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Charles krauthammer. byron, your thoughts great >> the first thing was he confirmed some reports weve seen that the president asked him if he would consider letting go the michael flynn investigation. this was after flynn was fired. he confirmed what you were just reading, the loyalty request, although its something we hear the president has asked almost everybody hes hired. on the other hand, he did confirm with the president said which was that call comey saidn three occasions donald trump was...

Charles krauthammer. byron, your thoughts great >> the first thing was he confirmed some reports weve seen that the president asked him if he would consider letting go the michael flynn investigation. this was after flynn was fired. he confirmed what you were just reading, the loyalty request, although its something we hear the president has asked almost everybody hes hired. on the other hand, he did confirm with the president said which was that call comey saidn three occasions donald trump was...

It has depended on the state of mind of the individual who says those words at the time he says those words. was he intending to obstruct an investigation that he knew was on going? so the language is not itself determinative. it is the language in context. those who say this is obstruction of justice put that language in the context of comey being fired for russia, the meeting with comey taking place after a loyalty request at a previous dinner. that the attorney general was asked to leave the ...

Director told him three times he was not under investigation. could you conceive of any plausible scenario in which that might have happened? >> no. i cant imagine why the director would say that other than his testimony where he confirmed that they had some active investigation going on with his campaign. thats the only time he did that, and director comey is particularly careful, as we just heard with his words. hes not going to make these statements which put him in a position of his own comp...

Testimony where he confirmed that they had some active investigation going on with his campaign. thats the only time he did that, and director comey is particularly careful, as we just heard with his words. hes not going to make these statements which put him in a position of his own compromise. >> given comeys level of skill in navigating this that you have identified, matt, and its really a remarkable thing to go back and look at his 2007 testimony when he talked about that famous night at the...

Oath of office while being part of this administration. >> i suppose a lawyer could figure out a way to make it technically true. that somebody asking if you have loyalty and making a loyalty request are not exactly the same thing. pamela, your reporting shows the president seemed particularly focused on the december hearing. tell us more. >> thats right. the president brought up the upcoming hearing with rod rosenstein. one source said the president went so far as to suggest specific questions ...

This week. all of that pressure outside the investigation. meanwhile, inside it, new reports mueller is looking at things that house investigators are also looking at. the entire russia probe involves some fact checking including fact checking jim comeys explosive claim that donald trump demanded personal loyalty of him. donald trump, of course, had denied that. >> didnt say under oath -- i hardly know the man. im not going to say i want to you pledge allegiance. who would do that? to pledge all...