>> the white house counsel review and determined that there is not an illegal issue but rather a trust issue. >> reporter: the report coming amid headlines that andrew mccabe, who was fired last spring, briefed congressional leadership about the counterintelligence investigation he launched into president trump. >> the purpose was to let our congressional leadership know exactly what we had been doing, opening a case of this nature. not something that an fbi director, not something an acting fbi director would do by yourself. >> reporter: that no one raised concerns. >> i told congress what we had done. >> did anyone october? >> no one objected. >> reporter: the president had private conversations about attacking the mueller campaign, something he has done over 1,000 times. >> kaitlan collins reporting