you found substantial evidence that the catalyst for the president's firing of comey was comey's, open quote, unwillingness to publicly state that the president was not personally under investigation. >> i'm not going to delve more into the details of what happened. if it's in the report, then i support it because it's already been reviewed and appropriately appears in the report. >> and that's page 75, volume two. in fact, the very next day, the president told the russian foreign minister, open quote, i just fired the head of the fbi. he was crazy, a real nut job. i face great pressure because of russia. that's taken off. i'm not under investigation, close quote. is that correct? >> if that's what was written in the report, yes. >> time of the gentleman is expired. >> thank you, sir. >> gentleman from virginia. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. mueller, we've heard a lot about what you're not going to talk about today.