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Mr. comey for previously telling him he was not a subject of the fbi's russia investigation." now, the second event that troubled investigators was one we all watched. it was this interview with nbc news' lester holt, which occurred two days after james comey's firing. the president said 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. >> this rusher thing. now "the times" notes special counsel rober...

Transition, which was headed up by star-crossed vice president-elect mike pence, during the transition which mike pence was running, mike flynn's lawyers notified the transition formally in writing that flynn was the object of an fbi investigation into him having potentially acted as a secret agent for the government of turkey. the transition was notified about that during the transition. despite that notification he was under federal investigation on a counterintelligence matter, they want ahead and named him national security adviser anyway. nobody blinked. it was only days later, literally ...

We now know during the transition, which was headed up by star-crossed vice president-elect mike pence, during the transition which mike pence was running, mike flynn's lawyers notified the transition formally in writing that flynn was the object of an fbi investigation into him having potentially acted as a secret agent for the government of turkey. the transition was notified about that during the transition. despite that notification that he was under federal investigation on a counterintelligence matter, they want ahead and named him national security adviser anyway. nobody blinked. it was...

He wants it to. when you look at his tweets, he said, this was really bad stuff. an all-time biggest scandal. i think he's right, but not in the way he thinks. i know as a former fbi agent, in order to use a tool as invasive, you have to meet a certain set of standards and get the highest level of approval within the justice department, particularly if you're involving a presidential candidate. the fact that the fbi were able to meet those hurdles, to overcome those challenges and use this informant tells me they were on to a criminal investigation the results of which the campaign may not lik...

Cannot be indicted. so it's a little vague what they're meaning. and it may be to make mr. trump relax and bring him in and get him in front of the grand jury. that report also indicates that they are writing a report. they're going to do it possibly in segments, where they'll address the obstruction in one, the counterintelligence matter in another, and what have you. so it's very good journalism and it's a very insightful report in that it tells all the permutations involved in it. but it doesn't really tell us a whole lot about where we are. >> so here's the quote you're talking about. the ...