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dentist to get her wisdom teeth pulled. and the american tourist attacked and killed by a shark. good evening. and it s great to have you with us here on a monday night. and we begin with president trump and his words for michael flynn, after his former national security adviser pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. now cooperating with robert mueller. the president now saying, i feel badly for general flynn, going on to say of the fbi and flynn, that they destroyed his life. and tonight, the president and a new legal strategy from his team. arguing a president cannot obstruct justice. abc s chief white house correspondent jonathan karl leading us off. reporter: at the white house today, the president offered words of sympathy for his former national security adviser, michael flynn. well, i feel badly for general flynn. i feel very badly. he s led a very strong life. reporter: over the weekend, a decidedly different tone from the president, when he was asked if he stands behind

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20171204:18:05:00

justice. what s his argument? reporter: let s walk you through that part. this is the president from his personal attorney, john dowd, revealing today to us a potential legal defense or theory or strategy in this ongoing russia probe claiming a president cannot obstruct justice. here s part of the statement he provided. he said the president cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under the constitution s article 2 and has every right to express his view of any case. again, that s from john dowd. that s from the president s outside lawyer. he added the president s weekend tweet, which a lot of people argued strengthened that obstruction of justice case, did not admit obstruction. he said specifically, that s an ignorant and arrogant assertion. peter alexander at the white house, thank you. the latest statement appears to muddy the waters even more. john dowd saying acting attorney general sally yates who told the

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20171204:16:01:00

flynn. i feel badly. he s led a very strong life and i feel very badly, john. i will say this, hillary clinton lied many times to the fbi, nothing happened to her. flynn lied and they destroyed his life. i think it s a shame. hillary clinton on the fourth of july weekend went to the fbi, not under oath. it was the most incredible thing anyone has ever seen, she lied many times. nothing happened to her. flynn lied and it s like they ruined his life. it s very unfair. so, that is definitely one way to follow up on his onslaught against his own administration over the weekend saying on twitter that nation s top law enforcement agency the fbi is in tatters, worst in history and now the president s personal attorney in response to another tweet over the weekend, declares to axios no matter what, quote, the president cannot obstruct justice. let s test that theory and discuss it all with cnn s joe

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20171204:21:05:00

power, to keep their control over our country. again, we ll remind you, broken campaign promises are not a crime. but speaking of clinton, it is worth remembering that in december 1998 the house of representatives impeached her husband bill clinton and one of those two articles of impeachment was obstruction of justice. and, of course, in july 1974 the house judiciary committee voted on bringing forth three articles of impeachment against president nixon and one of them was obstruction of justice. so previous congresss, democrat and republican, have agreed with these arguments coming from all the president s men. though see if this argument sounds familiar to you. what you re saying is that there are certain situations, the houston planner, that part of it was one of them, where the president can decide that it s in the best interest of the nation or something and do something illegal? well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170617:11:00:00

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