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Said, specifically, manafort. now we do not know what mueller was referring to in that instance. and these are only 49 questions. if you were to sit down with someone there would obviously be many more that come up along the way if you just look at the presidents conduct from the public record and you look at the different things that we note, theres a lot, many more things in the obstruction bucket than there are in the collusion bucket directly related to the president. comey firing, his treat...

Donald trump trying to avoid this interview. >> um-hum. >> bill clinton, as you recall, spent quite a bit of time fighting off whether he would ever do an interview with then independent counsel ken starr. is it within a sitting presidents rights to fight and potentially withhold their interview? >> you know, this is a different situation as you recall what happened back in the 90s with bill clinton, i was actually on capitol hill at the time, but the president it go forward and do the interview...

On the sacking of andrew mccabe by saying now lets end the entire investigation? >> this is a significant story. it comes not from a commentator or a, quote, ally of president trump but from his criminal defense attorney at a very tense time, as you know, joy, because we are in the morning after the very late night and unusual firing of the number two official at the fbi who is, of course, what we call a fact witness to the obstruction issues around james comey. the next morning betsy woodruff w...

People have jumped to conclusions that are completely inconsistent with the law. that is to say that the president exercising his power because of self interested reasons has obstructed justice. our law doesnt sweep nearly so broadly quite apart from constitutional consequences of a president having article two power. im on solid ground here with the supreme court of the united states rebuffing the government years ago 9-0 for trying to end obstruction issues by overemphasizing and overdefining ...

The sort of strangeness of those conversations and the weird almost creepy kind of pressured context, if thats the sort of story that mccabe is telling and its a credible one, its not going to be very believable for the president to say, oh, this was an off-the-cuff remark. id ask that to anybody. its going to sound like something that was intended to kind of get a loyalty test again. >> if the president had his druthers, it seems like he would go to coffee with bob mueller today. thats how he s...

We have a problem at the center of the american government. i dont think that is the case. i think well find out whether or not this goes to the heart of the collusion question and that is something to pick up on what joey said, that we want to pay close attention to in the coming days. when the special prosecutor was named it was with a broad mandate. if they see any crimes along the way, they could shift their focus to that. is we dont know if what were going to see in the coming days will dir...

Actually drop this investigation or whether theres anything to the white houses representation that this was just sort of trump in passing looking out for a friend. so i think that this really is going to be the moment in which it will be sort of deciding moment as to whether or not congress goes forward with -- looking into whether or not there are serious obstruction issues. if instead comey says, look, i wasnt worried, there was some ambiguity here, that might take some of the wind out of the...

To end the flynn probe. what should we expect? >> right, so im sure it will be compelling testimony. jim comey has actually sort of made his career about these moments of giving really dramatic testimony in front of congress. really were gong to hear his side of the story for the first time. whether or not he perceived that the president of the united states was pressuring him to actually drop this investigation or whether theres anything to the white houses representation that this was just sor...

Was coached ahead of time and did not allow me to speak to three individuals there, including mr. hicks. that the state department sent along a baby-sitter and take notes and minder of everything i did. this person, mr. hicks, was chastised by hillary clintons chief. staff. >> i guess to cover their story or to merge their stories? >> an idea a member of congress trying to seek out the truth and they are being told not to allow that member of congress to have that conversation, i mean thats pret...