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Investigation. and the fact that barr has been really the only voice speaking out on this has fed that perception. so with mueller now finally adding his voice, that will hurt the presidents ability to continue this line of total exoneration, jim. >> especially when its not true. doesnt match the facts. sarah westwood, thanks very much. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. top of the hour here. i am jim sciutto in new york. our breaking news, a bombshell in the making. robert mueller, the ...

Problematic, unless mueller would want a subpoena in order to do it along those lines. also, i do have to mention to you, and its one of the things thats kind of underreported about the justice department, is that technically, regardless of whether the individual who worked for the justice department is an employee or is not an employee, according to doj rules, they may still be constrained from speaking publicly, unless they are authorized by the appropriate supervisor, in this case would likel...

Wait for the special counsels statement? >> no word from any members yet, jim. certainly, i think, many people are waiting to see what hell be saying in now just under 45 minutes today. and certainly, weve been discussing over the last hour, i think of utmost important to many on the hill is whether robert mueller today says whether he will testify or not. this has been the source of a lot of back and forth between the teams on the house judiciary committee and the special counsels office over t...

Questions, obviously begs a very big question in terms of the content. why does he feel so compelled to come out to say whatever it is that hes going to say, especially given the back and forth that youve been talking about with our colleagues over whether or not he should or will testify, not just privately, but more importantly, publicly before the house judiciary committee. >> you know, we have not heard his voice, words come out of his mouth, dana, but as you know, he did submit not one, but...

These months and even years in the trump era. >> no question. it makes you think of the comey testimony a couple of years back after his firing. dana bash, stand by. certainly a lot more to cover here. laura jarrett is at the justice department where, in less than an hour, the special counsel will make these groundbreaking public comments, or at least public statement here. laura, what are you learning now as we get closer to that moment? >> well, jim, were still trying to figure out exactly wha...

Of command, a statement announced bip ty the justice department to be given from the justice department, by a special counsel who by the chain of command serves under the attorney general, as head of the justice department, would that mean that this statement had been vetted by the attorney general or even perhaps the white house as well? >> i think the question is vetted versus given a heads up. i know our colleague jeremy diamond is told by a senior administration official that the white house...

Own personal experience in my time covering the justice department and the supreme court, bob mueller appears to be at least reasonably fond of making exit statements. and i know that because i interviewed him when he left the fbi in a round robin with a number of other journalists from around town. so the question, of course, weve been told for a while that he was about to leave any day now. the question is whether this would be the appropriate time for mr. mueller to make an exit statement, if...

As me, in a letter, you did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this offices work and conclusions. that would be a very simple thing for him to address here, and different, i imagine, to hear that coming out of his mouth as opposed to in written form and letter to the attorney general. >> hes done that, as you read from his letter. the question is whether he goes beyond that and whether he says like, this is now up to the congress. or gives the democrats any encouragement. we...

Biden while praising a dictator. this is just plain wrong. may reston is with me. when you see that, just plain wrong, i wouldnt trust kim jong-un. you know, we hear a lot of words from republican lawmakers, but do we expect any concrete action? >> well, thats always the open question. right? certainly when you have someone like joni ernst who president trump considered as his v.p., calling him out on this, that is -- should be sort of a wakeup call for him. its so counter to everything, every t...

Become a partisan issue. you have comey screaming throug twitter and going on the view and complaining and brennan raising his head and then trump saying things like treason, you have a lot of fire and a lot of histrionics, but we should all care about the fact that the most sensitive public were bein laid by a case agent by whos really out of control. mccabe who shouldve been recused from a comey who had a special employee that wanted to go with the new york times an open question still as to t...