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>> well, i just find it intriguing. let me tell you there is evidence suggests that phone call took place and that's what was said. move to the next question. evidence suggests may 12, 2017 before you were appointed special counsel you met with mr. rosenstein in person. did you discuss the appointment of a special counsel then? >> i've gone into waters that don't allow me to give you an answer to that particular question that relates to the internal discussions he would have in terms of indicting an individual. >> there has been no indictment has to do with special counsel and whether you disc...

The use of the memo. quote -- rosenstein made his remarks at a private meeting at the justice department on may 12, 2017, according to mccabe's memoir. mccabe recalls rosenstein being glassy eyed, visibly upset and sounding emotional. he said it wasn't his idea, the president ordered him to write the memo justifying the firing, mccabe writes. rosenstein said he was having trunl sleeping. mccabe writes there's no one here i can trust, he's quoted as saying, all of which fits into reporting we read and talked about on this show surrounding that event and time period. right before comey's firing,...

Credibility and answering them, i do not want somebody who is so fully and comprehensively prepped that i don't get sincerity. >> so let's take a look at some of these examples. to your point, laura, they seem to often focus on the president's oin tweets. here is one from may 12, 2017. what was the purpose of your may 12, 2017 tweet the investigators want to know. here is the actual tweet. james comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. so, jim, to laura's point, had the president not tweeted that, the investigators wouldn't have that line...

It's almost like a timeline of what happened, you know really day by day or key moment by key moment in the president's own words. there is volumes upon voluming of what the president has said online through interviews other things. some of the questions, one specific one was on pai 12, 2017 -- - may 12, 2017 what did you mean by this? of course, that's when the president, after he had the meeting with james comey, he said, look, there are tapes of our conversation. he said, he better hope that -- you know, he said it honestly, there are tapes of our conversation. so clearly the special counse...

Example, what was the purpose of your may 12, 2017 tweet, that was the tweet in which he said to comey you better hope there are no tapes. and then he said what was the purpose of your september and october statements including tweets regarding james comey, and what was the purpose of your july 2017 tweet regarding mr. sessions? so, you know, it's very clear that if they're going to make an obstruction argument, and we don't know if they will, they'd have to piece together -- it's tough. you guys the lawyers. it's tough, but they'd have to piece together some kind of mosaic that went to trump'...