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This was an off the record comment that got reported. he hasnt been in the news really, and i think that iss exactly what a formerer president should be, not around. however, it seems a little early to be rewriting the history of administration that just ended. doesnt it? >> all presidents try to see their administrations in the most favorable possible light and he is looking back on hisab and im sure hes looking at the man in the white house and trying to create a contrast with him, because oba...

The senate. he worked for the bush and obama administrations. as far as i know, there is no other entity unless they want to add another special counsel. >> brian: phones were down at the white house. doesnt anyone call each other anymore. call the nsa. i am in for greg today. michael horowitz has a great reputation but hes got a full plate. the one thing i would have to say, the president would be much better off letting the focus be not on the attorney general but on the afternoon session with...

He doesnt get credit. he has faith in his son-in-law. it is the president who could provide him that information. but while i was overseas traveling with ivanka trump in south korea, i asked her about this and whether there would be a double standard where family members would get information that others wouldnt be able to receive. she told me they expected they would be treated no differently than anybody else. e we should note a spokesperson says that kushner will continue to do his job uninte...

Because he talks about the red line, we foe donald trump doesnt like to talk about red lines. the situation and polite in syria has been something thats very emotionally affected donald trump in the past. >> right. and i look forward to seeing what he has to say on the brief in respond to this. because, right, how many red lines can they cross. and obviously the administration have said theyre taking a tough stance on mrk, they have criticized past administrations for not taking a tougher stance...

It could be that there has been some anger about jared kushner and about the fact that he still hasnt gotten his security clearance, but in the end of the day, youre right, he is the presidents son-in-law and the president can choose whoever he wants to surrounds himself with. >> so aside from kushner and ivanka, there are still a number of people in the west wing who do have issues with this permanent security clearance or getting this permanent security clearance. do you foresee some exits fro...

Now, of course, this speaks to the fact that neither ivanka trump or jared kushner have permanent security clearances. they bolton have been add odds with the white house chief of staff. again this all has percolated again if you will because of that trip to south korea. but she is back now and things seem to have abated somewhat in the west wing. >> jeff zeleny, thank you for the new reporting. i want to bring in cnn contributor walter shaub, former director of the office of government ethics f...

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Asserting privilege. itst sounds like shes following orders of the white house not to answer certain questions. >> its effectively executive privilege but not officially and not technically so that theres no formal way for the republicans, who control congress, to fight that, if that makes sense. having said all that, that is exactly what shes doing and it is not unprecedented. not just with the trump administration, we saw steve bannon say he wasnt going to talk about conversations that he had ...

Donald trump jr. says he never told his father about the meeting in trump tower with the russians who allegedly said they were offering dirt on hillary clinton. but hope hicks would know for sure whether or not that conversation actually did occur. >> but she was also there on the plane ride when they were discussing what they would say to describe it. and other people like reince priebus and sean spicer were not there for the drafting of the statement. she was there for the entire conversation ...

The president when its not convenient. but, remember, nepotism is illegal in the federal government for the 2.7 million civilian federal employees who work for the president and all the uniformed military officers. but here we have the president holding himself and his family to a lower standard than the people he supervises. >> so, doug, other administrations have had family members in high profile positions. whats different about this? >> good ones. robert kennedy was attorney general to john ...