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And read him basically the riot act and said you cant be talking about this in an obviously public context, the concern here being not just potentially tipping their hand through the press to what their strategy is and tipping their hand to mueller, but also, a potentially violation of attorney/client privilege. >> im glad it was at the blt steakhouse for bad lawyers for trump. you know? i think that its an incredible thing. but, you know, one thing thats in that story, that story by vogel and b...

Mistake of cobbs and other members of the team and bob mueller with an accomplished team of investigators in history it is a mismatch right now. >> seems mismatches to say the least. talk the me a little about -- you were on the justice department side of this but one of the concerns that mcgahn reportedly has here, hes the inside the white house counsel dealing with a lot of other issues in addition to this investigation, is this idea that the president needs to protect executive privilege and ...

Might see it as the week where robert mueller appeared to get closer to the white house, at least that appears to be the white house reaction and how they have been kind of moving or remobilizing. gloria borjer and i reported last night that they have reshuffled, the presidents legal team. >> and do you know why? >> for several reasons. one is they feel that the president needs better help, better help both on the outside meaning a personal side. john dowd who is an attorney as well as jay sekul...

He helped him get ready for confirmation hearings. it is possible what hiring is about is extending attorney client privilege to whatever jeff sessions told chuck cooper to make sure chuck cooper couldnt be asked about that. whatever confidence he shared with cooper are now shielded bit attorney/client privilege. >> great point. so glenn, that leaves open the possibility that the attorney general could hire more experienced criminal defense counsel to this team if he needs it. but right now if y...

Attorney/client privilege. >> great point. so glenn, that leaves open the possibility that the attorney general could hire more experienc experienced criticiminal defens counsel to this team if he needs it. but right now if you want it ask any questions of the person who helped prepare jeff sessions for confirmation hearing testimony you cant really do that. that testimony is the sikt subject of a possible perjury investigation. >> i have to say i am blown away to that. i guess we just found out...

Citing instead? >> thats right. so in this particular case, and this pertains to in particular conversations -- a conversation that sessions apparently had with the president about the firing of the fbi director. so it really is a very important specific question. the attorney general was a little bit unclear. on one hand he said that he was not able to assert the privilege. he said that the president had not actually asserted the privilege. and so then he seemed to be referring to other departm...

Actually be no there there. they might have had the same conversations that they had with the latvian ambassador or the french ambassador. but the fact that the impulse is immediately to lie and object few skate and not recall in this way that i have to say, it like blurs the line between executive privilege and attorney/client privilege. he was in some ways today posing as the presidents personal lawyer to come extent. but this lets kick the can down the road, its very russian, kick up smoke, d...

Few skate and not recall in this way that i have to say, it like blurs the line between executive privilege and attorney/client privilege. he was in some ways today posing as the presidents personal lawyer to come extent. but this lets kick the can down the road, its very russian, kick up smoke, deny it, point in other directs and then well deal with it once people catch up to the can that weve kicked down the road. so, you know, maybe mueller can be the grand jury that trumps this, pardon the p...

Between executive privilege and attorney/client privilege. he was in some ways posing today as the presidents personal lawyer to some extent. but this, lets kick the can down the road, its very russian. kick up smoke, deny it, point in other directions, and then well deal with it once people catch up to the can weve kicked down the road. so, you know, maybe mueller convenes a grand jury that trumps this -- pardon the pun. maybe the press digs up other things that sessions refused to reveal, and ...

This pertains to in particular conversations -- a conversation that sessions apparently had with the president about the firing of the fbi director. so it really is a very important specific question. the attorney general was a little bit unclear. on one hand he said that he was not able to assert the privilege. he said that the president had not actually asserted the privilege. and so then he seemed to be referring to other department of justice privileges which sometimes can include the attorn...