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Elections? >> not to my understanding. i dont think its for me to say whether the conversation was an effort to obstruct are. i took it as concerning, but that is a conclusion im sure the special counsel will work towards to understand the intention there and whether that is an offense. >> what was it about that meeting that led you to determine that you needed to start putting down a written record? >> a combination of things. i think the circumstances, the subject matter and the person i was i...

Now, youve had extensive experience at the department of justice and at the f.b.i. youve worked under presidents of both parties. what was it about that meeting that led you to determine that you needed to start putting down a written record? >> a combination of things. i think the circumstances, the subject matter, and the person i was interacting with. circumstances first, i was alone with the president of the united states, or the president-elect, soon to be president. the subject matter i wa...

Briefing, you felt compelled to document that situation. you actually documented it as soon as you got into the car. now, youve had extensive experience at the department of justice and at the fbi, youve worked on the president os of both parties, what was it about that meeting that led you to determine that you needed to start putting down a written record? >> a combination of thing. i think the circumstances, the subject matter and the person i was interacting with. first i was alone with the ...

Important statement you just made. then, unlike your dealings with presidents of either parties in your past experience, in every subsequent meeting or conversation with this president, you created a written record. did you feel that you needed to create this written record of these memos, because they might need to be relied on at some future date? >> sure. i created records after conversations that i think i did it after each of our nine conversations. if i didnt, i did it for nearly all of th...

Made. my understanding is that then again unlike your dealings with presidents of either parties in your past experience, in every subsequent meeting or conversation with this president, you created a written record. did you feel that you needed to create this written record of these memos because they might need to be relied on at some future date? >> sure. i created records after conversations. i think i did it after each of our nine conversations. if i didnt, i did it for nearly all of them e...

To write it down and i got to write it down in a detailed way. >> thats an important statement you just made. my understanding is then again unlike you are dealing with presidents of either parties in your past experience, in every subsequent meeting or conversation with this president, you created a written record. did you feel you needed to create this written ecord, these memos, because they might need to be relied on at some future date? >> sure. i created records of conversations. i think ...

As soon as you got into the car. now youve had extensive experience at the department of justice and at the fbi. youve worked under presidents of both parties. what was it about that meeting that led you to determine that you needed to start putting down a written record? >> a combination of things. i think the circumstances, the subject matter, and the person i was interacting with. circumstances, first, i was alone with the president of the united states, or the president-elect, soon to be pre...

Encounter with the incoming president. >> what was it about the meeting that led you to determine you needed to start putting down a written record? >> circumstances, subject matter, and the person i was interacting with. circumstances, i was alone with the president of the united states, or president-elect. >> the fired fbi director told the panel that the white house was not straight with him. >> shifting explanations confused me and increasingly concerned me. they confused me because the pres...

And i dont think he will depart from the written record. the written record is the key. those memos are contemporaneous, dont require remembering things that happened a long time ago. they dont have spin. i think the records, written documents will be far more important than oral testimony. >> sounds like youre not expecting any bombshells. the white house has not explicitly said whether trump will use executive privilege to try to block comeys testimony. what would you advise him to do? >> abso...

Get as close to the election process as possible. >> there are dates on the calendar to interview susan rice who appeared on five sunday talk shows billion the attack gone awry. they crafted the memo instructing rice and others to blame it onnen a obscure internet video instead of a policy failure. >> i havent seen that but i will get back to you. >> committee members plan to question petraeus about blocked rescue efforts while cia contractors were told to wait and not aid ambassador stevens. fo...