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Volume 1, 193. He lied three times. Why didnt you charge him with a crime . I cant get into internal deliberations as to what or would not be you charged a lot of people from making false statements. Lets remember this. In 2016 the fbi did something they probably havent done before. They spied on two american citizens associated with the president ial campaign. George papadopoulos and carter page. Was carter page who then went to the g the fisa court. With mr. Papadopoulos they didnt go to the c...

Will have full coverage of the top stories. lets start with phil mattingly in the breaking news. phil, what is cory lewandowski saying about testifying before the judiciary committee? >> for months house democrats have tried and mostly failed to get some of president trumps top advisers closest officials in his orbit to come to capitol hill and testify. testify publicly or behind closed doors. that is about to change. cory lewandowski one of the campaign manager for president trump in 2016, one ...

>> apparently so. >> right after mr. mcgahn refused to follow the order to fire you, the president came one a new plan. that was to go around all of his senior advisers and government aides to have a private citizen try to limit your investigation. what did the president tell mr. lewandowski to do? do you recall you dictated a message to mr. lewandowski for attorney general sessions and asked him to write it down, is that correct? >> true. >> did you and your team see this handwritten message? >...

Investigation beginning at page 90. by curtail, you mean limit, correct? >> correct. >> my colleagues have walked through how the president tried to have you fired through the white house counsel and the president asked others to help limit your investigation, is that correct? >> correct. >> and was corey lewandowski one such individual? >> again, can you remind me what -- >> well, corey lewandowski is the presidents former campaign manager, correct? >> correct. >> did he have any official posit...

>> that would be evidence of an obstructive act because it would naturally obstruct their investigation, correct? >> correct. >> okay. lets turn now to the second element of the crime of obstruction of justice, which requires a nexus to an official proceeding. again, page 97 of volume two. you wrote, quote, by the time the presidents initial one-on-one meeting with lewandowski, existence of a grand jury investigation supervised by the special counsel was public knowledge. thats in the report, co...

To obstruct justice is still a crime. >> thats correct. >> and mr. lewandowski tried to meet with the attorney general, is that correct? >> true. >> and he tried to meet with them in his office so he would be certain there wasnt a public log of the visit. >> according to our report. >> and the president raised the issue again with mr. lewandowski and he said, i quote, if sessions does not meet with you, lewandowski should tell sessions he was fired. correct? >> correct. >> so immediately followi...

Evidence the president knew he should not have directed don mcgahn to fire the special counsel, correct? >> and where do you have that quote? >> page 90, volume 2. there is evidence that the president knew he should not have made those calls to mcgahn, close quote. >> yes, thats accurate. >> the investigation found substantial evidence that president trump repeatedly urged mcgahn to dispute he was ordered to have the special counsel terminated, correct? >> correct. >> invest found substantial ev...

Investigation beginning at page 90. curtail you mean limit, right? my colleagues walked through how the president tried to have you fired and because mr. mcgahn refused the order the president asked others to limit your investigation. was corey lewandowski one such individual? he is the presidents former campaign manager, correct? >> correct. >> did he have any official position in the trump administration? >> i dont believe so. >> your report describes an incident involving him june 19, 2017, v...