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Posing as somebody else, even dispatched her to london to spy on mr. papadopoulos. in one of these meetings mr. papadopoulos is talking to a foreign diplomat and he tells the diplomat russians have dirt on clinton. that diplomat then contacts the f.b.i. and the f.b.i. opens an investigation based on that fact. you point this out on page 1 of the report. july 31, 2016, they open the investigation based on that piece of information. diplomat tells papadopoulos russians -- papadopoulos tells the di...

Two occasions. >> one of them was with flynn and one of them was when session and mcgahn flew to mar-a-lago. he said the president said he should do the unre cuesal act, correct? >> correct. >> a few days after flynn entered a guilty plea for lying to federal agents and cooperated with the investigation, trump asked to speak to sessions alone again in the oval office and again asked sessions to unrecuse himself true? >> im referring to the report for that. >> page 109, volume 2. down of any poin...

Violate every principle and the most sacred of traditions about prosecutors not offering extra prosecutorial analysis about potential crimes that arent charged. so americans need to know this as they listen to the democrats and socialists on the other side of the aisles as they do dramatic readings from this report that volume 2 of this report was not authorized under the law to be written. it was written to a legal standard that does not exist at the justice department. and it was written in vi...

>> correct. >> the crime of obstruction of justice has three elements, true? >> true. >> first element is an obstructive act, correct? >> correct. >> obstructive act could include taking an action that would delay or interfere with an ongoing investigation as set forth in volume 2, page 87 and 88 of your report, true? >> im sorry, could you again repeat the question. >> obstructive act could include taking an action that would delay or interfere with an ongoing investigation. >> thats true. >> y...

To the public and even lesser redacted version to congress. did you write the report with the expectation that it would be released publicly? >> no, we did not have an expectation. we wrote the report understanding that it was demanded by the statute and would go to the attorney general for further review. >> pursuant to the special counsel regulations who is the only party that must receive the charging decision resulting from the special counsels investigation? >> with regard to the president?...

Confidential report explaining the prosecution or decisions reached by the special counsel. thats the first word of your report, right? >> thats correct. >> here is the problem. special counsel didnt do that. on volume 1 you did, volume 2 with respect to potential obstruction of justice the special counsel made neither a prosecution decision or a deck lanation decision. he made no decision. you told us this morning and in your report you made no determination. respectfully, director, you didnt f...

Correct? >> thats what the report says. the report. >> but its completely appropriate for the presidents staff, especially his counsels to take notes during a meeting, correct? >> i rely on the wording of the report. >> thank you for your investigation whether the president attempted to obstruct justice by ordering mcgahn to lie about the president. it is clear any other person who engaged in such conduct would be charged with a crime. we will continue our investigation and hold the president ac...

Pages discussing the june 9th, 2016 trump tower meeting. it would be fair to say, would it not, that you spent significant resources investigating that meeting. >> i refer you to the report. >> and president trump wasnt at the meeting. >> no. >> thank you. now in stark contrast to the actions of the trump campaign we know the clinton campaign did pay fusion gps to gather dirt on the trump campaign from persons associated with foreign governments. but your report doesnt mention a thing about fusi...

Mueller. weve all said mueller does not seem very firm in his position or in the way that he is responding here. and so you could say oh, he is an elderly person or not in charge. i disagree. i think he has demonstrated what he has been praised for, rectitude and trying to keep himself out of the argument and not a political player. the question is how do the american people respond to the idea that its the republicans who are attacking mueller? remember after the investigation. >> brett: would ...

>> no. >> if no on page 180 of volume you wrote its synonymous with conspiracy as that is set forth in usc371. you said at your press conference and here today you choose your words carefully. are you testifying something different than what your report states today? >> what im asking is if you can give me the citation i can look at the citation and evaluation whether it is -- >> let me clarify. you stated youve said within the report. i stated your report back do you. collusion and conspiracy w...