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That eventually included 21 names. when trump released the final list, he said, this list is definitive and i will choose only from in it picking future justices of the united states supreme court. that's presumably assuaging worries from republicans who might think that he will appoint judge judy or somebody off fox or whoever it was. sure enough when trump won the presidency, his first nominee, neil gorsuch, came right off that list. a few months later when rumors started to swirl that maybe justice kennedy were thinking of retiring, trump said if that happened, he would definitely pick his ...

Conversation with a law firm that is representing the president and at one point represented the president in the mueller conversation and that conversation was specifically about mueller and his probe. what do you make of the nominee giving you a flat denial on that at last tonight? >> well, i don't know why it took 24 hours to get a final answer that was a firm no. i'll tell you that he has been unable to agree that he should recuse himself on the investigations if they should arrive at the supreme court and he confirmed he has not given clear answers on whether the president can fire him. a...

>> benson and torres, the law firm founded by mark kasowitz, president trump's personal lawyer. have you had any conversation about rob mueller or his investigation with anyone at that firm? yes or no? >> is there a person you're talking about? >> my question have you had a conversation with anyone at that firm about that investigation? it's a really specific question. >> i would like to know the person you're thinking of. >> i think you're thinking of someone and you don't want to tell us. who did you have a conversation with? >> mr. chairman, i would like the raise an objection here. this to...

This year. quote, a long time republican operative with ties to the controversial data firm hired by president donald trump's campaign team also has a nearly 2000 decade long friendship and business relationship with a suspected russian intelligence agent con stand tin kilimnik who has landed in mueller's crosshairs. the washington based operative sam patten would not say whether he has been interviewed by mueller's team as part of the investigation into russia's election interference and potential collusion between trump campaign and moscow. but mr. patten says that his relationship with kili...

Did he let you in on any of that when you talked to him? >> so that was the thing i was most interested in when i reached out. i had wanted to know if he had been contacted by mueller. he had all these ties to manafort and kilimnik. he told me only that he had spoken to relevant government entities. i assumed that meant congress, maybe the fbi had reached out to him once or twice. he did not give me a firm answer on whether or not he had been interviewed by mueller. now we know he was. but he was very coy and he would not go into much detail about the work that this company that he set up with...