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Advisers and a key ally by signing with kim jong-un, north korea unleashed a new attack accusing america of evil ambition and insulting the dictator's regime. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news, a day after robert mueller's refusal to publicly clear the president, attorney general william barr's openly questioning mueller's failure to reach a decision on the question of obstruction. that comes shortly after president trump unleashed a stunning tirade against the special counsel and his investigation spitting out a string of falsehood...

Witch hunt, the deputy director who says it's not a witch hunt. >> it's the opposite. what we heard yesterday from bob mueller re-enforced the idea because of his fidelity to the rule of law and his concern even about fairness, he didn't indict the president. he was bound by the justice department guidelines. that's the opposite of a witch hunt. it's the rule of law that benefits the president that wouldn't benefit anybody else. >> so evan, then president trump went back to another familiar refrain, questioning mueller's motives because the president says he has conflicts. let me play this. >>...

Politically, republicans now willing more than ever questioning mueller's russia investigation in a way they haven't been able to before and democrats trying to defend it. >> that was a bad e-mail, like marquee bad. >> you're talking about the text message. >> the text message from agent strzok. i agree with clint that this is a large organization. it is an organization populated by terrific, honest, ethical, patriotic people. but one or two bad apples can really undermine the credibility of an entire institution. i think it's unfair but i think it's also a reality. when agent strzok said a te...

Questioning mueller's credibility, referring to the investigators as john was saying, as angry democrats even though they have registrations and histories working for republican administrations. and this is all part of the breaking point whenever that comes of whether they refuse an interview with mueller or they just fight a subpoena through the courts. and that is when the president and this white house will rely on the conservative base to rally with them. but if there are fissures, that's going to be a harder case for them to make. >> robert costa, thank you so much for spending some time ...

His argument. going to prosecutors saying look, i think you guys are using this to go after president trump. to try to impeach him. i don't think you care about these charges. and we think this is all about getting after trump. the judge has not made a ruling yet but starkly different tones in these two different courts. >> thank you very much. joining me now is jeffrey toobin. can you explain to me why two courts. >> the mueller office brought two cases charging manafort. similar but different crimes. >> why bring them in different cases? >> it is not clear to me. it is odd. i think some of i...