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Op-ed recently in which he said he had assumed that attorney general lynch had urged mr. comey to make this announcement so she would not have to do it. and fact, it appears that he did it without her approval totally and that is a pretty stunning thing. it violates fundamental powers. when he reaffirmed the rightness he believed of his decision on may 3rd, i think it was, that was additional confirmation that the directors thinking was not clear. >> thank you very much. first, a point. senator ...

General rod rosenstein brought up performance issues with director comey. director mccabe has refuted that there were performance issues. this is ubl troing because it appears the president decided to fire director comey because he was pursuing the russia investigation and asked you to come up with an excuse. when your assessment of director comey didnt hold up to public scrutiny, the president finally admitted he fired director comey because he was pursuing the russia investigation, ichlt .e. l...

Are being asked in front of several committees about whether the president and potentially the attorney general have been engaging in obstruction of justice. >> well, what is confusing about this whole recusal is that he recused himself from the fbi investigation. what he testified today at the hearing -- i was in the room -- was that the reason why the fbi director comey was fired was twofold. one is that basically chaos -- he said chaos at the fbi, and the second thing was may 3rd testimony re...

>> that is correct, and former attorney general bill barr wrote an op-ed recently in which he said he had assumed that attorney general lynch had urged mr. comey to make this announcement so she wouldnt have to do it, but in fact it appears he did it without her approval totally and that is a pretty stunning thing. it is a stunning thing, and it violates fundamental powers and then when he reaffirmed that the rightness he believe of his decision on may 3rd, i think it was, that was additional co...

Correct? >> that is correct. former attorney general bill barr wrote an op ed recently in which he said he assumed that attorney general lynch to urge comey to make this announcement so she wouldnt have to do it. in fact, it appears she did it without her approval totally, and that is a pretty stunning thing -- it is a stunning thing and it violates fundamental powers. and then when he reaffirmed that the rightness he believed of his decision on may 3rd, i think it w was, that was additional con...

Combined with the most wifi hotspots. its a new kind of network. xfinity mobile. swroirks were following multiple breaking stories including the white house hinting that attorney general jeff sessions may not be able to answer some questions tomorrow when he testifies before the senate intelligence committee because of executive privilege. lets bring in our political and legal specialists and chris cillizza, we know that the testimony that comey gave before congress on may 3rd certainly wrangled...

Character. pete: amen. they have no option but to fight back. this guy has proven himself and james comey to be a leaker. we played in previous hours, well do it again, examples of how the same report at the new york times was releasing the same stories that all make comey look good. hes proven himself to be a leaker. he could have been a king leaker all along to make the president good bad, but president trump was not under investigation, which is a fact. we dont talk enough about this. on may ...

Anything. harris: i kind of backed off on that moment. steve: just a little bit. he revealed he leaked this stuff through the guy at columbia university law professor in hopes that they would come up with a special counsel and a couple of weeks later they absolutely did. whats interesting on may 3rd mr. comey was up on capitol hill. he told charles grassley, the senator from iowa oh i have never leaked anything secret in my life. whats curious, brian, one of the online blogs went back and looked...

The united states. to go back to the base. that the base is seen as a way of perhaps rouse them, get them out, turn them out at rallies, get them to tell republicans on the hill, dont let this thing get out of hand. thats where hes going on that. >> on may 3rd, director comey when asked about leaks, if they are a problem, he said they are always a problem. leaks are always a problem. and then he turns around and what does he do, he leaks. >> he may have -- i dont know if he was talking about lea...

Been -- i may have met the call when he called to invite me to dinner. ill think about it as im answering other questions but i think i got that right. >> lets turn our attention to the underlying activity at issue here. russias hacking of those e-mails and the allegation of collusion. do you think donald trump colluded with russia? >> thats a question i dont think i should answer in an opening setting. as i said, when i left, we did not have an investigation focused on president trump. but that...