white house lawyer ty cobb telling cnn we decline to comment out of respect for the office of the special counsel and its process. back in june, trump was also openly airing his frustrations over the russia probe on twitter. this one tweet saying you are witnessing the single gregle gr witch hunt in american political history. two months after the reported attempt to fire mueller, he was asked if he ever considered it. >> i haven't given it any thought. i've been reading about it from you people no, i'm not dismi dismissing people. >> reporter: trump says he is looking forward to a potential enter rue. >> i'd love to do it. subject to my lawyers and all of that, but i'd love do it. >> reporter: and while mueller's team tries to zero in on whether he obstructed justice, some legal experts say if he did attempt to fire mueller, it is part of a pattern. >> there is a theory in obstruction of justice which is actually a mosaic. can you take a lot of little