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And pettifog, its notable his approach failed first because comey offered thorough testimony that even republican senators praised. second, because comey flipped the script on trump and basically punked him over the tapes saying if they existed, they would exonerate comey. >> look, ive seen the tweet about tapes. lordy, i hope there are tapes. >> third, trumps tweet failed because it drew a formal demand to release any tapes. congress set a deadline of today, which is why trump admitted there we...

With nick akerman, a former assistant watergate prosecutor and former u.s. attorney there in the southern district, as well as e.j. dionne, an opinion writer for "the washington post." nick, a lot of time spent on the tapes. some people feel time wasted. but as you go through the record that i just did there, it would seem this did lead to some things, and they might be good for the investigation. >> well, what hes done is hes just continued his obstruction of justice. i mean what he has done wi...

>> do you find it odd? >> not with the president trump. >> right. >> i attended a fair number of meetings on that with president obama. >> james comey speaking about the two administrations in the approach to russia. joining me now is a former ambassador to russia, ambassador michael mcfaul. thanks for joining me. >> sure. >> right before the break i played new sound from president trump arguing obama didnt do enough. and then you have the big report today im sure you have a front row seat to it...

Youve got the threat to fire -- first the try and influence comey and then the firing itself. and now youve got the attack on mueller, where there is clearly an effort to build up the idea that mueller is biased, that, you know, god forbid, hes hiring people who made contributions to democrats. so he has a political track where hes trying to create pressure, and then hes got the legal track. >> here was trump on mueller. >> hes very, very good friends with comey, which is very bothersome. but he...

Youve got the president of the united states admitting that he got rid of comey because of the russian investigation. youve got him admitting to the russian ambassador that he fired comey because he didnt want the russian investigation on his back. and now youve got him admitting to fox news, in kind of a most convoluted way, that he was trying to manipulate comeys testimony. ladies and gentlemen of the jury, what more do you need to convict this man of obstruction of justice? >> e.j. dionne, wh...

>> i dont recall a conversation like that. >> never? >> no. >> do you find it odd. >> not with the president trump. >> right. >> i attended a fair number of meetings on that with president obama. >> james comey speaking about the two administrations in the approach to russia. joining me is formerly ambassador to russia. right before the break i played new sound from president trump arguing obama didnt do enough. and then you have the big report today im sure you have a front

There were truths that comey said that trump denied were true. so you have that. youve got the threat to fire -- first the try and influence comey and then the firing itself. and now youve got the attack on mueller, where there is clearly an effort to build up the idea that mueller is biased, that, you know, god forbid, hes hiring people who made contributions to democrats. so he has a political track where hes trying to create pressure, and then hes got the legal track. >> here was trump on mue...

Asked dan coats and admiral rogers to drop -- to try and put an end to the investigation. so youve got now five acts of obstruction of justice. youve got the president of the united states admitting that he got rid of comey because of the russian investigation. youve got him admitting to the russian ambassador that he fired comey because he didnt want the russian investigation on his back. and now youve got him admitting to fox news, in kind of a most convoluted way, that he was trying to manipu...

Feel like a national version of candy crush, wasting our time whether we like it or not. now after that nudge from fox news, trump says maybe he misled everyone about the tapes to shape comeys testimony. >> when he found out that i -- you know, that there may be tapes out there, whether its governmental tapes or anything else, and who knows, i think his story may have changed. i mean youll have to take a look at that because then he has to tell what actually took place at the events. and my stor...

>> he did say under oath that you told him to let the flynn -- you said you hoped the flynn investigation -- he could let go. >> i didnt say that. >> so he lied about that? >> well, i didnt say that. i mean i will tell you i didnt say that. >> so trump said comey was lying about things that make trump look bad, but he tweeted a misleading statement about tapes to make comey tell the truth, which worked except for when it didnt. at this point you might want to throw your hands up and say, forget ...