction element of the probe. what conversations did he have with the presidents legal team up to this? if republicans believe hes evasive that coul...

Privilege, he categorically rejected the presidents power to edit any report. >> that will not happen. >> barr casts doubt he would ever fire mueller, even for good cause. >> it would have to be pretty grave and the public interest would have to compel it. i believe right now, the overarching public interest is to allow him to finish. >> most famously, when directed by president mixen to fire the special counsel the prosecutor investigating watergate refused and resigned instead. would you follo...

But whether its bona fide or not, the department of justices obligation and the attorney generals obligation is not to take any action unless the department of justice and the attorney general reach their own independent conclusion that it is justified under the law. and regardless of the instruction, thats my quote that everyone is saying its okay for the president to direct things. all i said was its not, per se, improper for the president to call on the department for doing something especial...

But also saw the 19-page memo which said that muellers theory of obstruction is wrong. he clarified saying it may have only been one of his theories of on instruction but in any case i think that was a of greater interest to the president because if barr was saying this and distributing it widely i think the president probably figured barr is on my side. this is what is important to me. >> i thought an interesting moment is when he asked him, listen, given what you saw your predecessor go throug...

Directed by president nixon to fire the special counsel, the prosecutor and the investigator of watergate, the present resigned. if you simply directly fired mueller, would you follow richardsons example and resign instead? >> assuming there was no good cause? >> assuming no good cause. >> i would not carry out that instruction. >> let me bring us forward to your 1991 hearing in front of this committee. you explained at the time how you would handle the bcci case, and ironically, robert mueller ...