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Coloring outside the lines when it suits him. and i think it is tough the more that he tries to indict the president for acting improperly, the more that you have to indict him, because he never took action. >> bret: democrats are pointing to an obstruction of justice case because of that moment where he asks everyone to leave the oval office and leaves director comey inside. he tells him, he hopes he can find a way to move on from the michael flynn investigation. he said that he was very uncomf...

Sometimes the president told you actually i want you to go forward, i want the answers, right? >> the president agreed with your statement that it would be great if we could have an investigation, all the facts came out and we found nothing. so he agreed that would be ideal. but this cloud is still messing up my ability to do the rest of my agenda. is that an accurate assessment? >> yes, sir. he actually went farther than that. he said if some of my satellites did something wrong, it would be go...

The trump campaign? i explains the demands from the leadership from both parties in congress for more information and that senator grassley had even held up the confirmation of a deputy attorney general until he briefed him in detail on the investigation. i explained that we had briefed the leadership of congress on exactly which individuals we were investigating, and that we had told those congressional leaders that we were not personally investigating president trump. i reminded him i had prev...

Trump privately. that is, that the president was not under investigation as part of any probe into russian interference. the president -- mr. comey also admitted that there is no evidence that a single vote changed as a result of any russian interference. mr. comeys testimony also makes clear that the president never sought to impede the investigation into attempted russian interference in the 2016 election. and, in fact, according to mr. comey, the president told mr. comey, quote, it would be g...

What he repeatedly told president trump privately. that is, that the president was not under investigation as part of any probe into russian interference. the president -- mr. comey also admitted that there is no evidence that a single vote changed as a result of any russian interference. mr. comeys testimony also makes clear that the president never sought to impede the investigation into attempted russian interference in the 2016 election. and, in fact, according to mr. comey, the president to...

Person that matters, and that is bob mueller and he is working quietly away at his desk day and night. >> there was a paragraph in the testimony yesterday that will be act two of this play which is where the president himself talks about, i didnt do anything but maybe satellites of our organization did something. its the satellites that are going to consume washington for the next months and pbably years. once you start pulling into those satellites, it could be flynn, manafort, kushner, session...

Would be great benefit if we didnt find anything for having done the work well. he agreed. he emphasized the problems it was causing him. he agreed itd be great to have an investigation, all the facts came out and we found nothing. he agreed that would be ideal, but this cloud is still messing up my ability to do the rest of my agenda. is that an accurate assessment? >> yes, sir. he went farther than that. he said, and if some of my satellites did something wrong, itd be good to find that out. >...

Investigation. you respond we were investigating the matter as quickly as we could, there would be great benefit if we didnt find anything to having the work done well. he agreed, he reemphasized the problems it was calling him. the president agreed with your statement it would be great if we could have an investigation, all the facts came out and we found nothing. so he agreed that would be ideal, but this cloud is still messing up my abilityagenda? >> yes, sir, he went farther than that, if so...

And theyre not making any mention in this argument of tapes, of any tapes that could corroborate the presidents version of events or mr. kasowitzs version of events. again, at the white house press briefing, sarah huckabee sanders said today she does not know of any tapes. she even joked around saying shell look underneath the cushions. so the white house is still refusing to say whether or not those tapes exist. that is very notable. but again, ari, youre right. it is something of anlternate un...

Did not reply. comey says the president called him at the fbi asking him what he could do to lift the cloud of russian allegations saying, quote, he had nothing to do with russia, had not been involved with hook ares in russia. comey replied he told congressional leaders the fbi was not inves gating mr. trump who responded, we need to get that fact out. added if there were satellite associates of his who did something wrong, that would be good to find that out. two weeks later the president aske...