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And the -- that one case where the president cannot be charged with a crime. >> okay. but the -- could you charge the president with a crime after he left office? >> yes. >> you believe that he committed -- you could charge the president of the united states with obstruction of justice after he left office? >> yes. >> ethically? >> i'm not sure because i haven't looked at the ethic standards but the olc opinion says that the prosecutor while he cannot bring a charge against a sitting president nonetheless he can continue the investigation to see if there are other persons drawn into the conspi...

Evidence in the mueller report, and we're finding more and more instances where this just isn't the case. and it's starting to look like, you know, having desperately tried and failed to make a legal case against the president, you made a political case instead. you put it in a paper sack, lit it on fire, dropped it on our porch, rang the doorbell, and ran. >> i don't think you reviewed a report that is as thorough, as fair, as consistent as the report that we have in front of us. >> then why is -- >> time of the gentleman is expired. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. >> director muel...

Mcgahn, is that correct? >> that's what the report says, yeah, the report. >> but in fact it's completely appropriate for the president's staff especially his counsel's to take notes during a meeting, correct? >> i rely on the wording of the report. >> well, thank you, director mueller, for your investigation into whether the president attempted to obstruct justice by ordering mcgahn to lie to protect the president and then to create a false record about it. it is clear that any other person would be charged with a crime. we'll continue our investigation and we will hold the president accounta...

The -- i had served two terms as fbi director. >> the answer is no. >> the answer is no. >> greg jarrett describes your office as the team of partisans. as additional information is coming to light, there's a growing concern that political bias caused important facts to be omitted from your report in order to cast the president unfairly, in a negative light. for example, john dowd, the president's lawyer, leaves a message with michael flynn's lawyer on november 2017. the edited version in your report makes it appear he was improperly asking for confidential information. that's all we know from...

For a charge of conspiracy with russian interference in the 2016 election. is that fair? >> that's fair. >> was there sufficient evidence to convict president trump or anyone else with obstruction of justice? >> we did not make that calculation. >> how could you not have made the calculation? >> well, the olc opinion, office of legal counsel indicates we cannot indict a sitting president and one of the tools that the prosecutor will use is not there. >> but let me just stop. you made the decision on the russian interference. you couldn't have indicted the president on that and you made the dec...