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Charged with a federal crime while he is in office. >> but, this is what the attorney general has said about in very issue. >> in your press conference, you said that you asked the special counsel whether it would have made a charging decision or recommended charges on obstruction. but for the office of legal counsel's opinion on charging sitting presidents and gnat special counsel made clear that was not the case. so, mr. barr, is that an accurate description of your conversation with the special counsel? >> yes, he reiterated several times in a group meeting that he was not saying that but f...

Collusion. he just said there was insufficient to make a charge there. and then he just tossed the whole thing into congress's lap to figure out what to do with it. >> what do you say david on this issue? at best it appears barr is in misleading in the answer to grassley who specifically asked whether mueller would have made a chargeening decision if it weren't foshag the decision of olc. >> the viewers need to understand it's not a statement by the doj. it's a joint statement by the special counsel and do jochlt. >> well special counsel no longer works for the doj. >>en a the special counsel'...

Are closing in on the leadership and they're going to have to do something after mueller spoke. >> yeah, clearly, the pressure now has intensified, i would say pretty dramatically in the aftermath of mueller's statement that we just had on the democrats in the house of representatives, and they are the majority, to formally launch impeachment it's interesting as you point out in the final statement from jerry nadler, given that special counsel mueller was unable to pursue criminal charges against the president, it falls to congress to respond to the crimes, lies and other wrong doing of presid...

There. he reiterated the points he already made in the report. and we agree with them. there was no collusion. there was no conspiracy. and we consider this case closed. >> just to belabor the painful point. the collusion and conspiracy are two things. saying there is no conspiracy is a legal teerm which mueller did. collusion is a separate matter. is this the beginning or the end. >> i think it's still the middle. some of it is going to depend on what nancy pelosi decides. some of it depends on whether mueller wants to be a hostile witness or voluntarily go before. but in idea that the white ...

Conversation with the special counsel? >> yes. he -- he reiterated several times in a group meeting that the -- he was not saying that but for the olc opinion he he would have found obstruction. >> mueller today was clear and barr at best misled in the answer to grassley under oath. grassley asked whether mueller would have made a charging decision if it weren't for the office of legal counsel policy at the doj to not charge sitting presidents. barr said mueller told him, no, the olc was not the reason. but today mueller proved what barr said was false. and then there is this claim from barr, ...