let me get some of the evidence that i gathered. i gathered all this evidence before the mueller probe ended. so it was clearly under my responsibility as the lawyer for the president of the united states. >> the "new york times" reports that trump pushed the australian prime minister during another recent phone call to help his attorney general bill barr gather information on the origins of the mueller investigation into him. nbc news has also confirmed this story although a justice department official calls trump's request merely an ask. "times" reporter katy benner is among the authors of the story and will join us in a moment. she along with her colleague write, quote, the white house curbed access to a transcript of the call which the president made at mr. barr's request to a small group of aides. trump was in effect asking the australian government to investigate itself. fbi counterintelligence