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Presidents lawyer john dod says he wrote that tweet, not the president and insists he mangled, although it hasnt been corrected or taken down. whether you think the president tried to obstruct justice or not, the presidents legal team argues it doesnt matter. dowd, the lawyer, arg gurs the president cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under the constitution and has every right to express his view of any case. its been the view of the house of representatives t...

Of the transcript of the fbi interview. they dont know what was said. so it was really their impression they did not think, they did not tell the president that he had lied, but that hed committed a crime, but they certainly felt that he had lied. >> such important knowledge for the president to have had at that point in time. great reporting cara scannell, thank you very much for that. these are intensifying the question did the president obstruct justice when he tried to interfere with the inv...

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So, it wasnt the presidents words that the president was tweeting out after all. that twitter post created so much controversy originally because it seemed to signify the first time the president has acknowledged publicly that he knew flynn lied to the fbi before mr. trump fired him last february. that raised a new set of questions about whether the presidents actions amount to obstruction of justice. heres what the washington post reported about the white house reaction. quote: a person close t...

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Dowd then yesterday revealed the potential legal defense in the ongoing russia probe, telling nbc news its ignorant to say the tweet admitted obstruction. dowd argued, quote -- . >> lets stop just there, ladies and gentlemen of america, we actually have now and weve had it several times in this administration, harold ford, people that say the president is not only above the law, the president is the law. steven miller is saying the presidents power is not to be questioned. now the presidents law...

Jim, the president left town earlier today with a lot of controversy in tow. >> reporter: he sure did, wolf. president trump is showing a lot of sympathy for his former national security adviser michael flynn who pled guilty to lying the fbi investigators. he officially offered his endorsement to accused child molester roy moore in the alabama senate race, but its the presidents legal team that may warrant the most attention dont for putting forward an argument that the president is essentially ...

Justice. whats his argument? >> reporter: lets 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. heres part of the statement he provided. he said the president cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under the constitutions article 2 and has every right to express his view of any cas...

The presidents personal attorney in an interview with axios saying the president, "cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under the constitutions article 2 and has every right to express his view of any case." so here we are. lets get right to cnn contributor john dean, former nixon white house counsel, and robert ray, former whitewater independent counsel. its a lot to keep up with. >> it gets worse. >> on a monday, its a firehose and continues to dribble throug...

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