mused about things that he didn't like about the investigation. is that -- is that improper? i would say no. is it wise? no. but i don't think it's improper behavior on the part of a president. >> so the pattern that the "new york times" lays out that we've reported for a long time of the president asking to put loyalists in charge of various aspects of this investigation -- >> when you say loyalists, the idea -- look, you have all sorts of people who were in previous justice departments that were, quote, loyalists to the president who had been in charge of investigations. >> it doesn't appear -- it doesn't appear, though, that they were put in place specifically because they were a loyalist. and, again, "the new york times" reporting is that the president wanted geoffrey berman, no relation to me, to be in charge of the investigation and michael cohen and at that point sdny already said the president was involved in criminal activity, in their mind in that investigation. the president, according to the times, wanted to put someone who had supported nim charge him in