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During the hearing yesterday how many of the 500 plus interviews he actually sat in on to which he responded very few. does that surprise you? >> not really. i would be curious which few he actually sat in on. i know they didn't go -- i don't think they had a second interview with mifsud. the f.b.i. interviewed him prior to the special counsel being named. i wonder what those few were. it didn't surprise me. we got from yesterday bob mueller was doing the hard work. i think it was the 18 lawyers most of whom were pretty partisan democrat lawyers and the 40 agents. that didn't surprise me. i wo...

Schiff gafsh else? i could have told you this is how they would spend their time and they haven't disappointed me. >> jon: so much of this began with the fusion gps opposition research that was funded by the clinton campaign and the democratic national committee. congressman shabat had an interesting exchange with robert mueller yesterday. >> 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. it was fusion gps. >> jon: that has been in the news. on...

>> mueller: it's obvious that we can't get into charging decisions. >> former special counsel was not familiar with fusion gps, the firm behind the democrat funded dossier. that matters, because it was used to secure surveillance and multiple renewals. >> when you talk about the firm that produced the steele reporting, the name of the firm the produce that was fusion gps, is that correct? >> mueller: i'm not familiar with that. >> is not a trick question. it was fusion gps >> it standard for the russians or any former intelligence service to collect information about those campaigns. investiga...

Now, a few questions on page 103 of volume 2 of your report when discussing the june 2016 trump tower meeting you referenced, quote, the firm that produced steel reporting, unquote, the name of that firm was fusion gps, is that correct? >> and you're on page 103? >> 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 is fusion gps, is that correct? >> i'm not familiar with that. >> it's not a trick question. it was fusion gps. now, fusion gps produced the opposition research document widely known as the steele ...

In your report. >> well, sir -- >> meanwhile you write 3,500 words between the trump campaign and veselnitskaya. you write that the president's legal team suggested i'm quoting from the report that the meeting might have been a set-up. by individuals working with the firm that produced the steele reporting so i'm going to ask you a very easy question, director mueller. on the week of june 9, who did russian lawyer veselnitskaya meet with more frequently? the trump campaign or glenn simpson who is functionally acting as an operative for the democrat i think national committee. >> this is under ...