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Linked to the russia probe, that mr. trump gave an explicit order to have special counsel robert mueller fired just a month after he was appointed. >> i believe to be true. >> that was big. trump sprinting towards the kind of saturday night massacre that led to the end of the nixon presidency. today mueller says under oath what his report documented, that trump did try to take that potentially illegal act, something trump would then reportedly try to do even more than once. today mueller spoke t...

Justice is a serious cry and is at the core of finding the truth? >> correct. >> it has three elements, true? >> true. >> the first is an obstructive act. >> correct. >> it can include taking an action that would delay or interfere with an ongoing investigation as set forth in volume 2, page 77 and 78 of your report, true? >> im sorry. could you -- again, repeat the question. >> an obstructive act could delay or interfere with an ongoing investigation? >> thats true. >> your investigation found ...

Exonerated. become made clear there was obstruction of justice committed by the president. >> during your questioning of mueller today, congressman, you did lay out your case that president trump obstructed justice but mueller today you he didnt necessarily subscribe to your legal analysis. were you disappointed that he wouldnt give a clear answer on whether or not he believes the president committed obstruction? >> it was important for him to acknowledge the three elements of obstruction of jus...

Evidence the president knew he should not have directed don mcgahn to fire the special counsel, correct? >> and where do you have that quote? >> page 90, volume 2. there is evidence that the president knew he should not have made those calls to mcgahn, close quote. >> yes, thats accurate. >> the investigation found substantial evidence that president trump repeatedly urged mcgahn to dispute he was ordered to have the special counsel terminated, correct? >> correct. >> invest found substantial ev...

And 88 of volume two. you conclude the attempt to remove the special counsel would qualify as an obstructive act if it would obstruct the inquiry and any grand jury. >> yes, i have it, thank you. >> the second element is obstructing an official proceeding, true? >> true. >> does the special counsels investigation into the potential wrongdoing of donald trump constitute an official proceeding? >> thats an area which i cannot get into. >> okay. president trump tweeted on june 16th, 2017, quote, i ...

>> correct. >> the crime of obstruction of justice has three elements, true? >> true. >> first element is an obstructive act, correct? >> correct. >> obstructive act could include taking an action that would delay or interfere with an ongoing investigation as set forth in volume 2, page 87 and 88 of your report, true? >> im sorry, could you again repeat the question. >> obstructive act could include taking an action that would delay or interfere with an ongoing investigation. >> thats true. >> y...

And 88 of volume 2 where the attempt to remove the special counsel would qualify as an obstructive act if it obstructs the grand jury proceedings that flow from the proceedings q. >> yes. >> and the president in connection with an official proceeding, true? >> true. >> does the special counsels criminal investigation into the potential wrong doing of donald trump constitute an official proceeding? >> and thats an area which i cannot get into. >> okay. president trump tweeted on june 16, 2017, qu...

Investigation constitute obstructive act? >> in my view, anyone else in america engaged in these actions, would have been charged with witness tampering. >> all right, a lot of obsession in that room today. kennedy, start us off here. >> kennedy: we see split hearings with big moments like this. democrats tried to throw robert mueller various lifelines what struck emotion was when they were talking about his record and there was confusion about that, but democrats also, you know, were trying to ...

To say he did not have the special counsel be removed, and did you have the president write a false memo and did you find the white house counsel refused to do that because it was not true. what he seems to want to do is ask yes or no questions. did you find potentially the person committed this crime. which seems like that would be smart because that seems like democrats could find potentially useful. do you think thats the way democrats should go, sort of yes or no questions with mueller? >> i...

I think that that will be powerful. i dont think people will lose the point that this is someone who believes in the country, in the rule of law, and in public service. >> let me go through some of what theyre going to focus on because its been a little while since we -- and weve spent a lot of time on this. but lets go through some of what democrats plan to explore with robert mueller. first, just reminding people what the law is that he broke. this is a description of the law around obstructio...