The investigation. Is that right . Thats correct. And you have a citation . Page seven, volume two. Thank you. One of these witnesses was michael cohen, the president s personal lawyer, who ultimately pled guilty to Campaign Violations based on secret hush money payments to two women the president knew and also to lying to congress about the hope for a 1 billion trump tower deal. After the fbi searched cohens home, the president called him up personally, he said to check in, and told him to, quote, hang in there and stay strong. Is that right . Do you remember finding that . If its in the report as stated, yes, it is right. Yes. Also in the report, actually, are a series of calls made by other friends of the president. One reached out to say he was with the boss in maralago, and the president said he loves you. His name is redacted. Another redacted friend called to say the boss loves you. And a third redacted friend called to say everyone knows the boss has your back. Do you remember
target s dirty laundry. it also creates yet another incentive for an independent counsel to overinvestigate in order to justify his or her tenure teen avoid criticism that the independent counsel may have left a stone unturned. again, mr. mueller, those are a.g. reno s words. didn t you do exactly what a.g. reno feared? didn t you publish a lengthy report, unfairly airing the target s dirty laundry without recommending charges? i disagree with that. okay. and did any of your witnesses have the chance to be cross-examined? can i finish my answer on that? quickly. i operate under the current statute, not the original statute. so i am most familiar with the current statute, not the older statute. did any of the witnesses have a chance to be cross-examined? did any of the witnesses in our investigation? yes. i m not going to answer that. did you allow the people mentioned in your report to challenge how they were characterized? i m not going to get into