Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170924:16:25:00
Welcome back to state of union, i'm jake tapper, the investigations into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election continue unabated and robert mueller is making it clear that president trump's actions this year are part of his scope of inquiry including his request of james comey to lay off michael flynn. now he says he believes president trump would have asked him to do something inappropriate if he had not been fired. he was let go in march, along with 45 other u.s. attorneys. bharara hadd epersonally told h he could stay.