The Attorney General was questioned for several hours by muellers Team Last Week on wednesday, according to a source close to sessions. Former fbi director comey, he spoke with investigators last year. The interviews, we know, focused on two things. First, russias meddling in the election. And second, whether or not President Trump obstructed justice since taking office, especially as it concerns his firing of james comey in may. Jeff sessions and james comey, they are of key interest. Sessions for his meetings with the Russian Ambassador during the campaign, and of course the fact that he was involved in the firing of james comey. Of course, as for former fbi director james comey, he took many notes that hes talked about, about his interactions with the president , and of course the Special Counsel will be interested in comey expanding upon those. The president weighed in on sessions interview on tuesday. Are you concerned about what the Attorney General told the Special Counsel . Not
especially as it concerns his firing of james comey in may. jeff sessions and james comey, they are of key interest. sessions for his meetings with the russian ambassador during the campaign, and of course the fact that he was involved in the firing of james comey. of course, as for former fbi director james comey, he took many notes that he s talked about, about his interactions with the president, and of course the special counsel will be interested in comey expanding upon those. the president weighed in on sessions interview on tuesday. are you concerned about what the attorney general told the special counsel? not at all. not at all. did you talk to him about it? no, i didn t, but i m not at all concerned. reporter: sessions interview is a major development in shoot probe. the white house has continually said that it is cooperating with mueller s investigation. thank you. this morning, political analyst errol lewis, also political anchor for spectrum news.
not at all. did you talk to him about it? didn t, but i m not at all concerned. reporter: sessions interview is a major development in shoot probe. the white house has continually said that it is cooperating with mueller s investigation. thank you. robert mueller s team is interested in why the president asked the fbi deputy director, andrew mccabe, who he vote for in the 2016 election. mccabe was acting director at the time of the discussion. according to a story first reported by the washington post and then the new york times, the president and mccabe met in the oval office shortly after the president fired james comey. mccabe described the exchange as disturbing. he reportedly told the president he did not vote after de not vote. after declining the discussion, president trump said he did not answer after asked mccabe about his family and the discussion pivoting to politics and his wife who ran for virginia senate as a democrat and received huge donations from terry
lead to something like impeachment. that s the remedy if the president has broken certain laws. the question of obstruction seems to be front and center. you could i think infer that from the fact that there s so much of a focus on why was comey fired, what was the president thinking. he said on national television, the president did, well, it was because of the russia probe and how he handled it. and he didn t like any of that. it s one thing to say that to lester holt on nbc news. it s another to say it under oath. the stakes are very high. even a few words out of order could get the president legally speaking in a lot of trouble. yeah. and with his lack of precision with words, that can present a problem. no one should be shocked that jeff sessionss was interviewed by jeff sessions was interviewed by the special counsel or that james comey was. how significant is it that the acting fbi director andrew mccabe was asked in the oval office by the president who did you vote for in 2
in that regard, why doesn t he just end the investigation because it s wasting the taxpayers money? look, we want to see this come to a complete and full conclusion. i think we all know what everybody in this room would do if the president did that. and i don t think it s helpful to the process. the report on mueller s plans coming as we learn two critical players in the probe have already spoken to mueller s team including a member of the cabinet. more from jessica schneider in washington. reporter: we do now know that both the attorney general and former fbi director james comey have both been interviewed by the special counsel s office. the attorney general was questioned for several hours by mueller s team last week on wednesday, according to a source close to sessions. former fbi director comey, he spoke with investigators last year. the interviews, we know, focused on two things. first, russia s meddling in the election. and second, whether or not president trump obstructe