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He asked what we could do to licht the cloud. president, comey says, was interested in establishing his loyalty. comey said president trump told him quote i need loyalty. i expect loyalty. comey went on, i didnt move, speak, or change my facial expression in any way during the awkward silence that followed. he said he told trump finally, quote, you will always honesty from me to which the president responded, thats what i want, honest loyalty. >> comey left some not so subtle clues for investiga...

He asked what we could do to "lift the cloud." he agreed, but then reemphasized. the problem that this was causing him. here now, fox news judicial analyst, judge napolitano. is there any problem with that statement? >> well, i do not share the view of my friend and colleague, that this is an open and shut case of obstruction of justice. in fact, reading the comey statement, its like a christmas tree with ornaments on it. you find one that you like and you find one that you dont like. theres mat...

President. also -- >> but cant the white house make the argument that because he did that, because he never had the need or never felt the need to document a conversation with president obama, that that does amount to him, in effect, trying to build a case against this president from the onset? >> i think it shows president president trump acted completely different than president obama did in that he felt the responsible thing to do was document it. he also had no one he felt comfortable going ...

Governs muellers behavior requires him to report to the justice department. if he said that the president committed obstruction of justice, i would indict him but for the fact that hes president, i think its very difficult for the house republican i think its politically untenable but legally inappropriate. secondly is what i think comes through all of this is there are doj guidelines that specifically limit the white houses conduct when it comes to investigations. they are not hall loud to talk...

Which forced the fbi and intelligence community to brief him about the dossier, to tell him that these salacious existed. but i think why thats important and this cloud that he refers to that trump refers to in the memos in the conversations with the director and said this cloud over the russia investigation really started with the dossier and in the memo that comey eventually prepared, you know, he said he needed to brief trump about the dossier because the media was getting ready to report it....

Investigation. that is the most inappropriate thing to ask the aorney general to do. it is asking the people who a supposed to be independent, who are suppos to conduct criminal investigations free from interference to end a criminal investigation. the thing is this idea of a quid proquo. if you think about the last conversation the president had with director comey -- >> on april 11? >> yes. he asked if he could lift the cloud thats hanging over him and making it difficult to do his job. direct...

Been doing remarkable reporting of your own. as to what exactly is going on inside the white house. and i want to get your last take, if you dont mind, on how he is feeling. and heres a quote from your article. ever since fbi director james comey launched this investigation, trump has been consumed, haunted and antagonized by thoughts of comey. >> this is t cloud that hangs over president trump right now. he is angry. sources tell us hes been watching more television, more cable news than normal...

Dossier has been debunked by even the author himself cristian steel. do you want to react? >> what the heck does the lawyer have to say about the document? i find it odd, interesting because of the hookers reference, but something to compare to the flynn revelations is secondary. on the cloud in this comment from the thapt he wants to get out from underneath the cloud, the fbi director did the right thing. as soon as he skips out and speaks about information on one part he has to speak about the...

Which is to a desire on the part of the president to interfere with or impede this ongoing investigation of general flynn. and the more that that adds up, the more convincing it becomes. and each piece helps provide that illumination, that context that i talked about, about that most compelling statement, which is, can you make this go away? can you let this go? >> he also says the president asked him if he could lift the cloud. talking about unconfirmed salacious allegations in that dossier pre...

>> there is another odd exchange, pete, and if you could, just go back to where you were before i interrupted you to take you to the end and pick up there. >> march 30? >> yeah. there is this section also getting a lot of attention now duringhe testimony tomorrow. apparently the fbi director is gog to say, quote, he said he had nothing to do with russia. had not been involved with hookers in russia and had always assumed he was being recorded when he was in russia. he asked what he could do to l...