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The optics of trying to make it all go away now, i just think are almost impossible. but maybe i'm wrong. >> bret: matthew? >> it's important to ask how president trump found himself in this situation to begin with and that was by firing james comey. and after comey's firing, comey leaked the memos which then led to the appointment of the special prosecutor. so now if president trump thinks can he fix this situation by firing the special prosecutor doesn't make sense. the first firing led to more problems for him. >> bret: go ahead. >> there is one situation where maybe he could do this if the...

Conversation to fellow members of the intelligence committee, as they are right to do. as you would expect them to do as leaders of that committee. but from there, after they conveyed that information to members of their committee, that word started to spread. and that resulted in multiple press reports that comey had asked for more resources just days before he was fired. this claim that continues to be denied by the justice department. now what exactly james comey asked for if anything, again, we do not know. james comey does not talk to me. we know that director comey last met in person wit...

States, jeff sessions, and the deputy attorney general of the united states, rod rosenstein. i want to bring in jeffrey toobin, our senior legal analyst. jeffrey, this is an extraordinary moment in american history. >> you bet it is, wolf. and a grotesque abuse of power, by the president of the united states. this is the kind of thing that goes on in nondemocracies. that when there is an investigation that reaches near the president of the united states, or the leader of a nondemocracy, they fire the people who are in charge of the investigation. i have not seen anything like this since octo...

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