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Attorneys i believe had previously said it was donald trump, jr. and donald trump jr.s attorneys who had been the ones craft thing statement, that the president had nothing to do with it, and they denied "the new york times" story which said that on air force one this had been discussed with advisers and the president signed off on it. so the idea that the president was even more involved in that runs counter to what the presidents own attorneys have said. are there any -- did you get any respon...

As somebody who has issued statements, apart from being no consequence, the characterizations are inaccurate, misinformed and not pertinent, that is not specific to anything in the report. >> that is not saying the report is not true. that in no way says the president didnt dictate the statement. that just says there are things in the story that arent true and we dont think the story matters. thats not saying that donald trump didnt actually dictate the statement. and it makes sense to me that t...

Consequence, the characterizations are misinformed and not per nent. which is this is not a big deal. >> which is what you would expect from him. i think one the things its significant story is because of sec ca low as comments. thats a problem for the president. this is the lawyer that goes out and speaks on his behalf related to the russia investigation. im no lawyer but i think the other reason why hes saying there no consequence here. kbro -- pattern building exercise the mueller team might ...

Fact, steph, thats whats going on around the country meeting came with a promise of dirt about hillary clinton and it was being provided pi the russian government, and of course that based on e-mails that donald trump jr. provided. we reached out the presidents outside counsel overnight. jay sekulow saying apart from being of no consequence, the characterizations are misinformed, inaccurate and not pert nen. john dowd saying fake news, misinformed, of no consequence. lets point out the bottom li...

>> im telling you im not sure. i dont know the answer. vial to check and let you know. >> president trump lawyers jay sekulow went further, and he denied that president trump had anything to do with that initial misleading statement from don trump jr. take a listen. >> i wasnt involved in the statement drafting at all, nor was the president. im assuming that was between mr. donald trump jr., between don jr. and his lawyer. im sure his lawyer was involved. thats how you do it. >> but thats him sa...

Campaign issues. this is according to the story in "the washington post" from last night. we know that later on that came to not be true, this meeting was more about that donald trump jr. was under the impression that he was meeting with a russian government attorney who had incriminating information about hillary clinton. the subject line of the e-mails was literally russia, clinton, private and confidential. we later found out that was not true. the trump lawyer, jay sekulow is saying this rev...

Responses from the presidents attorneys about the discrepancy between your reporting and their past statements? >> we did. we sent quite a lengthy list of long list of questions to jay sekulow who is one of the presidents attorneys and is perhaps the most outspoken. he didnt answer our specific questions but did issue one statement sentence to us which reads, anderson, the presidents attorney said apart from being of no consequence, the characterizations are misinformed, inaccurate and not perti...

Appointment of a special council. the question now is whether that could be changing on the heels of this washington post report suggests the president may have helped draft that misleading statement about the reasons for the meeting between donald trump jr. and the russian lawyer during the campaign. of course, not clear what the president knew or when he knew it. the now, the word from the presidents lawyers suggests nothing much has changed. this is from jay sec ca low. the characterizations ...

May already have described our story as fake news. we have multiple sources and are confident in our reporting. >> its interesting when they dont specifically say what their issue is with the story. they just say its inaccurate and were not talking about it anymore. great scoop. congratulations. >> thank you. >> lets go back to our panel. jen palmieri. >> denial, denial, denial. >> as somebody who has issued statements, apart of being no consequence, the characterizations are inaccurate and not ...

Meanwhile, sarah huckabee sanders made it clear all staff reports to general kelly. he sets out to shore up a white house infamous for its leaks. they have come. he was so displayed with the firing of fbi director comey, kelly called comey himself to say he was considering resigning. a report nbc news has not yet confirmed. attorneys for president trump are pushing back on a "washington post" story that says the president personally dictated don jr.s official misleading response about his meet...