hillary clinton got that. and he couldn't get that. so he fired him and then he said i'm free of this guy. >> so doesn't that seem to contradict what he told lester holt? watch this. >> regardless of recommendation i was going to fire comey knowing there was no good time to do it. and, in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself. i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. it's an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election that they should have won. >> is that a problem, these two statements? and could it be an issue for trump as part of the mueller investigation? >> i think it is a problem. i think what giuliani managed to do in this statement and a number of statements is just contradict the president and basically complicate things for everybody. look, if he fires -- if the president fired comey because comey would not say he wasn't