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Times" is at it again. you cant make it up. and they are claiming that president trump called james comey, quote, a nut job. but, go back to the memo. the "times" alluding, the president trying to get the fbi to back away from flynn. by what you he would have had to report this, immediately to the justice department. he was so alarmed why didnt he say it immediate yachtly? why didnt he report it immediately? now, by not doing so, comey may have broken the two laws we are discussing. they are up ...

The cover-up. here theres the collusion and the allegations of obstruction. as to the latter, just on may 3rd, former director comey testified under oath in response to a question from senator hirono that no one had asked him not do anything. thats a paraphrase but its very close. there simply is no obstruction but its a big red flair to the trump white house not to do any collusion. "the washington post"ed is a hammer blow and one thing nixon flernd watergate he waited until may 1st, 1973 to fi...

Ainsley: well, you go to middle america and they like the fact that the president is speaking to them and they want him to speak to his friends and say, look, can we work this out? you have comey being questioned on may 3rd -- steve: under oath. ainsley: under oath. saying have you ever been pressured to stop an investigation for political reasons? he says "no." listen. >> is the attorney general or senior official at the department of justice opposes a specific investigation, can they halt that...

He is going to have the access. as elijah cummings says we have people investigating part time. mueller has the budget. you could tell how long this investigation will be when you see how many people he hires and how much money he needs. he goes mueller could get this done quickly if he is told that way or really do a comprehensive thing that could take over a year. ainsley: waiting to seat james comey memo and all of those notes. they have a week to turn that over, the fbi does. meanwhile a few...

He gave on may 3rd to the hawaiian congress lady. he either per jerried himself or trump moved in on him and say hey, i hope you take it easy on michael flynn. this guy got himself in trouble. trump is going to come home smelling like a rose. >> eboni: trump has big credibility probes. kat something else we didnt show in the clip. apparently he wore the blue suit so he could literally blend in with the drapes he is 68". >> the drapes were pink would be a bigger problem for jim comey. >comey. >> ...

Contact, comey believed them to be in violation of justice department guidelines which allows conversations with the white house about active investigations, quote, only when it is important for the performance of the presidents duties and important for a law perspective. the president describes all the contacts in a detailed memo he gave to his aides. last week when president trump said he was thinking about russia when he fired russia, the president placed more recommendation on the may 3rd te...

So he didnt break the rule. we dont have any evidence, not a shred of evidence of collusion. >> katherine: talking about the loyalty pledge specifically. >> eric: thats his word against trumps word as well. >> eboni: if it happened. >> lets say jim is telling the truth is it impossible is he telling the truth. >> eric: why does we always assume is he telling the truth. and donald is not tell the truth. >> if its possible then what? indict the guy on its possible? >> katherine: no, thats not what...

Investigators against the president. >> right. if you listen to wittes account, it sounds like trump is trying to keep comey around as long as he can to try to get some loyalty. when he realizes thats not going to happen, he cuts him lose. one question for michael over your reporting the last couple weeks, how do you square it with the testimony he gave 15 dayis o, may 3rd, when he was asked about whether or not he had political pressure put on him to halt an investigation. he said, quote, its n...

The independent counsel counsel? >> not much. somebody who operates outside the pursue of the justice department. this guy still reports to the justice department and technically he can be fired by the president. not a good idea i would say. wouldnt be a good idea to fire mueller. >> plus i think he is going to do an honest and thorough job. let me come back to the comey point. ainsley said earlier, pointing out to that testimony of may 3rd when comey went to the hill and asked whether there wer...

Total ability -- i didnt hear any facts and what you just said. >> he is trying to defuse that. his spokespeople deny the fact that he disclosed confidential information to the russians and then he actually said it two days later. he has actually tried to divert it every step of the way. the same with comeys firing. he wasnt clear about what the reason was. >> martha: do you think it is presidency will be over in 14 months? >> i dont know that it is an event but i do know that he can do a lot to...