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Say maybe nothing matters. but thats not actually the case. these things do matter. and while trumps approach here, call it vibrado or lies, may be designed to exhaust and obscure, and petty fog, 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. lor...

Telling "the washington post" the president holds a conference call on russia every morning at 6:30 a.m. quote, part strategy consultation, part presidential venting session during which trumps lawyers and public relations gurus take turns reviewing the latest headlines with him. they also devise their plan for battling his avowed enemies, the special counsel leading the russia investigation, the fake news media chronicling, and in some instances, the presidents own justice department overseeing...

What youve had is the president laying out intent in public today, saying he was trying to get comey to tell the truth although as you pointed out, 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 con...

Amounted to nothing less than witness tampering. the statute thats involved is section 1512 of the united states code, and ill just read from it because its spot on. whoever knowingly engages in misleading conduct -- which we clearly have here. he misled everybody for six weeks about these tapes. -- toward another person with intent to influence the testimony of any person in an official proceeding commits a crime. i mean it couldnt be any clearer. this is just part of his entire obstruction of ...

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 story didnt change. my story was always a straight story. my story was always the truth. but youll have to determine for yo...

That tape in basically threatening comey as a witness amounted to nothing less than witness tampering. the statute thats involved is section 1512 of the united states code, and ill just read from it because its spot on. whoever knowingly engages in misleading conduct -- which we clearly have here. he misled everybody for six weeks about these tapes. -- toward another person with intent to influence the testimony of any person in an official proceeding commits a crime. i mean it couldnt be any cl...

Been no obstruction. there has been no collusion. there has been leaking by comey. i mean the whole thing is ridiculous if you want to know the truth from that standpoint. but robert muellers an honorable man, and hopefully hell come up with an honorable solution. >> nick, youve worked in a similar format as a prosecutor dealing with a sensitive case touching the white house. if you in an office heard comments like that, what is the approach? you ignore them, or you look at them as potentially a...

See. i mean were going to have to see in terms -- look, there has been no obstruction. there has been no collusion. there has been leaking by comey. i mean the whole thing is ridiculous if you want to know the truth from that standpoint. but robert muellers an honorable man, and hopefully hell come up with an honorable solution. >> nick, youve worked in a similar format as a prosecutor dealing with a sensitive case touching the white house. if you in an office heard comments like that, what is t...

Trump inappropriately pressed him for loyalty, said he should be investigated for obstruction, and that he wrongly interfered with the flynn inquiry. trumps immediate reaction was that some of comeys statements under oath were not true. >> some of the things that he said just werent true. >> 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 w...

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