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Written question and answer that answers can be reviewed. putting the president in a room with experienced prosecutors, i think that's fraud material. >> michael zeldon is joining us, one of robert mueller's former aides, legal analyst for us here at cnn. michael zeldon, to you, now knowing that comey sat and was interviewed by the mueller team at some point last year -- and we have talked many, many times about those memos and how he says that trump was asking for comey's loyalty and how the president was pressuring him not to -- you know, to drop the flynn investigation, take us behind those...

At cnn. special counsel mueller has interviewed comey about his detailed memos and the meeting's had with president trump. you remember he asked him for his loyalty and asked for investigation into fired national security adviser michael flynn to be dropped. michael zeldon, jeff cramer. michael zeldon, first to you. in this interview between comey and mueller, comey shared these memos of personal conversations he had with the president. how would that help that obstruction case? >> comey gets the call from the president, wants his loyalty, wants him to step down. he gets nervous and says dear ...

Say this is something that they m happen. it makes it that much more significant. >> boris sanchez at the white house, thank you for that reporting. lets bring in michael zeldon. he works closely. and so they have ties with robert mueller and i know you know mueller and how much would he be willing to tell trump's attorneys about his case and where it is at? >> zero would be my guess. mueller is not about to reveal anything to john dowel who i think he does know and he's an institution in washington and a long time crime lawyer and well respected.

Breaking news tonight. the president's private lawyers are scheduled to meet with robert mueller as soon as next week. today, the president left open the possibility of pardoning his former national security adviser who pled guilty to lying to the fbi and is cooperating with the investigation. joining me now is john dean and cnn legal analyst michael zeldon. john, what do you think the president leaving the door open to pardoning michael flynn? >> i think he's suggesting big trouble if he's actually seriously thinking about it. obviously, a president has unique powers. one of his almost uncont...

Again, the president could be confronted with impeachment for misuse of the pardon power if he deliberately disrupted an investigation and let these people lie and what have you. it would be not only unseemly politically, but as i say, congress would declare it impeachable. >> michael, when you see the president's allies in congress, right wing media attacking the mueller investigation, do you think they're laying the ground work for the president to fire mueller? >> so i think that politically, it's impossible for the president to fire mueller without implicating the types of abuse of office,...