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And so what i suggest to you every court and decision makes sense, but in this case, i think theres probably compelling reason to allow the information to come forward. there are numerous accounts, one of the most damning things is effort to get mcgann, his lawyer to fabricate a story, i mean, thats his lawyer talking. i dont put much credence when i hear things ive been exonerated. >> and congress wants to hear from mcgann. final word. >> one thing that came out of the mueller testimony that i ...

They want a nominee and they want to move forward. there is sort of an aggressive move to get to 2020 not to continue talking about the events of 2015, 2016, and i suppose on the obstruction question 2017. >> garrett haake, thank you so much. joining me now glen kirschner former federal prosecutor and eugene scott political reporter for "the washington post." how likely is it that there is more support at least from democrats in congress to impeach president trump after muellers testimony? >> as...

About nine months. and you have some hard language for what you thought of those responses. what did you think of those responses, mr. mueller? >> certainly not as useful as the interview would be. >> you pointed out and by my count there were more than 30 times where the president said he didnt recall, he didnt remember, no independent correction, no current recollection. i take it by your answer it wasnt as helpful, thats why you used words like incomplete, imprecise, inadequate. is that a fai...

>> thats right. thats right. >> director mueller, i want to turn your attention to a couple other issues. you served as fbi director during three presidential elections, correct? >> yes. >> and during those three presidential elections, you have never initiated an investigation at the fbi looking into whether a foreign government interfered in our elections in the same way you did in this particular instance. >> i would say i personally, no. but the fbi quite honestly has. >> now, director muell...

The audience understood exactly what was being referred to that trump was giving blessings to, so i think that even made it a tougher question. quigley was very good in this setting. >> james, what did you make of it, obviously, this is something that he thinks is the most important part of robert mueller -- of this report that being that the russians are still attacking us, he said, theyre attacking us as we sit here at one point. and the fact is, i dont have any trouble picturing he did this o...

Florida congresswoman val demmings that all of our viewers picked up. i want to roll that right now, and just get everybody here to react. this came toward the close of the hearing when the florida congresswoman was asking mr. mueller about the answers, the written answers to questions about which president trump received and handed back to the special counsel. >> could you say that the president was credible? >> i cant answer that question. >> director mueller, season the it fair to say the pre...

Footing. he looked better. the answers were better. >> still the most effective and i think most incriminating moment of the entire day was the first round of questioning from jerry nadler, the chairman of the judiciary committee when mueller said without equivocation, this was not an exoneration which is an invitation perhaps for impeachment but at least for more investigation. >> that is a question though and i want to ask gloria, do we think right now that nancy pelosi, who was already very r...

Blackmail by russia, correct? >> those decisions were probably made in the fbi. >> but not in your report, correct? >> not in our report. we referred to the counter intelligence goals of our investigation which were secondary to any criminal wrongdoing we could find. >> lets talk about one add american station official in particular, namely, president donald trump. other than trump tower moscow your report does not address or detail the presidents financial ties or dealings with russia, correct?...

Speaker nancy pelosi, jerry nadler, and adam schiff after muellers historic testimony. the biggest question perhaps is what do democrats do now? as we speak, weve been getting tape of the president who is speaking to reporters at the white house. no surprise here. he is claiming vindication. here is some of what he said at the top of his remarks on his way to a fundraiser in west virginia. >> this witch hunt thats been going on for a long time, pretty much from the time i came down on the escala...

You know, heft. that said, i do wonder why they didnt push this one issue. in any case, establishing the intent of the defendant is always the hardest thing to do, particularly in sort of a white-collarish sort of case. what did you intend to do? help us drive the decision of whether or not we charge you. so you need to talk to the person, you need to talk to the subject. who is the subject here? the president of the united states. written answers are always a bad substitute. and, oh, by the way...