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Stated. can he really do that? that is one of many reasons why i believe you need this remedy, a second special counsel. >> you're not asking for anybody to look into why trump fired comey, are you? >> no, no, no. that's what -- mueller has said he's looking into possibly obstruction of justice in the firing of james comey. mueller oversees the investigation. and he's the one who wrote the memo to fire james comey. >> mueller is the one who draws the conclusions about it. that's why rosenstein is insulated. he oversees. he does not conduct. mueller was celebrated by so many in your party. >> s...

In the initial scope was one year ago this day, may 17 letter, may 17 memorandum, rod rosenstein altered, amended, change, clarify that in some fashion on august 2. and all we have got to see is a little bit of that that dealt with paul manafort. we want to see the whole thing, just like the federal judge. more portly, you in the press need to see it and most important of the american people need to see it because they are the ones who elected this president. and the part that just drives me crazy is broad rosenstein was never elected to anything. i am on the ballot every two years. members of...

It was not a fact when he thought about may 17. that is rudy giuliani freelancing, which he did, and now that's over. the president's legal team has always been saying there's not enough time, because they have to brief the president so much if he was going to testify before mueller. of course, he can't do that with the summit coming up. i think this reflects a new strategy that they have. the old strategy was let's get it over with quickly, we want to be done with this. i think they may by banking on the fact that mueller doesn't want to do a report unless he hears from the president, to

Quote, i wouldn't want to take his concentration off something far, far more important. giuliani, who also suggested special counsel robert mueller's team had indicated it would not attempt to indict trump said he hoped to resolve the question of an interview by may 17, the one-year anniversary of mueller's point but that was no longer feasible. now that target date has gone by the boards, quote, the president would probably like the resolution of an interview, said giuliani to the a.p., but right now we're not there. this week we also learn's about mueller's interest in trump's long time pers...

Ellison barber at the north lawn of the white house. >>reporter: they have not said whether the president will sit down with special counsel moller and not if or when they will make that decision. the president outside legal team have previously said they would try to make a decision on whether that interview would happen by may 17. that's the one year anniversary of one special counsel robert moller was appointed. in a phone call, president trump's attorney rudy giuliani told fox news the legal team is waiting for information from moller and it's difficult to make a decision on whether or not...