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Manufactured by james comey. you can see the same message about the fake dossier, the investigation. unfair. and i think its clear that the president and his legal team are trying to pounce on the mccabe problem at the fbi to say that the investigators were crooked from the start. now theyre praising jeff sessions about a week or so after the president was saying hes a disaster. >> no longer beleaguered. >> well put that aside. secondly, the president has said im ready to sit down with robert mu...

Mccabe not say that he was continuing to talk to the press with authorization with christopher wray as well? >> i didnt see that part of the statement just to be honest. >> i thought i read that. well double-check that. >> it was pretty important. he said including the director. this is the same andy mccabe that said im going to take anybody down with me that i need to. weve heard that through reporting that that may be what he said. it could turn out that the fbi could start to unravel as they ...

Million loan. the case was settled out of court in 2009. fortune adds the private bank which is for the ultra rich took up the baton. and just after that, they final lied $285 million loan to refinance one of its troubled projects. and the president and his team dodging major questions regarding russia and miking flynn. >> when did the president that mike flynn lied to the fbi? >> as i said earlier, i referred you back to john dells clarification. >> when did he find out? >> again, im not aware ...

Solution. and in fact, there is good reason to believe that this will actually set it back. so, i think youre on to something. and saying that this wont even make the israeli people safer. in fact, it has the potential to set back their interests as well. >> and i think one of the biggest points being made now which is what you talked about sort of in the first question which is this is really an effort on the presidents part to shore up his base at the time when his approval ratings are remarka...

Contributor john dean. great expertise you can lend in this situation, john. and i wonder having in the position you were in, why do you think as you look at ty cobb saying what you are hearing from ty cobb and what you are hearing from the presidents personal lawyer, very different statements. you are hearing from ty cobb this idea that the legal team is going to present a fact based argument. and then youve heard now from john doud what he has said the president cannot obstruct justice. why ar...

So im considering letting him go first but i cant because i have to go to nick first. nick, we got to start with the presidents lawyer, john dodd telling nbc, quote, the president cannot obstruct justice because hes the chief law enforcement officer under the constitutions article 2 and has every right to express his view. >> thats false. it all comes down to what was his intent in talking to comey in telling him to stop the flynn investigation. i mean, theres no question, john mitchell, who was...

Flynn lied and its like they ruined his life. its very unfair. thank you very much. >> mr. president, when did you find out he lied to the fbi? >> a couple of points ill make, stef. you heard my question there, when did you find out flynn lied to the fbi. the reason is what you were just talking about, over the weekend, the president from his twitter account tweeted out a statement saying he fired mike flynn because he lied to the vice president and the fbi, raising some real questions about a p...

So look, heres the story. and i think its so -- this was an excuse by the democrats and people got carried away. >> meanwhile politico is reporting that trumps lawyers are considering a different approach toward special counsel mueller. according to a senior white house official, if mueller doesnt request an interview by thanksgiving, trumps lawyers might force the issue by volunteering trumps time. however, politico notes that trump lawyer john dodd denied that reporting after the story was pub...

Attorney john dodd never agreed that cukushner should go. ty cobb called the story faels. in the meantime there are questions about kushners role in the firing of former fbi director james comey. heres steve bannon. >> its been reported that jared kushner was in favor of firing james comey. is that correct?? >> you guys have -- you will have to find that out through the media or the investigation. i dont know. >> for sure im joined by erica of "the wall street journal" who coauthored that report...

Welcome back to "hardball" in an interview of susan paige with usa today, hillary clinton believes that trump associates help russia meddle in the 2016 election. clinton says theres no doubt in my mind that the trump campaign and other associates have worked really hard to hide their connections with russians. asked point blank whether she thinks trumps associates colluded with russia, clinton says im convinced of it. this comes as juared kushner comes under renewed scrutiny. "the wall street jo...