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And our justice department, which i try and stay away from, but at some point i wont. >> every time the president makes comments like these, is he giving mueller more ammunition for an obstruction case? >> so i dont know that that directly speaks to sort of the obstruction issue. in a larger sense, i do think that it galvanizes congress, it galvanizes individuals within the justice department to really want to stand as firmly as possible in those institutional protections. so, you know, i dont k...

Variety of issues. theres a lot here that i see as i skim through them on the obstruction going through each individual person that the president dealt with, whether it was his targeting sort of his -- his verbal intimidation of the attorney general, whether it was list interactions with director comey. many others. theres all different angles that potentially can speak to an obstruction issue. theres questions about the camp -- all of the things that he may have known that really is is a big qu...

Was his targeting sort of his -- his verbal intimidation of the attorney general, whether it was list interactions with director comey. many others. theres all different angles that potentially can speak to an obstruction issue. theres questions about the camp -- all of the things that he may have known that really is is a big question mark right now. one of the things we dont know because he hasnt testified in front of any of the congressional intelligence investigation, others have, and so wev...

It crystal clear this investigation isnt going to end any time soon which is what rudy julianni seems to be suggesting. he can wrap things up if a few weeks, he was talking about obstruction. clearly every one of those questions are about the presidents past, his business dealings in russia and his various relationships. every one of those is interwoven with the question of obstruction. was there something the president was trying to obstruct to prevent the public and the prosecutors from knowin...

Way of saying there is nothing here. we dont hear a lot for the president about whether he has the power to do this or that but there are a lot of questions about that and if you talk to folks that are closely following this and lawyers working on the case they would say the obstruction issue is more problematic for the president than anything else. >> gene, we were told michael flynn was fired because he misled the vice president about his talks with sergey kislyak. this is one of a number of q...

Dumb they would tell lester holt exceptionings to admitting to a crime. prosecutors also look the an actions that a suspect will take after a drim determine their intent when they committed the crime. so thats why this obstruction issue is so important because innocent people generally dont obstruct. innocent people dont ask that your friends cases relating to what happened regarding what youre suspected of go away. innocent people dont fire at that time person investigating you. innocent people...

Donald trump in that he really doesnt have regard for things that he said before because in his world it doesnt matter and the truth is in the world that he is trying to reach on twitter it doesnt matter for many of those people, for many people in his base. it doesnt matter. it is only up to us and those who are outside that world to remind everybody that what he said is not what he said after he fired james comey which is it was about russia. >> and jeffrey, its not like this is a small matter...

Armed robbery and all of a sudden charging someone with speeding away from the crime. it wouldnt satisfy anyone in the public. it is evidence in part of that but its not the end game for mueller if that is his entire probe. it would be ironic and odd if that was the end game. is it circumstantial evidence? in part. >> jason miller, ill give you a chance to respond. on the obstruction issue and on the larger impression of james comeys impression of the president that you know and work for. >> the...

In any way. impea impeachment is a political but not criminal process. >> and the first report on the obstruction issue and then you presume further reports may address other questions that are out there. it depends on rosenstein whether we see the reports. and remember this is all happening as the backdrop of the big question of whether the president or wont the president sit down with muellers team for an interview abo.interview. if the president is seeing that he is not the target, maybe he i...

While in office and potential obstruction of justice. muellers investigators said they are considering writing reports on findings in stages with the first report focused on the obstruction issue under the special counsels regulations, mueller is required to report conclusions to rod rose nstein and he would decide whether to release this information to the public. one person said quote they said they want to write a report on this to answer the publics questions. this is something that weve alw...