it is not clear if a memo document that go may 10, 2017, meeting with lavrov and kislyak was placed into that top secret code word protected server where the transcript of the president s call with ukraine was apparently stashed, but we do know that access to this transcript with the russian officials from 2017 was, quote, restricted to a very small number of people. you will recall, of course, that this was the meeting in which president trump not only said that firing james comey relieved great stress on him, but he also, much to the surprise of u.s. government officials and intelligence officials and allies, this is the meeting in which trump revealed highly classified information, code-word-protected intelligence information that exposed a very sensitive live source of intelligence on isis. this was the same meeting in which he admitted that he fired
report? there are various aspects of the development of sure. that s my point. there are various aspects that happen. but somewhere along the pike you will come to the conclusion there s no there there for this defendant. isn t that right? i can t speak you can t say when. fair enough. so no, i m i m asking the sworn witness. mr. mueller, evidence suggests that on may 10, 2017, approximately 7:45 a.m. six days before the dag appointed you special counsel, mr. rosenstein mentioned the appointment of the special counsel. not necessarily that you d be appointed but you had a discussion of that. is that true? may 10, 2017. i don t have any you know, i don t have any knowledge of that occurring. you don t have any knowledge or you don t recall? i don t have any knowledge. evidence also given that are you
development of an that s my point. there are various aspects that happen but somewhere along the pike you come to a conclusion there is no there there for this defendant. you can t say when? fair enough. i m asking the sworn witness. mr. mueller, evidence suggests on may 10, 2017 at 7:45 a.m. six days before the attorney general appointed you special counsel mr. rosenstein called you and mentioned the appointment of a special counsel. not necessarily that you would be appointed that there was a discussion. is that true? may 10, 2017. i don t have any i don t have any knowledge of that occurring. you don t have any knowledge or you don t recall. i don t have any knowledge. evidence also suggests. given what i saw you do. are you questioning that?
testimony 23450umarch 20, 2017? what was your opinion about mr. comey? what did you think about mr. comey s intelligence briefing on january 26, 2017 about mr. comey s appearance? i believe that s also where the president learned about the tinkle tape and whatnot. what was the purpose of your january 27, 2017 din we are comey and what was said? what did you think and do with reaction to the news that the special counsel was speaking to mr. rogers, mr. pompeo and mr. koets? and finally what did you mean when you told russian diplomats on may 10, 2017, that firing comey had taken the pressure off. could all of those questions have been inspired by this counterintelligence investigation that we didn t know about until your report friday? i think more to the point was that there were specific russia questions about things before trump took office that were in there. and we never sort of understood why. we thought that the president was simply looking at an obstruction criminal investigat
here is a picture i want to show you we re all familiar with. this is donald trump meeting in the oval office with the russian foreign minister and russian ambassador respectively. that meeting takes place may 10, 2017, which this is day after jim comey was fired as fbi director. the new york times reports that trump told the russians at that meeting that he fired comey and eased pressure on himself from the investigation into russian interference. in light of what we now know about the new york times opening not their original investigation into the election interference but this new thing, about possible ongoing cooperation between the president of the united states and russia, what do you make of that picture now? well, you might recall that on september 23rd, 2016, i published a book, the plot to