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Investigation. if you wanted to send a message, he is the ideal person to do it. >> i'm going to put up on the screen some of what nbc news found that mueller is looking at in the obstruction probe because prior to today, one of the items was dangling pardons before witnesses, something john dowd allegedly did according to "the new york times." could this action today, based on what evidence they find, also enter into that obstruction analysis? >> it sure could. basically, everyone agrees the president has what's called a right to pardon. he has a right to pardon someone, but if he's dangling ...

Aiming to finalize a report in the coming months on whether the president has tried to obstruct justice. their timeline had been early as may or late as july. that timeline hinged in part on reaching a decision on a presidential interview. nowx according to two sources mueller's team may be able to close the obstruction probe more quickly since they will not need to prepare for the interview or follow up on what the president says. when they say they may be able to close the obstruction part of their inquiry, that is not good news for the president or the white house. the resources familiar wi...

He's interested in what -- or when flynn had to leave, he was very interested in the pressure that he put on james comey not to investigate flynn. but these four areas that you just laid out there seem to be areas where mueller has collected the most evidence and is likely to touch on those areas. but i will point out it could be possible that in some of those areas, he's found exculpatory evidence. as a lot of your legal experts on this show will tell you, intent is the thing that drives an obstruction probe. so if he can show not just -- he would need to show not just that the president was ...

Potential questions and they were working out kind of the scope of this interview. these are the things you can do when your client is not being subpoenaed by a grand jury but is sitting down for a volunteer interview. it means his lawyers could come with him. it could be an easier route for the president to take. but after those raids on michael cohen's office and hotel room that you just laid out, the president basically just said, no, i'm not going to cooperate, and he's taking a much more aggressive stance. meanwhile, mueller's team is moving forward with an obstruction case with or withou...

Counsel robert mueller? >> i would. >> you would? >> i would like to. >> tonight the possibility of that conversation actually taking place is looking unlikely. nbc news is reporting both mueller's prosecutors and trump's legal team, quote, are now proceeding with strategies that presume a presidential interview will not take place and that mueller, quote, may be able to close the obstruction probe more quickly. we have been talking on this broadcast for weeks about that potential interview. our nbc news colleagues also report negotiations hit a roadblock after that fbi raid of the office, res...