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Are going to be looking at very carefully, that mueller's team is going to look at very carefully. i think the key consideration, of course, is that it raises further questions for the public, for everybody, about whether or not the extent of the interference was. but remember, this is a -- sessions made the right decision, right? he had to recuse himself once it became clear that he hadn't disclosed his meetings with the russian ambassador during his confirmation hearings. it's concerning the to those who see a reverse in that decision. it's a question of whether the

Barack obama." reached for comment, ty cobb declined. cnn contributor walter schaub says at the time he recommended recusal and expressed outrage upon learning mcgann was personally lobbying sessions against it. >> while i was on the phone talking to the department of justice officials, telling them that jeff sessions had no choice but to recuse in order to resolve a criminal conflict of interest, we now learn that don mcgann was pressuring jeff sessions on behalf of the president to do just the opposite. i think that we are in a neighborhood where i hope mueller is looking at this very seriou...

But shortly after firing comey, the president admitted he had russia on his mind. >> when i decided to do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. >> reporter: the president spent the weekend before the firing at his club in new jersey, where sources say the president drafted a letter he intended to send comey, but never did. in it president trump, according to "the times," described the russia investigation as fabricated and politically motivated. the paper reports mueller knows about this letter. a source tells cnn the special counse...

The new evidence relating to mueller's obstruction of justice probe also raises new questions about jeff sessions' future as attorney general. he's offered his resignation before, but the white house suggests he's still safe. >> right now he's focused on doing his job, we're focused on doing ours. we don't have reason to see there's anything different today than there was yesterday. we feel like we're in a great place and we're moving forward, and the attorney general is going to continue showing up to work this week and next week, just like he has ever day since we started, and keep doing goo...

White house counsel don mcgann urge sessions to remain on the russia investigation, but so did former chief of staff reince priebus and ex-press secretary sean spicer, according to our reporting. cnn justice correspondent jessica snyder has the story. >> reporter: jeff sessions tells cnn white house counsel don mcgann personally reached out to sessions in early 2017 to dissuade the attorney general from recusing himself from the russia probe. "the new york times" reports mueller learned about that and trump erupted when sessions announced his recusal in march. sources put it this way to "the t...