president is considering. it is unclear if it happens or this is something the president's simply speaking about. she said there's no set timetable of when this might happen, jake, but it is extraordinary to think about it. as far as we can see it's unprecedented. certainly for one president to do it to former officials from a recent administration, jake. >> as i noted a few minutes ago, comey and mccabe don't have the clearances to be taken away. sanders suggested that president trump could be more involved in the russia investigation. what does that mean? >> reporter: jake, we don't know. the president's been pretty involved. he fired james comey, of course. there's a special counsel investigating so it's unclear exactly what she was meaning. you know, how he would become more involved. would he try to make more changes at the justice department? she said more and more every day he sees evidence this is a hoax. one thing happening, of course, the paul manafort first person to face a jury on this is happening, supposed to be later