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Have hasubmitted these question. but what we know from the special counsels side is that robert mueller hasnt ruled out the idea of a sit down interview with president trump now that hes received these written questions from the presidents legal team. he could still want to do that going forward. rudy giuliani, the presidents lawyer, says he doesnt believe the president could be compelled to give testimony regarding while he was president. but thats still an open question, and that could be sett...

To fight back that anything having to do with after the election is protected under executive privilege. were learning more, brooke, what was in that latest batch of questions from robert mueller, including questions about the presidents own comments. youll recall the press conference during the campaign where he called on the russians to find hillary clintons deleted e-mails. they were asked about that. the press conference he held after don jr. had that meeting at trump tower to find dirt on h...

Follow-up questions and the question becomes, will the white house agree to answer those? will the president provide a more written answers or will robert mueller ask for a sitdown interview. if he asks for a sitdown interview or insist on a sitdown interview, you possibly have a constitutional clash. past presidents such as president clinton sat down for a taped interview and there may be some pressure for that. >> julie: so far there have been 1.4 million pages of evidence turned over to the m...

The beginning or part of the negotiation when the president and his legal team turn over the written answers and whether or not the special counsels office accepts those answers. that remains to be seen, wolf. >> cnn chief white house correspondent, jim acosta reporting tonight from the white house north lawn. thank you, jim, very much. lets get some more on the presidents changing position on a face-to-face interview with the mueller team. our political correspondent sara murray is joining us...

Hes adopted an even more combative tone in some areas, even as he insists that everything is running smoothly here at the white house. ♪ president trump getting into the holiday spirit in front of the cameras today as the white house christmas tree arrived. mr. president! but behind the scenes, trump is continuing his combative attitude. lashing out at critics as the mueller investigation is nearing a final report. >> its a scam. >> reporter: the president saying while he has prepared written ...

President trump is sending a signal to robert mueller, saying he probably wont do a sitdown interview with the special counsels team after previously saying he would. lets get more with analysts and commentators. susan, the president says enough time has been wasted on this investigation, thats why hes not going to sit down and do q & a with the mueller team. listen to what he previously said about this. >> would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of events? >> 100%. >> mr. ...

But probably. i think weve wasted enough time on this witch hunt. the answer is probably. were finished. >> dana: chief white house correspondent john roberts has the latest developments. john? >> reporter: good afternoon, dana. while were told that the president would seem to indicate that its unlikely he would do a sitdown interview with robert mueller, there is still the potential down the road for the president to do a follow-up interview with mueller in person. his attorneys have not yet ma...

Intention to talk to mueller was 100%. >> would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of events? >> 100%. >> are you going to talk to mueller? >> im looking forward to it actually. i would love to speak. i would love to. nobody wants to speak more than me. >> is that your final position, that theres going to be no sit down interview, and nothing written or in person on obstruction? >> i would say probably. probably. i mean, i can change my mind, but probably. >> probably. in a ...

The white house. >> reporter: we have been talking about this for almost a year. now it appears the moment is upon us. the president seems to be ruling out a one-on-one sit down with robert mueller. i ask the senior white house official, kellyanne conway about what gives might the president be feeling newly emboldened now that theres a perceived ally in charge of the investigation. here is her response. >> the president seems to be ruling out a sit down interview. does he feel like he has more l...

House intelligence committee will focus on new attention on the ties between russia, the trump campaign and the trump organization. suffice to say pressure is mounting. president trump continues to attack the investigation and not committing to a sit down interview with robert mueller and his team of prosecutors. and his team of prosecutors. >> we havent even talked about it. i write the answers, not my lawyers. they are tricked up because they like to check people is the weather sunny or rainey...