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Mueller, james comey and someone who could have cashed in his position for a lot more money earlier. but he has stayed there. i think that's what these reactions are coming from today. there are people who say the fact that someone who has been part of the fabric of this agency is having to leave under these political pressures is a problem. and they think that it's a red herring for what's really happening in this administration and really is unprecedented in terms of the relationship between the white house and the fbi. >> let's listen to the president's explanation for -- to his followers a...

But he has stayed there. i think that's what these reactions are coming from today. there are people who say the fact that someone who has been part of the fabric of this agency is having to leave under these political pressures is a problem. and they think that it's a red herring for what's really happening in this administration and really is unprecedented in terms of the relationship between the white house and the fbi. >> let's listen to the president's explanation for -- to his followers and supporters about why andrew mccabe should go. he was asked this just last week. listen to this que...

I expect that andrew mccabe will be a witness in that investigation. he may have already done an interview with bob mueller. remember, when james comey has his interactions with the president, the interactions he thought were inappropriate, mccabe is one of the people he shared those memos with. he is without a doubt going to be a witness. that is exactly another reason why it makes the president's constant pressure on him so inappropriate. he is a witness against the president in a federal investigation into whether the president broke the law, and the president has constantly putting press...

It's prime time. that's disturbing. >> should mccabe go, mr. president? >> well, mccabe got more than $500,000 from essentially hillary clinton and is he investigating historic? >> should he go? >> do you remember, did anyone hear many of my speeches where i talked about mccabe? he was the starve star of my speech. the wife got $500,000 from terry. terry is hillary. >> do you regret having him as your acting fbi? >> you know what, i keep out of it. you find that hard to believe. i keep out of it. that's the way it fell. he's been there, one of those things. but he was the star? of many o my sp...

It struck me as if maybe it hasn't become clear to him or he hasn't been sort of briefed on what obstruction means. obstruction is when you try to thwart a legitimate criminal investigation, and that thwarting could have legal jeopardy for him. >> yeah, i would imagine that there are people out there who have faced charges of obstruction of justice who would characterize what they did as fighting back. against what was happening to them. robert, i want to play you the exchange over the former acting fbi director andrew mccabe who has become a bit of a lightning rod thanks to the president and ...