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Drama. >> i was very upset. i was angry. >> comey was worried the bush administration was determined to keep a warrantless eavesdropping program that mueller, comey, and their boss, attorney general john ashcroft thought was illegal. but ashcroft was in the hospital recovering from surgery, leaving comey in charge. >> i was concerned that given how ill i knew the attorney general was that there might be an effort to ask him to overrule me when he was in no condition to do that. called director mueller. he said i'll meet you at the hospital right now. >> they had to race administration official...

You should go to jail then. >> so he'll tell his client -- >> sounds like you're guilty. bob mueller is someone who sees the world in very black and white terms. >> reporter: by 2004, mueller was running the fbi when his phone rang. it was james comey, then deputy attorney general. it was the first time mueller and comey would find themselves in a very controversial legal drama. >> i was very upset. i was angry. >> reporter: comey was worried the bush administration was determined to keep a warrantless eavesdropping program that mueller, comey and their boss, attorney general john ashcroft tho...

We're looking at robert mueller's investigation and how his life and career prepared him for this moment. gloria borger picks up her report with a look at mueller's history with james comey. by 2004, mueller was running the fbi when his phone rang. it was james comey, then deputy attorney general. it was the first time mueller and comey would find themselves in a very controversial legal drama. >> i was very upset, i was angry. >> comey was worried the bush administration was determined to keep a warrantless eavesdropping program that mueller, comey and their boss thought was illegal. but ashc...

. it's no secret that president donald trump is not a fan of special counsel robert mueller, nor is he a fan of former fbi director james comey, although he did fire comey. as gloria borger explains, mueller and comey's relationship goes back years. >> by 2004 mueller was running the fbi when his phone rang. it was james comey, then deputy attorney general. it was the first time mueller and comey would find themselves in a very controversial legal drama. >> i was very upset. i was angry. >> reporter: comey was worried the bush administration was determined to keep a warrantless eavesdropping...

Geor gloria borger explains mueller and comey's relationship, it goes back several years. >> reporter: by 2004, mueller was running the fbi when his phone rang, it was james comey, the first time mueller and comey would find themselves in a very controversial legal drama. >> i was very upset, i was angry. >> reporter: comey was worried the bush administration was determined to keep a warrantless eavesdropping program that mueller, comey and their boss, attorney general john ashcroft, thought was illegal. but ashcroft was in the hospital recovering from surgery leaving comey in charge. >> i was...