determine what his state of mind was with respect to them. because in order to prove obstruction of justice you have to have an intent to obstruct justice. and so this gives mueller the opportunity to look in a sense into the mind of the president and analyze his actions in light of that now-known fact that he wanted to fire him. so i think it will be informative of the president s of mueller s review of the president s actions when he comes down to the interview. robert, what do you think about the president nearly firing robert mueller, especially when you consider the reaction when he fired james comey. seriously, this is a bunch of speculation and a whole with you bunch of ridiculous nonsense. i mean i understand the now supposed mosaic theory of obstruction of justice. nobody during watergate claimed that richard nixon committed obstruction of justice in firing archibald cox. that was not the obstruction piece. and again the notion that the