a repudiation. josh dawsey from the washington post. thanks for much, josh. more on the president s expec expectati expectations. k cnn s jeff zeleny joins us from the white house. you have more. reporter: indeed, kaanderson. the president in recent days has been telling friends and associates he s spoken with on the phone after the state of the union address and since then that he believes the release of this report will be a vand case vindication of sorts and discredit the russia investigation largely because he believes it will expose what he sees as a prejudice deep within the top ranks of the fbi. now, this in some respects is the culmination of a months of disgruntlement really and the president believes he s been treated unfairly by the fbi. of course, it s one of the things that led to the firing of james comey last may. the appointment of the new fbi director christopher wray who s been on the job six months exactly today. now he finds himself locked in this confrontatio