Publicly, against me for quite sometime. And i think they should understand by now that the department of justice is not going to be extorted. The department of justice is not going to be extorted. He said a strong and rather stunning message from the Deputy Attorney general presumably to the house of representatives and the United States. It is as the russia investigation is heating up with 49 questions that Robert Mueller wants to ask President Trump, being leaked to the New York Times. The questions range from collusion to obstruction of justice, to the president s businesses. Meanwhile, the Washington PostFact Checkers have updated the tally of President Trumps false or misleading claims during his time in office. It is updated to 3001. When the post started the project of monitoring the president , he was telling five false claims a day, the number, the postsaid is creeping up and in the last months he has averaged nine false claims a day. This is a major concern for the president s legal team as to whether he should willingly answer the questions from the special counsel and in person. The president is already making false statements about the mueller questions that leaked and he said there are no questions on collusion among the 49. That is patently false. Just one of the more than 10 questions dealing with conspiracy and collusion reads, quote, what knowledge did you have of any outreach by your campaign, including by Paul Manafort to russia about potential assistance to the campaign. The president also tweeted it would be difficult to obstruct justice if no crime had occurred. According to legal experts, that is also false. We have an extraordinary day in the legal matters surrounding the president to cover. And we have all angles of the story. Lets begin with sara murray. Sara, rare and stunning remarks from Deputy Attorney general rosenstein who supervised the special counsel investigation. That is right. And i think Rod Rosenstein is making clear he certainly isnt oblivious to the attacks that have been aimed his way. But hes saying the depts the department of justice will soldier on and that seems to be what Robert Mueller is doing as we learn he has a very long list of questions he wants to ask the president. Tonight a new glimpse into some of the areas special counsel Robert Mueller wants to cover in an interview with the president. According to a list of questions obtained by the New York Times. Among them, why did President Trump decide to fire fbi director james what did candidate trump know about russian hacking during the 2016 campaign and when did trump learn about the 2016 trump tower meeting between his son, top Campaign Aides and a russian lawyer. Trump lashing out today, tweeting. You have made up phony crime, collusion that never existed. And it would seem very hard to obstruct justice for a crime that never happened. Witch hunt. Legal experts say that argument doesnt hold up. You absolutely can obstruct a crime that never occurred. Sources tell cnn, trumps legal team outlined nearly 50 questions based on conversations with mueller, spanning issues from collusion to obstruction of justice, to trumps business dealings in moscow. While trump is adamant his Campaign Never colluded with the russians look at how these politicians have fallen for this junk. Russian collusion. Give me a break. Reporter mueller still wants to know whether trump knew about any outreach to russia by his campaign or his former Campaign ChairmanPaul Manafort. And Mueller Probes whether the president tried to obstruct justice and he wants to know what he meant when he said this about his decision to fire comey. In fact, when i decided to do it, i said to myself, i said you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a madeup story. Reporter plus what did the president mean when he invited Russian Diplomats to the oval office in may 2017 and told them he faced great pressure because of russia. But that was taken off after he fired comey. And what is it the president wanted from the attorney general he now publicly criticized, the attorney general made a terrible mistake when he did this and when he recused himself did he expect jeff range of president s contacts with Top Administration officials, Campaign Aides and advisers. Including trumps soninlaw jared kushner, ousted National Security adviser, Michael Flynn and Attorney Michael Cohen and long time adviser roger stone. Now will the fact this list came out have any impact on whether trump sits for this interview, remains to be seen. Weve seen the president fuming over this on twitter. But the reality is he has soured on this notion of willingly sitting for an interview since the raid on his personal attorneys home office and hotel room. Jake. Sara murray, thanks so much. I want to bring in special agent Josh Campbell and a special assistant to james comey and also with me in studio, cnn chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin. Jeffrey, your reaction to what i took as a stark remark from the Deputy Attorney general and President Trump has been attacking him for months and months and now we have members of the house drafting articles of impeachment but i dont know what he did wrong. So rosenstein said a few minutes ago, i can tell you there are people making threats privately and publicly for quite sometime and they should understand the department of justice is now going to be extorted shocking remarks and clearly the president of the United States is one of the people making threats privately and publicly. This internal fight within the administration is extraordinary. And rosenstein knows hes been the target. And he seems to have determined if hes going to go out, hes going out in a blaze of glory. Theyre going to have to fire him for doing his job. But he is not going to change his behave or department of Justice Policy to keep his critics, even his critics who are in effect his bosses, to keep them happy. Josh, i want you to take a listen to part of what rosenstein said when asked about members of the House Freedom caucus drafting these articles of impeachment. Lets roll that sound. Any reaction to the news that certain members of the House Freedom caucus have talked about drafting up articles of impeachment despite your best efforts to comply with their document requests. They cant even resist leaking their own drafts. [ laughter ] would you care to elaborate on that . I saw that draft. I dont know who wrote it. So he