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Same access to the documents. it's a bad move to pick personal conflicts of interest for the means or the premise you're going to use for firing a special counsel but that is apparently what the president tried to do and t"the times" ha details. quote, amid the first wave of reports mueller was examining a possible obstruction case, the president began to argue that mueller had three conflicts of interest that disqualified him from overseeing the investigation. one, he claimed that a dispute years ago over fees at the trump national golf club in virginia had prompted mr. mueller, fbi director ...

Is now examining the statement. >> the president weighed in, as any father would, based on the limit said information he had. >> reporter: the "times" reports mueller is also aware of unsuccessful attempts by the president to stop jeff sessions from recusing himself. >> i am disappointed in the attorney general. he should not have recused himself. >> reporter: according to the "times", mr. trump ordered white house counsel don mcgann to lobby sessions against recusing. when mcgann was unsuccessful, mr. trump erupted in anger saying he needed his attorney general to protect him. the president l...

This week. all of that pressure outside the investigation. meanwhile, inside it, new reports mueller is looking at things that house investigators are also looking at. the entire russia probe involves some fact checking including fact checking jim comey's explosive claim that donald trump demanded personal loyalty of him. donald trump, of course, had denied that. >> didn't say under oath -- i hardly know the man. i'm not going to say i want to you pledge allegiance. who would do that? to pledge allegiance under oath. i hardly know the man. it doesn't make sense. no, i didn't say that and i did...

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Flynn and comey. the white house officials say mueller is interested in the oval office meeting with top russian officials. documents described in times in may quoted the president telling the russians he was not under investigation and quote, i just fired the head of the fbi. he was crazy. a real nut job. i face great pressure because of russia. that's taken off now. the special counsel's office also made request from the white house donald trump jr.'s meeting with the russian lawyer. "washington post" reports mueller also asked for any e-mail or document the white house holds that relates ...