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Position in the investigation to pardon him or give him the benefit of the doubt. so this really could bolster the obstruction case against him if he were to pardon him but it remains to be seen whether hed actually do that. >> what about the presidents lawyers meeting with special counsel bob mueller next week? neither the president or vice president is expected to attend those meetings. so whats the expectation to come from the meeting? >> well, they have been meeting or communicating with the...

And controversial defense. "the president cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under the constitutions article ii and has every right to express his view of any case." the claim echoed a defense offered earlier in the day on trump tv by alan der show withes. the suggestion from trumps lawyer the president was above the law was walked back by a different trump lawyer. "washington post" reports ty cobb, white house lawyer overseeing its handling of the russia inv...

Everything correctly. >> the presidents lawyer, john dowd, as you know, obviously, has been commenting in recent days due to the presidents tweet about what he knew about general flynn. he says that the president cannot obstruct justice because he is the president. because he is the ultimate law enforcement officer in the united states of america. whats your response to that? >> the central lesson of watergate is that no one is above the law, not even the president. thats what the american peopl...

Dowd claimed he drafted that tweet and offered another defense that the president cannot obstruct justice because, as chief law enforcement officer, he has every right to express his view of any case. >> that claim drew protests by critics and a white house lawyer ty bob down playing it. cobb said et interesting as a technical legal issue by the lawyers intend to praes a fact-based offense. it is worth noting that articles of impeachment against richard nixon and bill clinton did include obstruc...

Accusers, he would be going out on his terms. politicians held to a different standard. >> yeah, thats a problem. thats why you are hearing a lot of democrats behind the scenes, as i said before, saying we should have done something about it, and been more proactive, and particularly in the conyers case and the franken is a different case, and they are saying we should have made the republican party pay for this. >> these mixed messages on the legal strategy from trump and his personal lawyers o...

The president cannot obstruct justice because hes the chief law enforcement officer under the constitutions article two and has every right to express his view of any case. in a moment our legal panel will weigh in. we have other breaking russia related stories in addition to this on paul manafort and striking behavior for someone out on bail. also an item already being used by the president as ammunition to attack the fbi and robert mueller. theres yet more breaking news on all of this, late re...

Drafted that tweet and offered a defense that the president cannot obstruct justice because he has every right to express his view of any case. >> that claim drew howls of protests from critics and by late monday a white house lawyer ty cobb was down playing it telling "the washington post" the theory is not the presidents official legal strategy. the presidents lawyers intend to present a fact-based defense, not a mere legal defense. as for whether the president can in fact obstruct justice, it...

He tweeted saying he knew michael flynn lied to the fbi about the russian contacts before he fired him. an assertion that raises questions about the obstruction of justice. his personal lawyer claimed he draft thad tweet and offered that the president cannot obstruct justice because, as chief law enforcement officer, he has every right to express his view of any case. >> that claim drew howls of protests from critics and by late monday ty cobb was down playing it telling the washingtpost it is n...

Collusion, no collusion, is now saying, oh, but collusion is not a crime. the fact of the matter is, theres so much smoke you cant see the hand in front of your face. >> well, have you seen actual evidence, congressman, of collusion between the trump campaign and the russians? >> see remarks above, wolf. what we have learned and discussed in the privacy of the house permanent select committee on intelligence cannot be revealed until a later date. >> does that mean the answer is yes? you dont wan...

Shifting legal strategy. he opened with a tweet saying he knew michael flynn lied to the fbi before he fired him. an assertion that raises questions about obstruction of justice. trumps personal lawyer john doud claimed he drafted that tweet then offered another defense that the president cannot obstruct justice because as chief law enforcement officer he has every right to express his view of any case. >> that claim drew howls of protests from critics and by late monday a white house lawyer, ty...