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Like this. the order appointing me special counsel authorized us to investigate actions that could obstruct the investigation. if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. how important is this moment for the country? we will see. how important is this for the committees? look no further than cnn s report this morning about the intense preparation that is underway. cnn s manu raju is on capitol hill. manu, lay it out for us. what are you hearing and seeing about how they re preparing. there have been intense preparations behind-the-scenes, including mock hearings. they had a top aide playing robert mueller. similarly the house democrats and intelligence committee had a top aide playing robert mueller as well. that usually does not happen unless a hearing is so significant like the one that we re expected to see on wednesday when millions of people will be tuning in. ....
Approach here. reporter: given the stakes of this hearing for next week, there have been mock hearings that republicans on the republican judiciary committee have had with a top aide playing robert mueller. also the house intelligence committee democrats had an aide standing in in their version of a mock hearing. that typically does not happen. we re also learning about the specific areas that they want to probe. first with the house judiciary committee democrats, they re going to focus on obstruction of justice. five areas in particular they want to hone in on. that includes the president allegedly telling the former white house counsel don mcgahn to fire the special counsel, telling mcgahn to publicly deny reports that trump told him to fire robert mueller. also telling corey lewandowski apparently, the former campaign manager, to tell the then attorney general jeff sessions to essentially limit the scope of the investigation to exclude the president and instead focus on future cam ....