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On page 103 of volume 2 of your report when discussing the june 2016 trump tower meeting you reference the firm that produced steele report, unquote. the name of that firm was fusion gps, is that correct? >> you're on page 103? >> that's correct, volume 2. when you talk about the firm that produced the steele reporting, the name of the firm that produced that was fusion gps, is that correct? >> i'm not familiar with that. >> it's not a trick question or anything. it was fusion gps. fusion gps produced the opposition research document widely known as the steele dossier and the owner of fusion g...

Staff-driven investigation. that also fills in some of the blanks with regard to when bill barr put out that four-page summary of the findings there was this pushback from mueller and now it appears it probably came from mueller's team saying listen, boss, we need you to get out there and say that this is not accurately reflecting the work we did for the last two years. >> this was a staff-driven operation. president trump's claim these were partisans will certainly be looked at again and i think he will be proven correct it wasn't just robert mueller going after him on a biased political base...

>> on page 113 it says quote, the president then directed porter to tell mcgahn to create a record to make it clear that the president never directed mcgahn to fire you, end quote, is that correct? >> that is as stated in the report. >> and you found, quote, the president said he wanted mcgahn to write a letter to the file for our records, correct? >> correct. >> and to be clear the president is asking his white house counsel, don mcgahn, to create a record that mcgahn believed to be untrue while you were in the midst of investigating the president for obstruction of justice, correct? >> gener...

Counted 126 contacts between russians or their agents and trump campaign officials or their associates. would that sound about right? >> i can't say. i understand the statistic and i believe it -- i understand the statistic. >> mr. mueller, i appreciate you being here and your report. from your testimony and the report, i think the american people have learned several things. first, the russians wanted trump to win. second, the russians went on a sweeping cyber influence campaign. the russians hacked the dnc and they got the democratic game plan for the election. the russian campaign chairman ...

Elections effectively ending your investigation into the 2016 trump campaign, is that correct? >> i'm not going to adopt your characterization. i'll say facts as laid out in the report are accurate. >> in your report you write at page 99 -- 97 substantial evidence indicates that the president's effort to have sessions limit the scope of the special counsel's investigation to future elections interference was intended to prevent further investigative scrutiny of the president and his campaign's conduct. correct? >> generally. >> and so mr. mueller, you have seen a letter where 1,000 former repu...