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>> reporter: yeah. sensitive negotiations having going up until the last minute of this high profile high stakes hearing in the aftermath of robert mueller making a request to have his top deputy testify -- to sit along side him and actually be sworn in. republicans objected to that request but it was allowed for him to sit next to robert mooul per. he's not expected to speak at the judiciary committee but the intelligence committee will actually swear him in so he can answer questions potentially about personnel matters. republicans have a lot of questions about that. we'll see how he answers...

Flaws in his report. >> reporter: now, bob mueller said he'll stay within the four corners of the report if called to testify but that will not stop lawmakers asking whatever they want to, jake, particularly why bob mueller never subpoenaed donald trump for an interview and testimony and as you mentioned, why he declined to bring the obstruction charges if there was enough evidence there to recommend them, back to you. >> sarah murray. thank you. and joining me to talk about this is president trump's personal attorney jay sekulow. thank you for being here. >> thanks. >> the first question, w...

>> it could be seen as an abuse of power. >> i've read those reports. i've read those reports. there's not one piece of evidence he ever tried to manipulate a witness. >> on five counts on the screen, mr. mueller and his team found significant evidence that these things happened and i could see politicians arguing we don't want this in our presidency. i could see it. >> i'm looking at the screen here, but i -- >> ask him try to fire mueller. attempting to limit mueller's scope. messi messing with manafort's cooperation deal. >> none of those things happened, okay? he never fired mueller. >> th...

Of evidence the president engaged in obstruction which would be an impeachable crime. give me one piece of evidence he did that. >> he consistent efforts to work on comey and people around him to get to people involved with this investigation and to get to people who would be witnesses and to try to control testimony and try to control the process, even though he oversaw it -- >> he never did any of that. >> it could be seen as an abuse of power. >> i've read those reports. i've read those reports. there's not one piece of evidence he ever tried to manipulate a witness. >> on five counts on th...

There is no reason for the democrats to be in all of this investigative declaration and impeachment inquiry, forget it. forget about the how. focus on the who. you have to hear from bob mueller. he is the only person who can say whether there is enough in his report to warrant congressional follow-up or not. if he sells the findings short, if he's ho hum about the need for political accountability, the only real move for democrats is to use what is in that report in the election. but if he puts meat on the bones of the five different basis of potential obstruction in the report that most of yo...