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York times" reported that quote, the president had ordered mcgahn to have the department of justice fire is that correct? >> correct. >> that story related to the events you testified about today. the president's calls to mcgahn to have you removed, correct? >> correct. >> after the news broke, did the president go on tv and deny the story? >> do not know. >> in fact, the president said, quote, fake news, folks. fake news. a typical new york times fake story. end quote. correct? >> correct. >> but your investigation actually found substantial evidence that mcgahn was ordered by the president t...

Truz used to claim obstruction of justice. >> generally so, yes. >> in other words the president told the counsel if he tried to remove you that could be the basis to allege that the president was obstructing justice, correct? >> that is generally correct, yes. >> now, i'd like to review what happened after the president was warned about obstructing justice. >> i'm sorry, congressman, do you have a citation? >> yes. volume 2, page 81 and 82. >> thank you. >> now, i'd like to review after the president was warned about obstructing justice. it's true that on tuesday june 13, 2017, the president ...

Your report as a russian attorney who advocated for the repeal of the magnitsky act. she'd been working with none other than glen simpson and fusion gps since at least early 2014. are you aware of that? >> that's out sside my purview. >> you didn't mention glen simpson or fusion gps in your report at all. nbc news has reported the following, quote, russian lawyer nutallia v nutallia first brought from nup other than glen simpson the fusion gps owner. you didn't include that in your report. >> i assume that's being handled by others at the department of

Called mcgahn's attorney and said that the president wanted mcgahn to put out a statement denying that he had been asked to fire the special counsel. end quote. did mcgahn do what the president asked? >> i'd refer you to the report. >> communicating through his personal attorney, mcgahn refused because he said quote, that the "the times" story was accurate in the president wanted the special counsel removed. isn't that right? >> i believe it is, but i refer you again to the report. >> okay. so mr. mcgahn told the president that he was not going to lie, is that correct? >> true. >> did the pres...

President knew that he should not have directed don mcgahn to fire the special counsel, correct? >> and where do you have that quote? >> page 90, volume two. there's evidence that the president knew he should not have made those calls to mcgahn, closed quote. >> i see that, yes. that's accurate. >> the investigation also found substantial evidence that president trump repeatedly urgeled mcgahn to dispute that he was having the special counsel terminated, correct? >> correct. >> the investigation found substantial evidence that when the president ordered don mcgahn to fire the special counsel a...