after comey called the president a liar, the president s attorney today made essentially the same case about comey. the president never in form or substance directed or suggested that mr. comey stop investigating anyone, including the president never suggested that mr. comby, quote, let flynn go, closed quote. comey laid out his details in written testimony released yesterday. there was still perhaps surprisingly plenty of news from today s hearing. we learn for example that comey himself was responsible for leaking a memo in the new york times which resulted in this story days after comby s firing about the president s request to end the investigation of michael flynn, while comey at the fbi, he was under criminal investigation involving his contacts with russia officials.
you will see me. i promise. bro. shocking e-mails in the legal profession and as counsel to president of the united states. reporter: cnn legal analyst and prosecutor paul callan is also a new york attorney, aware of kasowitz s aggressive take no prisoners reputation which is infamous in new york s legal circles. shortly after fired fbi directors james comey testified before the senate intelligence committee, kasowitz swung hard on behalf of the president. the president never in form or substance directed or subjected that mr. comey stop investigating anyone. reporter: back then, just like in this e-mail tirade, callan sees echos of team trump. lawyers often become like their clients when they represent clients over a lifetime. and, of course, donald trump brags about the fact that he s aggressive, he takes no prisoners, as melania onces said, i think, you know, if you hit him once, he ll hit you back
reporter: cnn legal analyst paul callan is also a new york attorney, aware of kasowitz s aggressive take-no-prisoners reputation. shortly after fired fbi director james comey testified before the senate intelligence committee, kasowitz swung hard on behalf of the president. the president never, in form or substance, directed or suggested that mr. comey stop investigating anyone. reporter: back then, just like in this e-mail tirade, callan sees echoes of team trump. lawyers often become like their clients when they represent clients over a lifetime. of course, donald trump brags about the fact that he s aggressive. he takes no prisoners. as melania once said, if you hit him once, he ll hit you back ten times harder. it seems mr. kasowitz engages in similar tactics. whether kasowitz will face any disciplinary action because of these e-mails, callan doesn t
president of the united states. reporter: cnn legal analyst and prosecutor paul callan is also a new york attorney, aware of kasowitz s aggressive take no prisoners reputation which is infamous in new york s legal circles. shortly after fired fbi directors james comey testified before the senate intelligence committee, kasowitz swung hard on behalf of the president. the president never in form or substance directed or subjected that mr. comey stop investigating anyone. reporter: back then, just like in this e-mail tirade, callan sees echos of team trump. lawyers often become like their clients when they represent clients over a lifetime. and, of course, donald trump brags about the fact that he s aggressive, he takes no prisoners, as melania once said, i think, you know, if you hit him once, he ll hit you back ten times harder and it seems like mr. kasowitz engages in similar tactics. reporter: whether kasowitz
suggested that mr. comey stop investigating anyone, including the president never suggested that mr. comey let flynn go. that is a straight forward disputing of the testimony. it s not the only topic. the former fbi director also said this during a line of questioning. do you fwlbelieve this will e to the level of obstruction of justice? i don t know. that s up to bob muler to sort that out. zbh even hearing what they wanted from comey on thursday, the president took issue with him during that friday presser. no collusion, no obstruction. he s a leaker. but we want to get back to rubbing our great country. we were very, very happy and frankly, james comey confirmed a lot of what i said. and some of the thivengs he sai