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That tape in basically threatening comey as a witness amounted to nothing less than witness tampering. the statute that's involved is section 1512 of the united states code, and i'll just read from it because it's spot on. whoever knowingly engages in misleading conduct -- which we clearly have here. he misled everybody for six weeks about these tapes. -- toward another person with intent to influence the testimony of any person in an official proceeding commits a crime. i mean it couldn't be any clearer. this is just part of his entire obstruction of justice that he has been constantly perpet...

Been no obstruction. there has been no collusion. there has been leaking by comey. i mean the whole thing is ridiculous if you want to know the truth from that standpoint. but robert mueller's an honorable man, and hopefully he'll come up with an honorable solution. >> nick, you've worked in a similar format as a prosecutor dealing with a sensitive case touching the white house. if you in an office heard comments like that, what is the approach? you ignore them, or you look at them as potentially also problematic? >> well, you ignore them. you know they're problematic. but this is really histo...

See. i mean we're going to have to see in terms -- look, there has been no obstruction. there has been no collusion. there has been leaking by comey. i mean the whole thing is ridiculous if you want to know the truth from that standpoint. but robert mueller's an honorable man, and hopefully he'll come up with an honorable solution. >> nick, you've worked in a similar format as a prosecutor dealing with a sensitive case touching the white house. if you in an office heard comments like that, what is the approach? you ignore them, or you look at them as potentially also problematic? >> well, you ...

Trump inappropriately pressed him for loyalty, said he should be investigated for obstruction, and that he wrongly interfered with the flynn inquiry. trump's immediate reaction was that some of comey's statements under oath were not true. >> some of the things that he said just weren't true. >> he did say under oath that you told him to let the flynn -- you said you hoped the flynn investigation -- he could let go. >> i didn't say that. >> so he lied about that? >> well, i didn't say that. i mean i will tell you i didn't say that. >> so trump said comey was lying about things that make trump l...

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