earlier this month the president s tweet prompted him to share memos detailing conversation in the hopes of spurring the special counsel investigation. i needed to get that out into the public square. reporter: the justice department named former fbi director robert mueller special counsel last month. a move after the dismissal of comey. now the president is raising questions of mueller s ties to comey. good friends with comey which is very bothersome, but he s also we ll have to see. we ll have to see in terms. look, there has been no obstruction. there has been no collusion. there has been leaking by comey. reporter: the president also accused mueller of hiring partisans to staff the investigation. i can say that the people that have been hired are all hillary clinton supporters. reporter: despite the concerns, white house press secretary sean spicer said the