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Now. it came out yesterday that the president then kanld dt trump welcomed russian interference and then lied about it. generally trumps written answers were untruthful. trump encouraging of wikileaks during the campaign was problematic, and he went onto say thats an understatement, that he was not exonerated from obstruction. he fears robert mueller does, and accepting help is the new normal and he was not seeking a job as fbi director as trump claimed. if oall of those things are not enough to...

Lets focus on what he said, though, and heres just some key facts from what came out of his testimony. he said trump welcomed russian interference and lied about it. he said generally trumps written questions to the special counsel were untruthful. he said trump encouraging of wikileaks was problematic. in fact he said that word was an understatement, trump was nonexonerated. and he also contradict said the president. can what bob mueller said break through in the way in which he delivered those...

Is that correct? >> im not familiar with that. >> it is not a trick question. fusion gps. >> reporter: the testimony continued in the house intelligence go anywhere mueller characterize donald trumps comments on the stolen clinton emails. >> problematic is an understatement. >> trump campaign officials build their strategy around those stolen documents. >> generally that is true. >> they lied to cover it up. >> generally that is true. >> reporter: democrats were accused of being desperate. >> th...

Sit here and he did throw a bunch of shade at donald trump and administration by saying that their investigation was impeded by all of the lies and that the president is talking about wikileaks and saying, you know, i love you wikileaks was problematic would be an understatement. he called it disturbing subjek -- subject to investigation. he did go on a little bit about that -- >> if thats the most exciting -- [ laughter ] >> second half is it was like, you know, getting water from a stone. you ...

Impeded by all of the lies and that the president is talking about wikileaks and saying, you know, i love you wikileaks was problematic would be an understatement. he called it disturbing subjek -- subject to investigation. he did go on a little bit about that -- >> if thats the most exciting -- [ laughter ] >> second half is it was like, you know, getting water from a stone. you couldnt do it. he didnt want to be there. and he wasnt honestly fully in command of everything that was in front of h...

Special counsel directly contradicted president trump on the russia probe. watch this. >> i have president putin, he just said that it is not russia. >> they are doing it as we sit here. >> it is not an interference. they have information. i think id take it. >> i hope this is not the new normal, but i fear it is. >> this just came out. wikileaks, i love wikileaks. >> how do you react to that? >> well, probably -- problematic is an understatement. >> whole big fat hoax. just a hoax. >> it was no...

The president yesterday said he might watch a bit of hearings yesterday that might have been an understatement judging by the head of steam. as we played at the top he vented on the south lawn celebrating on his way to west virginia. here is another sample. >> we have done a great job under this terrible phony cloud of phony cloud thats all it was and they should be ashamed of themselves, absolutely ashamed and everyone knew it was a hoax especially the democrats. wikileaks is a hoax like everyt...

This wikileaks is like a treasure trove. donald trump, october 31st, 2016. boy, i love reading those wikileaks. donald trump, november 4th, 2016. any of those quotes disturb you, mr. director? >> im not certain i would say -- >> how do you react to that? >> well, its problematic is an understatement in terms of whether to display, in terms of giving some i dont know, some hope or some boost to what is and should be illegal activity. >> so national security adviser flynn lied about discussions wi...

Aware that if a hostile foreign power is trying to influence an election has no duty to report that to the fbi or other authorities? >> i hope -- >> go ahead. >> i hope this is not the new normal. but i fear it is. >> just one of many notable moments from this afternoons session on the topic of russian election interference. robert mueller was also asked about president trumps repeated praise for wikileaks during the presidential campaign. >> boy, i love reading those wikileaks. donald trump nov...

Boost to what is and should be illegal activity. >> and an understatement from mr. mueller by way of calling it problematic is an understatement. for all of this we have asked both frank figliuzzi and jeremy bash to return for a final word. frank, i have to say, a lot of people were surprised today at how seemingly mystified the former director was at the numerous mentions of things like fusion gps. if you have walked by a television over the past two years and fox has been on, if youve been in ...