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>> 22,000 or so, different businesses, over 22,000. >> reporter: in court the lawyer asked are all those people on your payroll? no, not directly, trump said. turns out, he was factoring in employees of other companies that he subcontracted. on his claim he had zero bar w borrowings from his fathers estate, under oath, i think a small amount. i think it was in the $9 million range he told the court. about those fees at the golf courses? trump said memberships had been going for $300,000. he was ...

Father. >> when he tells you to do something, guess what, theres no ambiguity in it. theres no, hey, im hoping. you and i are friends, i hope this happens but you have do your job. for this guy as a politician to go back and write a memo, he felt so threatened, but he didnt do anything. >> back now with the panel. david, it does seem like the presidents son is contradicting his father, president trump said he didnt say i hope you can let this go about flynn. >> only two people were in the room, ...

The i hope you can interpret whether or not that means you better do this and how to phrase it, but if he had said at the end of the day, your job is to do your job, i dont think we would be having this discussion today. i have never seen another presidency do that. in clinton white house when april and i were covering that white house, they walled off the lewinsky investigation from the policy side. >> david, you wanted to get in. >> i would say, your latter point, second point, im in favor, i ...

Interest of defending his father and i complica he complicated t. >> how does this white house compare to others? in terms of their ability to craft a response, in terms of their ability to be on the same page. >> i know the obama administration, the bush administration, even the clinton administration would say this is under investigation, they would keep quiet. this is something we have never seen before. im just this weekend watching former white house press secretary ari fleischer say, you n...

The president says it would not have been wrong to tell james comey that he hoped the fbi would lay off michael flynn. he denies saying it. however, donald junior perhaps accidentally contradicted his father. >> when he tells you to do something, guess what, theres no ambiguity in it. theres no, hey, im hoping. you and i are friends, i hope this happens but you have do your job. for this guy as a politician to go back and write a memo, he felt so threatened, but he didnt do anything. >> back now...

You see it? >> there was an interesting line in donald trump juniors phraseology there that had the president said it, he might be in less trouble today. it was that line, but you have to go off and do your job. had he offered that -- had comey said that he heard that, had the president said, but i added that, then i think it might have relieved a bit of the pressure. the question isnt really just the i hope you can interpret whether or not that means you better do this and how to phrase it, but...

Bends to political winds. i will point out that he was appointed by george bush and he also was the head of the fbi and the investigation in the valerie plain leak. this is someone who is able to i think be unbiased and objective and has proven that and is the longest serving director of the fbi after j. edgar hoover. >> david, youre a supporter of the present. would you advise him to fire robert mueller? >> i wouldnt at all. i dont think director mueller -- he is a decorated combat veteran from...

Star witness in this investigation? >> jeff? >> i dont think so. he is the director of the fbi. thats how he got this job. both of them were directors of the fbi. i just dont think that represents a conflict. sure they know each other. a lot of people who work together in washington know each other. >> i think more of a mentor, mentee relationship. >> i agree with jeffrey and everyone else and david. this would increase the level of this crisis by 100 fold. every single member of congress, repub...

Republicans are delusional if they think the special counsel is going to be fair. look at who he is hiring. check fec reports. time to rethink. its notable it was just last month on may 17th when gingrich tweeted a different tune saying robert mueller is a superb choice. his reputation is impeccable for hon he integrity. media should calm down. even with the krit sichcriticis muellers team, kenneth star, he said he has confidence in the team. he said they are professionals. he stressed about mue...

>> i know the obama administration, the bush administration, even the clinton administration would say this is under investigation, they would keep quiet. this is something we have never seen before. im just this weekend watching former white house press secretary ari fleischer say, you need to stop, because you will perjure yourself. and i talked to ari today, and he said something to the effect they dont realize what is going on and what can happen. as david said, they need to stop. it is now ...