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Charles krauthammer. byron, your thoughts great >> the first thing was he confirmed some reports we've seen that the president asked him if he would consider letting go the michael flynn investigation. this was after flynn was fired. he confirmed what you were just reading, the loyalty request, although it's something we hear the president has asked almost everybody he's hired. on the other hand, he did confirm with the president said which was that call comey saidn three occasions donald trump was not under investigation. we've seen a brief statement from the president's lawyer saying he feel...

Charles krauthammer. byron, your thoughts great >> the first thing was he confirmed some reports we've seen that the president asked him if he would consider letting go the michael flynn investigation. this was after flynn was fired. he confirmed what you were just reading, the loyalty request, although it's something we hear the president has asked almost everybody he's hired. on the other hand, he did confirm with the president said which was that call comey saidn three occasions donald trump was not under investigation. we've seen a brief statement from the president's lawyer saying he feel...

It has depended on the state of mind of the individual who says those words at the time he says those words. was he intending to obstruct an investigation that he knew was on going? so the language is not itself determinative. it is the language in context. those who say this is obstruction of justice put that language in the context of comey being fired for russia, the meeting with comey taking place after a loyalty request at a previous dinner. that the attorney general was asked to leave the room so that the president could speak to comey alone in the white house. on the other side of it, o...

Director told him three times he was not under investigation. could you conceive of any plausible scenario in which that might have happened? >> no. i can't imagine why the director would say that other than his testimony where he confirmed that they had some active investigation going on with his campaign. that's the only time he did that, and director comey is particularly careful, as we just heard with his words. he's not going to make these statements which put him in a position of his own compromise. >> given comey's level of skill in navigating this that you have identified, matt, and it...

Testimony where he confirmed that they had some active investigation going on with his campaign. that's the only time he did that, and director comey is particularly careful, as we just heard with his words. he's not going to make these statements which put him in a position of his own compromise. >> given comey's level of skill in navigating this that you have identified, matt, and it's really a remarkable thing to go back and look at his 2007 testimony when he talked about that famous night at the bed of john ashcroft. he has an ability to preserve his reputation amidst many controversial th...