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He literally called him that and said he thought he needed a contemporaneous document to support his side of the story. and with that he prepared his memos which i think will play a growing role as this investigation goes along. >> john, i want to actually play that sound. what is so remarkable to your point is this was after the first meeting with the president in trump tower where he one-on-one was briefing the president on a -- debriefing him on what was in a summary of that dossier, so clearly it seems like he had either something happened based on the president's response in that meeting ...

Reserve because he felt uncomfortable with what was going on and he wasn't sure where this was all going. that was the triggering factor for him, and it's just fascinating to know that from our perspective having been on the receiving end, that that's actually what set this all in motion. in fact, trump, himself. >> story that we hear over and over again with this president and this presidency. thank you, all, very much. i'm going to bring my panel in. joining me, michael steele, former senior adviser to jeb bush. former spokesman for john boehner. speaker john boehner. jen palmieri, former cl...

>> that was a former u.s. attorney from iowa. >> one of the things i thought fascinating was jim comey felt the notes and his memos were his own personal property and removed them when he lost his job. >> not only had, but had them leaked. >> and now they're in the hands of the approximate prosecutor. there is no criminal case to be made on an obstruction of ji justice. we have the star witness that testified and quite frankly his story doesn't rise to the level of the intent necessary on behalf of the president to even substantiate a criminal case. now we end up describing a political arena o...

Divulging too much? >> he very well could be. we all see he always says what's on his mind. he'll say anything to get what he wants. >> what's your concern about russia? >> to say you're not concerned about an fbi investigation i feel is a little partisan. i understand he's not a politician. but as a businessman you would have thought he would have had his affairs in order. michael flynn, you would have thought he'd have a little more discretion. >> do you fear that it could lead someplace. >> if you look at what the cia director said sometimes and especially with michael flynn, sometimes you ...

Went to moskow, had a dinner at a financy russian television sponsored dinner and putin was sitting at his table. >> that's what i'm saying. if this was a mistake by michael nin and mike flynn participates in, it's hard to say he doesn't understand how this works. he seems be going along with this not out of naivety but perhaps on purpose. >> was this point to some evidence of collusion? >> well, evidence of collusion is not a crime, even collusion is not a crime. this is another example of a political bombshell that doesn't rise to the level of criminal conduct. and special counsel is suppose...