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Hypothetical questions. so the congress has to be very careful about what they ask if they're going to illicit any responses beyond what's in the report. >> you have a list of questions that you hope will be asked, some of which you know would not be able to be answered within the framework of the report. what else is imperative? >> i think the most important thing for wednesday's hearing is for the congress to give bob mueller a chance to explain what he found to the american people. the vast majority of americans have not read bob mueller's 450-page report. i think what is important for them...

The department of justice weighing in on mueller's testimony before congress. the associate attorney general writing that the testimony must remain within the boundaries of your public report because matters within the scope of your investigation were covered by investigate chb privilege. the letter saying mueller asked for guidance on privilege or other bars applicable to potential testimony. jessica, this letter to mueller comes as you're learning that he has a prepared statement that he is going to be giving that he is not sharing with the justice department or the attorney general. >> that...

Read for everyone. in sum the investigation established multiple links between trump campaign officials. those links included russian offers of assistance to the campaign. in some instances the campaign was receptive to the offer. ultimately, the investigation did not establish that the campaign coordinated or conspired with the russian government. do you expect mueller to add to that? >> i'd like to ask him a more in depth question because the fact of the matter is there was communications directly. the president's son donald jr. with wiki leaks. mr. manafort met with a russian tied to russia...

And didn't indict him. he refused to take a stance in the report about obstruction because he said since he won't go on trial, he has no opportunity to defend himself. he didn't indict his son because he said his son was ignorant of the law. he didn't force the president to come in and answer questions. he didn't force the president to answer all of the written questions. and the worst thing he said about all of that is the president wasn't completely straight forward in his answers. he got a break from this special counsel. >> now we have this letter. obviously, your committee, there are two ...

>> we had no collusion, no obstruction. we had no nothing. we had a total no collusion finding. it said no collusion. there was no obstruction. >> of course, he can't say it so many times without reminding you about the fact that mueller did not clear trump of obstruction and is likely to say again and again and again pretty much this when he testifies. >> if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. >> they did not say so. abby philip is outfront at the white house. you now have the department of justice saying to bob mueller, you better s...