Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20171204:22:07:00
Head of the fbi. he was crazy. a real nutjob. i faced great pressure because of russia. that's taken off. and even though the president pushed back against any obstruction implications in june -- >> in the meantime, no collusion, no obstruction. >> reporter: the president's lawyers are now asserting a new defense, the president cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under the constitution's article ii and has every right to express his views of any case. this pushback by the president's lawyer that a president cannot obstruct justice, well, it's still an open q...