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And didnt indict him. he refused to take a stance in the report about obstruction because he said since he wont go on trial, he has no opportunity to defend himself. he didnt indict his son because he said his son was ignorant of the law. he didnt force the president to come in and answer questions. he didnt force the president to answer all of the written questions. and the worst thing he said about all of that is the president wasnt completely straight forward in his answers. he got a break fr...

>> we had no collusion, no obstruction. we had no nothing. we had a total no collusion finding. it said no collusion. there was no obstruction. >> of course, he cant say it so many times without reminding you about the fact that mueller did not clear trump of obstruction and is likely to say again and again and again pretty much this when he testifies. >> if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. >> they did not say so. abby philip is outf...

Part of these back-to-back blockbuster hearings on wednesday. they will not get to see his opening statement. of course, despite the fact that bill barr was the one who framed the narrative in april. it will be the special counsel himself choosing the words that americans will hear in just two days. we do expect those words to stay within the bounds of the report. muellers spokesman tells me that justice department officials will not see muellers opening statement prior to its delivery and its r...

Concludes no collusion, no obstruction. it didnt conclude that on obstruction. on collusion, the report does not use that word. it uses the word conspiracy and mueller does say concluded no conspiracy could be established in a criminally defined sense. is there anything more to learn from his decision of when to use the word coordinate or conspire instead of clooud? >> i think that is something within the constraints of the letter that bob mueller would be able to explain that his job as a prose...

Provide that information or whether he will say its too much in the weeds of my investigation and not in the report, i wont talk about it. >> mueller wrote that if he could exonerate the president he would when it comes to obstruction. we are left with the question of how the absence of incense is not guilt. will mueller be able to explain that? >> will he be able to explain it inprobably but not to the committee. i think he is just not geeg to go beyond what we saw in the report. the obvious qu...

The most important hearing that they have had so far in their lives. i believe that theyll do so in a respectful manner. whats key here is that we listen to each other. and this isnt about grand standing. no one is watching this to watch me or anyone else on the committee. theyre listening and watching this hearing to get answers in the most important investigation of our lifetime. i think well do a good job. >> president trump repeated his old line today about bob mueller and his findings. here...

Limit the investigation and let sessions know he is fired if he doesnt meet with lewandowski and witness tampering with them. is that the right place to go to focus on the obstruction. >> it is absolutely the right place. mueller identified 10 potential incidents of obstruction over the report. these five pieces are three of those issues and they are the strongest arguments for obstructi obstruction. they are all meritorious for prosecuti prosecution. >> you have a president here who but for bei...

Have an opinion economy, 2005, by the united states supreme court and this is the key opinion when it comes to obstruction. its arthur anderson petitioner versus united states.e the district court level arthur anderson lost in the circuit court level in the fifth circuit they lost but what did they lose? they were accused of obstructi obstruction, destroy documents among others andrew wiseman, deputy to mr. mueller, he led the effort. arthur anderson went broke, 80000 people lost their jobs in t...

Report. most people have not read the report. what he says in his press conference it was so powerful. it was not new if you read the report but it matters if you hear it from him. are you interested? >> i am interested for the american people to hear from him. attorney general barr misrepresented of whats in the report. the report had no collusion and obstructi obstruction, thats not true either way. it is important that the american people hear from him of what the report has and it is importa...

Whole standard of governing. when you have in a report by special counsel, 10 examples of what could possibly be obstructi obstruction. at what point do we expect that our senators and our congress people say, wait a minute. before we lower the bar of the presidency and before we excuse any kind of behavior that could be impeachment, for the good of the country well have to move forward and resolve this one way or another. >> the funny thing about this special counsels report is if you took any ...