pieces which in and of themselves don t amount to obstruction and build an obstruction case by that and i think that is a valid theory. reporter: comey testified that trump asked him for loyalty over a private dinner at the white house. comey says the president trump later asked him to drop the fbi investigation into michael flynn before firing comey in may. jeff sessions has been a reporter: the president was also fuming when jeff sessions recused himself from the russia investigation. he later publicly pressured sessions, tweeting a suggestion to fire deputy fbi director andrew mccabe. trump also asked his intelligence chiefs to say there was no evidence of cooperation between his campaign and russia. but on wednesday, trump said that is not obstruction. he s just fighting back. there is no close solution. now they re saying, oh, well, did he fight back? if you fight back, you say obstruction. you fight back, john, oh, it s obstruction.
it? i haven t given it any thought. i ve been reading about it from you people. you say i m going to dismiss him. i m not dismissing anybody. reporter: trump told reporters on wednesday he was looking forward to a potential interview with mueller offics . i would love to do it. i have to say subject to my lawyers and all of that but i would love of that. reporter: some legal experts say if the president did attempt to fire mueller last june, it s part of a pattern. there is this theory in obstruction of justice, which essentially is a mosaic. can you take a lot of little pieces which in and of themselves don t amount to obstruction and build an obstruction case by that? i think the theory is a valid one. reporter: former fbi director co comey testified that trump asked him for loyalty. and later asked him to drop the fbi investigation into his national security adviser michael flynn before firing
enforcement officials are likely to be questioned as part of investigation. the witness list and possible and breadth of possible action could lead the a much stronger obstruction of justice case than trump could have ever imagined. why? because james comey actually shared detailed accounts of his trump conversations with some of his top fbi directors in real-time as the events occurred. which gives it tremendous authenticity. since abruptly firing comey in may, the president has repeatedly tried discredit the former fbi director, saying a leaker and implicitly a liar. mr. president, why did you fire director comey? he wasn t doing a good job. very simply. he was not doing a good job. director comey was very unpopular with most people. look, as he show boat, a grandstander, the fbi has been in turmoil, you know that, i know that. no collusion no, obstruction. he is a leaker, james comey
russia. a source told cnn comey was so surprised by the president s request he documented everything he could remember for senior fbi officials. in his memo, comey said the president told him i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go. to letting flynn go. he s a good guy. i hope you can let this go. a source told cnn that comey was concerned that president was trying to stop the investigation. did you at any time urge former fbi director james comey in any way, shape, or form to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn and also as you look no. no. next question. despite that, just days after firing comey in may, president trump dropped this bombshell, suggesting he let comey go because of the russia investigation. when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story.
in his memo, comey said the president told him, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go. a source told cnn, comey was concerned that the president was trying to stop the investigation. did you at any time urge former fbi director james comey in any way, shape or form to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn? also, as you no. no. next question. reporter: despite that, just days after firing comey in may, president trump dropped this bombshell. suggesting he let comey go because of the russia investigation. when i decided to just do it i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. reporter: of course, that only raised more questions about the possibility of obstruction of justice. given comey s testimony before congress we re conducting an