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The presidents lawyers are looking for ways to undermine the russia investigation by special counsel robert mueller. "the washington post." and "the new york times" report that attorneys and aides are scouring the backgrounds of robert mueller looking for ways to undercut the probe. >> "the washington post" reporting the president has asked about his pow or the pardon aides, family members, even himself. one adviser told the post the president wassimply curious agent the reach of his powers. jef...

A lot going on. were going begin with senior washington correspondent joe johns at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. the reshuffling of the presidents legal team comes around the same time hes sending signals that hes gearing up for a fight against special counsel robert muellers legal team, citing conflicts with an interview with "the new york times. >> reporter: "the new york times" and "washington post" reporting that the presidents lawyers and aides are lacking ...

Careful about, you know, getting too excited about some of these things. you know, he suggested or some people in the white house have suggested looking into the backgrounds of some of the people in muellers staff. you know, when i covered ken starr in the late 90s, i looked into some of the people on starrs staff and found out that they had very conservative views and i thought that was newsworthy and people in the white house thought that was newsworthy. and i see no reason why if thats the ca...

Careful about, you know, getting too excited about some of these things. you know, he suggested or some people in the white house have suggested looking into the backgrounds of some of the people in muellers staff. you know, when i covered ken starr in the late 90s, i looked into some of the people on starrs staff and found out that they had very conservative views and i thought that was newsworthy and people in the white house thought that was newsworthy. and i see no reason why if thats the ca...

I start shaking around. >> we dont want you to spin out of control. >> april, this is something "the new york times" is reporting tonight in addition to "washington post" reports? another quote, okay? "president trumps lawyers and aides are scouring the professional and political backgrounds of investigators hired by the special counsel robert s. mueller iii looking for conflicts of interest they could use to discredit the investigation or even build a case to fire mr. mueller or get some member...

Message with tweets and interviews. a source close to president trumps legal team denied a report that the president has been asking about pardons for himself and his family. the source told fox news theres nothing to discuss. he can pardon whoever he likes. in testimony before congress last month, attorney general jeff sessions wouldnt talk about it. >> to your knowledge, have any department of justice officials been involved with conversations about any possibility of presidential pardons abou...

Groundwork to fire mueller." as promised this from "the new york times" times top p president trumps lawyers and aides are scouring the professional and political backgrounds of investigators hired by the peshl counsel robert mueller, looking for conflicts of interest they could use to discredit the investigation or even build a case to fire mr. mueller or get some members of his team recused, according to three people with knowledge of the research effort. also tonight we are learning a lot mor...

Power hitting third baseman of the philadelphia phillies, mike schmidt, here with us. one of the authors of one of these incredible blockbuster pieces. i want to ask you, theres a lot in this piece, but obviously the flashing red light here is the notion that the president is talking about to what extent he has to pardon, his aides, his family members, and potentially himself. tell us more about what your reporting shows about what his attitude is towards that question. he is asking the question...

Are all anti-trump lawyers. its hard to understand why he would assemble such a team unless it was a deliberate effort to go after the president and the presidents team. >> the method to our madness we showed you that sound from newt gingrich because what we thought would be the biggest news of the day until sean spicer took back the headlines was -- were two reports. one in "the new york times" saying that trump aides are seeking leverage to investigate muellers investigators. the lawyers and a...

About how this investigation is going to go, what the administration is going to do. indications this morning that the president very much is looking at the idea of investigating the investigators, looking into their personal backgrounds, finding about conflicts they may have had in the past in order to use that at least in a political way. but a source also telling cnn this morning that the presidents legal team does intend to cooperate fully with the investigation as they continue to try to ge...