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>> that's right. the question is of course whether whitaker has credible information on this. the report where the fbi seized nothing only arrested roger stone. but seized numerous documents and computers in the raid. those are going to take some time to sort through those documents and the computers. and who knows what they'll come up with. so i'm a bit skeptical about claims there are in indictments coming. we or even the special prosecutor may not know whether there will be anymore indictments. it's all a function of what's in the documents. and what other witnesses say in the next few days...

And, you know, i look forward to director mueller delivering the final report. but right now the investigation is, i think, close to being completed, and i hope that we can get the report from director mueller as soon as possible. >> now, of course, the big question is how soon is soon and how close is close? and why would whitaker do this, especially right now. putting aside all of those questions, it also raises an issue of whether this is the last of any of the indictments we will see mueller produce. obviously, we have seen dozens of people. the latest being roger stone, the president's lo...

As long as trump has whitaker over there treading water as the acting attorney general, it's hard to wrap up mueller, hard to get things done, hard to move on. the justice department necessarily is a holding pattern because there's plenty of doubt about whether whitaker with constitutionally hold that office. he is a tool for killing time for trump and all keeping an eye on mueller and what's going on there. the sooner the better in terms of what the republicans in the senate want and what the justice department needs. soon as barr's in, then you'll have a greater degree of confidence that the...

Responses in. >> now, mr. rucker, of the four of us you were with the president most recently and that would be late today for your interview in the oval office. the transcript was fascinating. you found him in an expansive mood. he went after his head of the federal reserve. he relitigated the sweeping and the cleaning of the forest floors and said that california has particularly dirty forest floors. and then you got to mueller and whitaker, and tell our viewers what happened then. did it tighten up? >> he did, brian. one of the first questions we asked in the interview, what's the president...

Us off the record but repeatedly said he would not discuss this issue on the record, he does not want to insert himself into this discussion about manafort and mueller. and that is rather uncharacteristic for him because he's known, as you know, to be a president who kind of says what he believes when he's asked. he did talk a little bit about mueller, though. he said he has no intention of shutting down the investigation now that he's changed the leadership at the justice department with the new acting attorney general. however, he would not explicitly pledge with us that he would allow muell...