said that Justice Department is not going to be extorted. He kind of makes fun of House Republicans leaking their own drafts. What is your reaction, josh . Well, i disagree with jeffrey with respect to Rod Rosenstein not changing his behavior because lets not sugar coat it, he has changed behavior and hes seeing in washington hes violated his own principles and now he has a target on his back because hes trying to be all things to all people. If you look back to late 2017 and mike schmidt and Maggie Haberman wrote a story about the memo that the president drafted with the real reasons to fire james comey and provided to rosenstein and he said he got a copy and created the official word that came out which provided this pretextual reason and trying to ingratiate himself along with the president and found courage and responsibility for the appointment of Robert Mueller but he is the target of a president and a white house in a is obviously upset with him. This is what happens in washington when you dont stand on principle and trying to be all things to all people is coming back to bite him. Today saers wra sanders was g about impeachment and she said there were no personnel announcements. This is something the white house could shoot down if they wanted to but she said they have no comment. And it shows how rosenstein still has a target on his back. Whether hes behaved appropriately or inappropriately, he is obviously deeply loathed in the white house and they hold him responsible for the appointment of comey. And im sorry, for the appointment of mueller. And they are still weighing whether theyre going to punish him and they havent resolved that. And lets go to the question about whether or not the special counsel had submitted questions about collusion. The president tweeted that [ inaudible ] [ no sound ] the question has the special counsel [ technical difficulties ] [ inaudible ] to russia about potential assistance to the campaign. Josh, would the special counsel submit a question like that if he didnt have evidence that manafort and others in the campaign had reached out to russia. Well it is a good point. And you have to remember, hes got people that are cooperating with him. There is a large body of evidence that were not privy to here that muellers team is. So if you look at scope of the questions, obviously there are questions in there he already knows the answers to and if you look at his fbi investigation and jeffrey knows this, you will have questions that you generally want the answers to and youll have questions you know the answers to to determine is this person being truthful with us as we continue to gather the information as we need. And i looked at the questions, none of these should surprise the president or his legal team. If you look at what is reporting in the news and the witnesses interviewed by the mueller team, they could have come up with this list. So this shouldnt be a surprise. What should be possibly concerning to the president is that now that this information is out there and it boxes him in. I dont think it was leaked by mueller. His team doesnt leak. But there is a question how this information got out there but now that the American People have seen these questions, and with the Public Interest surrounding this ka the case is difficult for the white house and the president to say were not answering these questions. And we just put up it might be difficult but i dont think there is any way the president will answer these questions. You think they will refuse . I think he may well exercise a legal fight which i think he will probably lose. But if he loses a legal fight saying hes immune from a subpoena, i think hell take the fifth. I would agree. Hell just say, this investigation is a sham, it is a witch hunt. Im not going to dil indulge it and taking the fifth. And a lot of people including donald trump has drawn hostile inferences from people who take the fifth but i think hes willing to face the heat. If you look at detail of the questions and step by step progression that mueller wants to know of why he made this decision, why he made this tweet, donald trump cant answer questions like that. That is not the way his mind thinks and i dont think there is any way he will answer those question questions. I agree. We see the president doesnt go along with what may be politically beneficial to him but again if you look at the American People and the reading of the questions, these are answers to which they should have should have answered by the president. If it happens, i doubt it will but that is the calculation they have to make at the white house. Thanks to both of you. So will President Trump sit down to answer any of these questions or others. The white house will join us next. Stay with us. You get a strong repair that you can trust. 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As always, let me read you this quote from rosenstein and asked about the articles of impeachment drafted against him by members of house and he said, quote, i can tell you there have been people making threats privately and publicly against me more quite sometime and i think they should understand by now the department of justice is not going to be extorted. How do you interpret that remark . Do you think hes talking about President Trump who has very vocally criticized him . Well obviously youll have to ask mr. Rosenstein about that. That has nothing to do with us. And obviously youll have to ask congress about their willingness to draft these articles of impeachment. But that has nothing to do with us here at the white house. Were moving along and cooperating in every way possible. The president tweeted no questions on collusion. In fact, if you look at the New York Times article with all of the questions that mueller wants to ask the president , one of them is what knowledge did you have of any outreach by your Campaign Including by Paul Manafort to russia about potential assistance to the campaign. I know youre not going to comment on legal matters, but as a matter of fact, this is a question about collusion, is it not . Well here is the deal, jake and youve set me up for what ive got to say and you saw the briefing with sara sanders, out of respect for the special counsel i have to turn you back over to the president s attorney, jay sekulow and rudy ji giuliani. And the president said he would be willing to sit down with the special counsel. Would he be willing to do that.