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That was a moment in our interview that was different in tone from the rest of it. >> i want to play another clip from james comey's interview where he talked about whether the president committed crimes. >> was president trump obstructing justice? >> possibly. certainly some evidence of obstruction of justice. >> what will it mean if president trump tries to fire robert mueller? >> it would i hope set off alarm bells that this is his most serious attack yet on the rule of law. >> the fact that james comey is making this statement about obstruction of justice, talking about the russia investig...

Hand over the white house to donald trump. there is scientific evidence that shows that it did have an effect what he did days out before the election. and we have to remember, her polls were way up and then that happened and things changed. and so that is a problem that james comey -- james comey has to live with. but at the end of the day, that is not -- that is absolutely not why donald trump fired comey. he fired him because of the russia thing. he said it himself. and he wanted to obstruct justice and protect himself and his family and his top aides. >> that is not true -- >> he said -- >...

But he said his wife and daughter supported hillary clinton, took part in the women's march later, which to a lot of people on the right said this hurts your credibility. this debate will continue. this discussion as well. >> we'll be back with you in a few minutes. the president's legal team has filed papers that side with mr. trump's personal law saying attorney-client privilege must be preserved. calling the raids on his home, office and hotel room disquieting. a new legal brief creates the spectacle the president argue against his own justice department in favor of a business associate. ...

Obstruct justice? >> well, he was asking the director to get rid of a case that the director was involved in. we just don't do that in america. our president doesn't tell the fbi director, the independence of the department of justice, who they do and do not investigate. and, you know, ana, he may not have been under investigation back in january and february of 2017, but i would sure be surprised today if he -- if that was the still the case. >> comey has talked a lot about the russia investigation in these lengthy interviews that he gave to george stephanopoulos, he also spoke with "usa toda...

Obstruction of justice. >> joining me now is jim sciutto and the question is, is comey now a star witness for the obstruction of justice case. >> a star witness. that is the way to look at the interview and set aside for a moment the assessment of trump's fitness for office and his personal description and remember he is a witness to issues that we know are of interest to the special counsel and most importantly the meeting in the oval office in early in president trump's term when president trump according to james comey asked him to let it go, the case against michael flynn when he was under...