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Been investigated yet. >> reporter: though questions reese main how triumphant the president should be. hes repeatedly claimed the report exonerated him. >> ive been totally exonerated. >> reporter: an assertion that mueller rejected. >> thats not what the report said, is it? >> correct, thats not what the record set. >> you could charge the president with the obstruction of justice after he left office? >> yes. >> reporter: that sources say is irritating the president. >> let me just tell you, ...

That was substantive devastating for president trump. the former special counsel in testifying that he did not exonerate or clear him of obstruction of justice despite trumps clap, underlined that the trump team on well come russian help. asked about then the exuberant extolling of wikileaks, mueller said the president gave hope or some booth to a crime. asked if the president was not 2r50u68 in the written answer being contacts with the russians, mr. mueller said generally yes, the president wa...

Kiersten, theyre not focusing attentioning to the grand jury evidence, and trying to force some of the key witnesses like don mcgahn and others to testify, but lets be frank. if muellers own testimony and reports cant get a majority of the democrats to support impeachment, will anything? >> i think don mcgahn could be an even more interesting person to have testify. >> this guildup with mueller, i think it should have been expected that it wasnt going to be exactly scintillating testimony, but y...

The mo mueller we come across, the mo problems we see. >> oh, boy. >> its friday, so we can get in deeper. melissa, you look at all this. thats just on the mueller probe gathering information. then you have the hammer being dropped on paul manafort. i dont think this has fully sunk in. we have been covering it on the show and will continue to cover it. you could have the number one guy on the campaign in jail for the rest of his life. >> this is a big deal, the immediate sentencing of paul manaf...

Came up with on her own? the only way to know is to put someone to the test. if theres one thing you know about the mueller team to date is that if you are going to go in and answer questions that you need to do so truthfully and completely because they already have gathered a lot of information, and theyre quite prepared to bring charges if you intentionally state falsehoods to the investigators or the grand jury. >> gene? >> all i can say is, to quote you, ari, mo mueller, mo problems. >> i wa...

For the meeting was. if there is one thing you know, if youre going to go in and answer questions that you need to do so truthfully and completely, they have already gathered a lot of information and theyre quite prepared to bring charges if you intentionally state falsehoods to the investigators or the grand jury. >> all i can say is to quote you, mo mueller, mo problems. >> i was quoting someone else, but i take your point. >> i mate to be facetious, but i will be serious. john hit the nail on...

Period. >> do you know the lochker verse, the mo mueller we come across, the more problems we see. but you look at all of this, that is just on the mueller probe gathering, i dont think this is fully sunk in. you could have the guy in jail for the rest of his life. >> it really shifts things. we said this last week, but youre right, mo mueller, mo probables. >> wh-- problems. >> this is the only case where the prosecutors talked about the possibility of someone aangge -

Again, youre right. mo mueller, mo problems. >> when you look at that and him wanting to immediately get this done, what else is there? because this is the only case, paul manafort, where the prosecutors have talked about the prospect of someone angling for a pardon. theres a big difference between everyone else. we all sit here, we pay close attention. we talk. sometimes people have conjecture. this isnt that. this was for whatever reason, as part of the case they were building, which they won ...

>> absolutely. i used to do criminal tax cases and civil tax cases. a lot of the taxpayers had attorneys. but when those attorneys would talk to the irs, its not privileged what the client said to the attorney. the same principle applies here. thats deep trouble for the president of the united states, period. >> and gene, do you know the longer version of that quoted chorus that we just discussed? the mo mueller we come across, the mo problems we see. >> oh, boy. >> its friday, so we can get in ...

Interrogation room? >> well, i think thats a great example of where -- no, it would not suffice, and where they could go into detail to see what the basis was for her original statement. was it part of some plan to obstruct or hide what the real purpose of the meeting was for? or was it something that she came up with on her own? the only way to know is to put someone to the test. if theres one thing you know about the mueller team to date is that if you are going to go in and answer questions t...