i think some folks close to the president are saying, you know, the revelations are not that severe. you know, what was really remarkable to us, anderson, is that for two weeks, more than 200 republicans on the hill have seen this memo. the intelligence community has. the doj had. the president had not seen it until yesterday but still wanted it released. we heard him on the hot mike on monday night, the state of the union, saying 100% we re going to release it. so the sense is among many of the folks who talk to the president, who he trusts, were telling him this is in your benefit and even having not seen the text, he wanted it out. so for all the talk of by paul ryan and others on capitol hill, republicans, saying this is not going to this is not an attempt to impede the mueller investigation, or is not going to have any impact on the mulder investigati mueller investigation, not an attempt to delegitimatize the investigation. the president, according to your reporting, i know
the doj had. the president had not seen it until yesterday but still wanted it released. we heard him on the hot mike on monday night, the state of the union, saying 100% we re going to release it. so the sense is among many of the folks who talk to the president, who he trusts, were telling him this is in your benefit and even having not seen the text, he wanted it out. so for all the talk of by paul ryan and others on capitol hill, republicans, saying this is not going to this is not an attempt to impede the mueller investigation, or is not going to have any impact on the mueller investigation, not an attempt to delegitimize the investigation. the president, according to your reporting, i know according to cnn s earlier reporting as well, clearly thinks this will have that impact. we reported this and others have as well. he obviously fired jim comey, he s tried on several occasions to oust jeff sessions as attorney general. even seeking his resignation letter.