i don t think the relationship between mueller and comey is anything to be alarmed about, nor do i think appointing democrats matters. really, everybody who is appointed by the president is likely to support president trump. i just don t know those things, i think he s throwing red herrings out there to throw the public off and keep us guessing. this is the same basket as it has taping comment. we ll get to tapes in one second. sean, jump in on this. as michael says, he s trying to sow the seeds of doubt. will this help him? i don t think it will. at this point, as michael points out, this is the president s m.o. where he s making a mistake here is, look, if bob mueller was an unknown entity, the president might be able to say these things. people might not look without a
record conversations with james comey, ending weeks of speculation that the president, himself, started. joining me now, former u.s. attorney, a cnn analyst and michael se michael zelden is here as well. cnn national security analyst and spokesman for the security council for president obama sean turner is here and tara. great to see you all. thanks for being here. michael, first to you. you worked with bob mueller at the justice department. do you have a sense, because the president brought it up saying they were very, very close. do you know how close of friends mueller and comey are and do you think it is a problem today? i don t think it s a problem at all. mueller knows what his mandate is under the order of rosenstein. he s going to fulfill that mandate. friendship be damned, if you