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Were specifically about whether the president was the subject of a counterintelligence investigation. first, on january 6th when comey went to trump tower to brief the president-elect on a dossier of allegations involving mr. trump, first reported by cnn, comey says that, quote, during our one-on-one meeting at trump tower, based on president-elect's reaction to the briefing and without him directly asking the question i hovered that assurance, that he was not under fbi counterintelligence probe. the second time in a dipper on january 27th comey says the president told him he was considering o...

Briefing and without him directly asking the question, i thaufrd assurance that he was not under fbi counterintelligence probe. the second time, in a dinner on january 27th, comey says the president told him he was considering ordering an investigation into the dossier. comey says, quote, i replied that he should give that careful thought because it might create a narrative that we were investigatesing him personally, which we weren't. and in a march 30th phone call comey quote complained we had briefed the leadership of congress on exactly which individuals we were investigating and that we h...

Conference. >> mark halperin, let's bring you in. you have enjoyed telling us why james comey has been making horrific mistakes for years now. >> there's been an effort on record and on background by major news organizations to explain and justify what he did last year in interceding in the election, a clear violation of the policies that are supposed to govern federal criminal probes like the one he was conducting and the counterintelligence probe. i don't understand, based on what "the washington post" reported, how it is that they ever thought bringing this document up was a good idea. "the...

Investigation going forward. some lawmakers interpreted rosenstein's brief saying it crossed from a counterintelligence probe to a criminal one. >> i think the shot to the body is it's now considered a criminal investigation and congress' ability to conduct investigations of all things russia has been severely limited, probably in an appropriate fashion. >> the attorney general confirm that it is now a criminal investigation? >> i never got to ask my question specifically about that. but the takeaway i have is that everything he said was that you need to treat this investigation as it may be a...

Democrats pressed rosenstein on thscope of mueller's investigation, why session was involved in the firing and why sessions is playing a role in choosing comey's replacement. then there's the approach of the investigation going forward. some lawmakers interpreted rosenstein's brief as saying the investigation had crossed from a counterintelligence probe to criminal. there was mixed opinion on whether that's the case and whether that would be best for all the investigations going on simultaneously. >> the nature of the investigation changed from counterterror to criminal investigation? if so, w...