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Barack obama." reached for comment, ty cobb declined. cnn contributor walter schaub says at the time he recommended recusal and expressed outrage upon learning mcgann was personally lobbying sessions against it. >> while i was on the phone talking to the department of justice officials, telling them that jeff sessions had no choice but to recuse in order to resolve a criminal conflict of interest, we now learn that don mcgann was pressuring jeff sessions on behalf of the president to do just the opposite. i think that we are in a neighborhood where i hope mueller is looking at this very seriou...

>> cnn's jessica schneider has been following don mcgahn's role and has more from white house. >> reporter: a source close to attorney general jeff sessions tells cnn white house council don mcgahn personally reached out to sessions in early 2017 to try to dissuade the attorney general from recusing himself from that probe. they learned about the outreach and it was a direct order by president trump who reportedly erupted in front of several white house officials when sessions announced he recused himself. >> therefore, i recuse myself. >> reporter: saying mr. trump said he had expected his to...