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Mcgahn, hey, id like to find a spot for michael cohen? >> the answer is i dont know. the president never said that to me. >> did you hear it from don mcgahn? >> i dont talk about my conversations with don. dons an old friend, a new jersey guy. we have a jersey bond. we dont talk about the conversations we have. what i will tell you is don was amongst the most careful, smart lawyers ive met in my career. and what don was trying to do his entire time at the white house was to make sure that the pe...

We are back. i officially lost control. donny is back. >> governor, i have to tell you, i love the last thing you said. this is so nuanced and people dont understand this. i am not the bridge bully guy, not the saint from sandy, i am neither and im both. i thought that was a wonderful thing. if you are running again, i think we need to hold onto that. impart of the 17 year club with trump also. i have known him a long time. people ask me was he different, is he the same. and he is different. you...

>> so let me be honest. you savaged jared kushner and he deserves it. but you dont lay a glove on donald trump who empowered and empowers jared kushner today. >> i dont think thats exactly accurate. i say in there the president has real weaknesses. i say in there the president surrounded himself with convict felons. i thing thats pretty direct stuff. i do what a lot of other books dont do, i point out his strengths. i know him in a way other people dont know him because ive known him for 17 year...

That was just immature and ill-tempered. and he left separately after that meeting and i spoke to donald for a while about this and i just said, this is not a guy who you can give a senior position to. i know hes supported you. i know you like him. but hes just not temperamentally fit to do this. and this was one of about a half a dozen conversations i had with the president. you know, between june or july of 2016 and election day about mike flynn including -- up to and including the day after e...

To go the minute he sat down. and the commentary would start and you would be waiting for the waiter to come to interrupt it so everybody could get a breath. you know, the president now is not that way when he sits at the table. i have always taken, i dont know why, what i have taken it to be is this guy after two years is starting to feel the weight of the office and the weight of the pressure of the office and the responsibilities that come on his desk and on his watch all the time and i think...

>> yeah, i do. i think the rules are different for him than anybody else. with me, theyd definitely play it back, right? im 56 years old. so im not going to preclude myself from doing anything in the future. i know this much. i love the executive branch of government, and whether it would be in if an appointed position or elected position, thats where i would be. im not a guy to be 1 of 100 or 1 of 435. >> not running for senate. >> not senate or the house. >> i want to ask you about one more th...

Relationship with trump is like trumps relationship with putin. youre affection at to trump in an inexplicable way. here is something youre not, jared kushner. kushner didnt dump you because he didnt like you and what you did to his dad but he wanted to get a competent person a u.s. attorney out of the way to engage in dirty business in the purity of the transition. how plausible is that theory? >> listen, i think he understands, in fact i dont think, i know because he said it to me. youre one t...

The key to getting him to cooperate, if it ever happens, is going to be to press that button that says, roger, you are going to be talked about forever and you want it done in a way that preserves your legacy as doing whats right for you and for america. we can turn this around. thats going to be a very difficult sell for him. >> frank, he doesnt want that. lets talk about his legacy. you have to listen to this mans brand. he branded himself with richard nixon on his back. think about that for a...

Dinner with, the guy i went out to lunch with, the guy that i got to know over the last 17 years. >> you were right about jared kushner, who nbc news reported on friday his security clearance -- the intelligence community tried to block it. do you know what thats about? >> i dont. most of the time,vy vi have a l of great friends at the white house including the president. most of them never spoke to me about jared. >> what sort of ongoing problems could jared have if his security clearance was b...

I know the guy who runs the fbi, who runs the new york office, he was a corruption investigator for me in new jersey. >> which you did a lot of. >> yes. he did a great job for me. and i think hes a guy of great integrity. so, with him leading the investigations in the southern district of new york, and a lot of the good people in southern, im pretty confident -- ive said it right from the beginning, thinking when i was governor, i would come on this show, that i think that the mueller investigat...