out to nbc s hans nichols at the white house. tell us about the new calls for impeachment and how the white reporter: the new calls center on what some writers of these op-eds are saying is a material distinction between what trump did in 2016 as a private citizen and alleged to have done, as president of the united states. read a little from it for you here. the current whistle-blowing allegations are even worse. worse than the russian allegations. unlike conspiracy with russia before the 2016 election these concerns trump s actions as president not as a private citizen and his exercise of presidential power over foreign policy in ukraine. one of the signatory to that op-ed, george connelly, of course, husband of kellyanne conway who works here at the white house and at the state dinner last night. the trump administration, the president himself, talking how it s all fake news. you read the tweets. this is a standard defense from
reporting th reporting th reporting that donald trump jr. said he couldn t remember when he discussed the russians with his father. can he give that answer, i don t remember? and can he give that answer to robert mueller? and one more is he under oath? he s not technically under oath for these interviews, but it s a crime to lie to congress. it s a material distinction. if you lie in these interviews, you re committing a felony. but look, your point about robert mueller is well taken. robert mueller is not only going to ask the question, he s going to have a whole bailiwick of other evidence. if in fact they did discuss that with his father, robert mueller has some way to get at that. and there may be a reason that robert mueller, as far as we know has not yet interviewed donald trump or summoned him to the grand jury. he s interviewed many of the people that we ve seen today, including that russian lobbyist