close to the oval office. >> but just to be clear, that's your suspicion. you don't have evidence of it. >> well, i think that's the question that we should be asking in the wake of this episode, because otherwise it really does not make any sense. >> let me read to you from the letter to comey from president trump. he wrote in an odd second paragraph of the letter, quote, while i appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation i never theless concur with the judgment of the department of justice that you are not able to effectively lead the bureau. here is just for our viewers to remind them, here is what former fbi director comey said fewer than two months ago. take a listen. >> i have been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi as part of our counterintelligence mission is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. and that includes investigating