seen from people like jim comey, peter strzok, andrew mccabe. the net effect was to put the spotlight squarely back on the russia investigation. democrat adam schiff declared in the statement was an attempt to obstruct justice hiding in plain sight. even maine s republican senator susan collins found the tweet ill-advised. there is no cause for firing mr. moeller and i don t think it s going to happen. the president tweeted some unfortunate i don t think it s appropriate for him to be commenting on an ongoing investigation. the president s lead outside counsel thought it necessary to clarify the president s intent. established a clear practice now that he expresses his opinion on twitter. he used the word it should, he didn t use the word must end there was no presidential
okay? first, spicer who s his spokesperson says, nope, nope, a pure recommendation of the attorney general rod rosenstein and then trump says, nah, i was going to do it anyway. he was in the clear. he was in the clear with the ag s letter, with the rosenstein s letter, with the conclusion that the hillary clinton e-mail scandal was mishandled. he was in the clear and then he gives that interview which is completely devastating. and now, mueller wants to ask among the questions apparently leaked by trump s other lawyer jay sekulow and regarding the decision of firing mr. comey. we re talking that the president said the washington post had 2,400 false or misleading statements, number one. yeah. secondly, remember there was the background around the discussions that happened in trump s request for the memo in the first place. right. from rod rosenstein.
we can t have the witnesses immunized or pardoned and the prosecutors are taken off the field by firing. i think a lot of this is bound to sort of draw a ring around that. what did you mean when you told russian diplomats that firing mr. comey had taken the pressure off. so many people were stunned when truch fired comey and told the russian ambassadors and others, i face great pressure for russia when that s taken off. do you think the president s own words will come back to haunt him? it definitely will. i think that s when he told the russians that comey is a nut job and that s why he fired him. i think a good portion of the obstruction of justice case he has built hymn, talking about the president, via his tweets, via his interview, via public comments that he s made.
the fbi believes were russian government operatives. christine, dave? evan, thanks. the new york times says up front the questions are not verbatim quotes from the special counsel. and some were condensed. among the critical questions here on the list, what did you know about phone calls that mr. flynn made with the russian ambassador sergey kislyak in late december, 2016? there are at least nine questions about michael flynn, most revolve around whether the president obstructed justice to protect flynn from prosecution. mueller also wants to know whether flynn was operating on the president s behalf when he called the russians. prosecutors may already know the answer. flynn has flepleaded guilty to lying and is cooperating with the investigators. one question reads what did you mean when you told russian diplomats that firing mr. comey had taken the pressure off?
you will hear people all the time say that the president s pardon power is unlimited. she s absolutely right. it does have its limits. by the same token, this obstruction charge, the questions lending themselves to that demonstrate that, you know, there are limits here to the kind of pressure he can put on the investigators. we can t tolerate a situation in both the witnesses are immunized or pardoned and the prosecutors are taken off the field by firing. i think a lot of this is bound to sort of draw a ring around that. what did you mean when you told russian diplomats that firing mr. comey had taken the pressure off. so many people were stunned when