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Hidden in plain sight. and they're right. there is collusion in plain sight. collusion between russia and the democratic party. the democrats cloouded with russian sources to develop the steele dossier, russian lawyer gnat ala veselnitskaya cloouded with glenn simpson. through interviews and usual anonymous statements to reporters that today's hearing is not about getting information at all. they said they want to, quote, bring the mueller report to life and create a television moment through ploys, like having mr. mueller recite passages from his own report. this is political theater, hail ma...

With the present? >> allegedly, by end. >> and when donald trump called her investigation a witch hunt, that was also false, was it not? >> i would like to think so, yes. >> your investigation is not a witch hunt? >> it is not a witch hunt. >> when he said the russian interference was a hoax, that was false, wasn't it? >> true. >> when he said it publicly, that it was false? >> he did say publicly that it was false, yes. >> and when he told it to putin, that was false too, wasn't it connect >> that, i'm not familiar with >> when the president said he had no business dealings with russia, that ...

>> some construed a change to the written report. you talked about the exchange you had with congressman lieu. i wrote it down a little bit different. i want the record to be perfectly clear. he asked you, quote, the reason you did not indict donald trump is because of the olc opinion stating you cannot indict a sitting president, to which you responded, that is correct. that response is inconsistent, i think you'll agree, with your written report. i want to be clear. it is not your intent to change your written report? it is your intent to clarify the record? >> as i start ed today, this afte...

Say it. as we say in the report, and as i said at the opening, we did not reach a determination as to whether the president committed a crime. with that, mr. chairman, i might answer questions. >> thank you, director mueller. i recognize myself for 5 minutes. dr. mueller, your report describes a sweeping and systematic effort by russia to influence our presidential election. is that correct? >> that is correct. >> during the course of this russian interference in the election, the russians made outreach to the trump campaign. did they not? >> that occurred over the course of -- yes, that occur...

That changes the context of the report. >> no, we included it in the report for exec about reason. he may not know it, and he should know it. >> so you believe the attorney bill barr belief somewhere the hallways of the deferment of justice, there is an office of exoneration? >> that's not what i said. >> i believe he knows and i don't believe you put that in there for mr. barr. i believe you put that in there for exactly what i'm going to discuss next, and that is, to "the washington post" yesterday, when speaking of your report, the article said that trump could not be exonerated of trying t...