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That. >> look, the president did not draft the response. i do want to be clear, the president was not involved in the drafting of the statement and did not issue the statement. >> reporter: jay sekulow issued this statement in response to the washington post story last night. apart from being of no consequence, the characterizations are misinformed, inaccurate and not pertinent. cnn previously reported that none of the presidents attorneys were involved in drafting that first statement. a person...

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Can get legalese about it but whats whats misleading and you may know from reading the piece that we interviewed a lot of people who were very concerned about the fact that the president decided, essentially, to take on the role as his own lawyer, his own publicist, his own crisis communicator, and thats not a place theyre comfortable with him being, because hes never been the subject of a special counsel investigation before. >> despite the fact that he has a multitude of lawyers, including jay...

Statement himself, his legal team is pushing back hard against that is attorney jay secular saying apart from being of no consequence, the characterizations are misinformed, inaccurate, and not pertinent. the sources pointing fingers at disgruntled former members of the presidents legal team saying maybe theyre just trying to stir the pot. it did seem to be some discrepancy when talking to sources about the difference between what donald trump junior and his team want to come out and say. they w...

The president. they are still treating this like a family-run business. and they have a p.r. problem. what they dont seem to understand is this is a criminal investigation involving all of them. the news of donald trumps jr. meeting broke a little more than three weeks ago. nbc news later confirmed there were eight people inside the room where it happened. that meeting at trump tower, including a translationer. when it comes to trump dictating the response in to the story. junior told the post h...

It came from donald trump junior. sort of secondary response to this washington post reporting this morning is apart from being of no consequence the characterizations are misinformed, inrack at and not pertinent. not in that statement is the word wrng. wrong. >> no. he accused the "new york times" of being totally inaccurate in reporting that the president new nothing about the drafting of the statement. so, in the end, its amazing that they get away with these sort of general statements, but, ...

One of the presidents attorneys, and perhaps the most outspoken. he didnt answer our specific questions but did issue one statement sentence to us which reads, the presidents attorney said, apart from being of no consequence, the characterizations are misinformed, inaccurate and not pertinent. we went back and asked again for specifics. but didnt receive anything -- any guidance beyond that statement that i just read. up next well have -- or back now with the panel. i dont even know where to g...

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The president. they are still treating this like a family-run business. and they have a p.r. problem. what they dont seem to understand is this is a criminal investigation involving all of them. the news of donald trumps jr. meeting broke a little more than three weeks ago. nbc news later confirmed there were eight people inside the room where it happened. that meeting at trump tower, including a translator. when it comes to trump dictating the response in to the story. trump juniors lawyer told...