president by saying to the russian ambassador and the russian minister that the pressure was now off in the investigation because he fired comey, that would clearly establish that his intent in firing comey was to ease the e prepressure of his campaign and his national security adviser. . that s sort of a form of circumstantial evidence that suggests that his intent was a corrupt and illegal intent. aflt the white house is arguing that it was a negotiating tactic, actually, those comments really had nothing to do with. and i know professor dershowitz was here earlier. his contention is the president is the chief law enforcement officer of the united states pan he directs investigations. and he can direct them any way he wants. now, i don t think that we accept that constitutional view anymore. even though maybe it was accepted when the founding fathers wrote the constitution. you know clinton was impeached
him not to fire mueller. it would be astonishing were he to entertain this. the echoes of watergate the getting louder and louder. comes before today s testimony by jeff sessions. sessions is expected to face a grilling about his contacts with russia and the firing of james comey. he was very close to and inevitably going to recuse himself for a variety of reasons. we also were aware of facts that i can t discuss in an open setting that would make his continued engagement in a russia related investigation problematic. sources tell cnn comey told senators behind closed doors that sessions may have had a third meeting with sergei kislyak which the justice department denies. it will likely be brought up today along with comey s account that sessions was booted from a meeting back in february before comey said the president asked him to drop the michael flynn
all this comes ahead of public testimony by embattled attorney jeff sessions. sessions is expected to face a grilling about russia and the firing of james comey. he was very close to and inevitably going to recuse himself for a variety of reasons. we also were aware of facts i can t discuss in an open setting that would make his continued engagement in a russia investigation problematic. sources tell cnn comey told senators behind closed doors that sessions may have had a third meeting with russian ambassador with sergey kislyak which the justice department denies. it will likely be brought up today along with comey s account that sessions was booted from an oval office meeting back in february before comey said the president asked him to drop the mike flynn investigation. my sense was the attorney general knew he shouldn t be leaving, which is why he was lippingering. it s unclear whether sessions will invoke executive privilege to avoidancing questions.
because with obstruction ever justice charges one of the hard things to prove is although the president did something odor said something odd to the fisher director maybe he said that because he didn t like comey. maybe it had nothing to do with obstructing the flynn investigation or obstructing the russia the russia collusion with the trump campaign probe. but when he makes the subsequent statement to the russian ambassador and the russian foreign minister that, i fired comey because he is a crazy nut and, hey good news, boys, the pressure is off. he didn t say good news, boys. but he said the pressure is off. that could be interpreted. we can draw the inference there that the firing of comey was part of an action of obstruction of the due administration of justice. and that s the violation of law that i think he has allegedly committed. and reportery, do you agree with that? well i do agree with process it it s important to remember
get and yet no evidence has ever been suggested that shows that the president has anything to do with any of the things that have been it s a recycled story. reporter: senators rind zi graham and sheldon whitehouse sending this to comey and dana ben de, seeking any information relating to trump, trump campaign or trump tower. when it comes to surveilling an american citizen the only way to do it to obtain a warrant. if there is no warrant that checks off that box. reporter: fbi director comey still refusing to comment on trump s wiretap allegation about he did allude to the high bar. the government did not invade our privacy without good reason reviewable in court. that s the heart of america. reporter: sources tell cnn comey was incredulous after