trying to deflect if not stop the investigation of general flynn, involves to some degree the president. i would expect at some point, not right away, at some point mr. mueller feels he has to depose the president. reporter: comey s memos which he said he wrote immediately and meetings and phone calls with president trump are now in mueller s possession. those memos could form the basis of expanding the investigation to include the president s alleged asking of comey to back off his investigation of former national security adviser michael flynn, something comey hinted at on thursday. do you believe this will rise to obstruction of justice? i don t know. that s bob mueller s job to sort that out. reporter: appears mueller may also be looking into others around the president. sources tell cnn comey told senators behind closed doors thursday, the fbi has investigated the possibility of an undisclosed third encounter at the play mayflower hotel between kislyak and sessions.
that mr. mule wore feel he has to depose the president. comey s memos, which he says he wrote immediately after meetings and phone calls with president trump are now in mueller s possession. those memos could form the basis of expanding the investigation. to include the president s alleged asking of comey to back off his investigation of former glalgs security adviser, michael flynn. something comey hinted at on thursday. do you believe this will rise to the obstruction of justice? i don t know. that s bob mueller s job to sort that out. tonight it pairs mueller may be looking into others around the president. sources tell cnn comey told senators behind closed doors thursday that fbi investigated had possibility of an undisclosed third encounter at the play flower hotel between russian embassador and attorney general jeff sessions. sources tell cnn the meeting was discussed in an intercept after call between russian officials. though investigators have not conclude fed it occur
comey s thinking tells cnn comey was, quote, disturbed by his interactions with the president, but he felt that he had the situation under control. everyone is waiting to see if comey reached the same conclusion himself. the tone, the exact words that were spoken and the context are so important, and that s what we lack right now, and we can only get that by talking to those directly involved. reporter: in the meantime, the white house isn t commenting on the russia investigation itself, now referring questions to outside counsel, but the trump team certainly has no problem talking about comey. people should also look at the rod rosenstein memo. he clearly points out that the integrity and morale were down and said that comey tried to usurp the power of the attorney general. reporter: deputy attorney general rod rosenstein will likely be asked about the man he recommended be fired on wednesday when he appears before the senate intelligence
russia. a source told cnn comey was so surprised by the president s request he documented everything he could remember for senior fbi officials. in his memo, comey said the president told him i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go. to letting flynn go. he s a good guy. i hope you can let this go. a source told cnn that comey was concerned that president was trying to stop the investigation. did you at any time urge former fbi director james comey in any way, shape, or form to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn and also as you look no. no. next question. despite that, just days after firing comey in may, president trump dropped this bombshell, suggesting he let comey go because of the russia investigation. when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story.
contacts with russia. a source told cnn comey was so surprised by the president s request he documented everything he could remember for senior fbi officials. in his memo, comey said the president told him, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go. a source told cnn, comey was concerned that the president was trying to stop the investigation. did you at any time urge former fbi director james comey in any way, shape or form to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn? also, as you no. no. next question. reporter: despite that, just days after firing comey in may, president trump dropped this bombshell. suggesting he let comey go because of the russia investigation. when i decided to just do it i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up