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Republicans prying on this issue with a crowbar, tonight, "the washington post" was first to report that the democratic donor who took over funding the dossier for the general election was a lawyer representing the clinton campaign and the dnc. quote, alias and his lawmaker retained fusion gps. in april 2016. prior to that agreement, fusions research was funded by a still unknown republican client during the republican presidential primary. the clinton campaign and the dnc through that law firm ...

I havent seen -- >> then theres the big ah-ha? for me it would be whats in the dossier and is it true. but whats the big discovery here? >> well, look. republicans are going to use this to say, see, this whole thing is based on a phony premise. theres a political implication to some of this stuff but thats not what mueller is concerned about. what bob mueller is looking at is the facts. what can they prove, what can they show? that doesnt go away because of the original origins of the dossier. o...

Are explaining is, no, no, you have a legal problem now and theres going to come a time and we may have already reached it for some of you where the legal problems are more important than the pr problems right now. so thats the tension that youre seeing and those are the disagreements and different points of view that are being tossed around internally, and some of that tension and some of that disagreement, youre seeing come outside, bubble up. >> i want to read just one little portion of that ...

And try to explain them. the white house counsel today does not really represent the president, per se. really, they represent the office of the president, and they could speak out and say, mr. president, youre hurting the office. and we have a duty to represent that office well. so, theyre really in a bind when he does this sort of thing. and apparently, a lifetime of doing this is not going to be changesed very quickly. >> devlin, you also have some new reporting about the white house pushing ...

Comfort of counsel as to what they should or should not do in those circumstances. >> what if they cant afford counsel? >> well, thats a problem. a lot of people in the white house during watergate, that happened, happened during iran contra, happened during the lewinsky. it seems to be one of the jeopardies of going to work there. its like a student loan, maybe. you have to take it and deal with it later. >> all right, john dean, devlin barrett, and tara palmeri, thank you all. a conservative...

Statements where he was reflecting, did come to play in both the impeachment proceeding and in some of the criminal trials. so, these things can have implications when they make public statements. so thats why the lawyers will tell them to zip it and dont talk about it. >> meantime, devlin, you are reporting about the challenges facing trumps legal team and dealing with the president, specifically, when it comes to the russia investigation. lay it out for us. >> right. well, the president is a v...

President trumps legal team was facing tensions and a client who often takes his own counsel. washington post national security reporter devlin barrett was one of the writers of that story. im going to say it was a standout, the challenge from president trumps attorneys has come managing the unmanageable, their client. president trump isnt the only one with an outside attorney. other members within the white house. how are these factions managing their clients the white house communications team...

National security advisory team, but seems to have little actual contact with him. it seems he may have never even met president trump or even candidate trump. however, the washington post is reporting hes had plenty of contact with the fbi. joining us now is devlin barrett. so you reported that carter page, the one-time foreign policy adviser to the trump campaign, has been interviewed several times by the fbi. do we know what they were talking to him about and how detailed it got? >> it got ve...

And the majority were rated as cleared or minimal at 12 weeks. be the you who talks to your dermatologist about stelara®. more breaking news tonight. as we said at the notch ttop of broadcast, it involves carter page. weve had him on the program. page, as you know, was on candidate trumps national security advisory team, but seems to have very little actual contact with him. seems like he may have never met president trump. however, "the washington post" is reporting hes had plenty of contact...

Say if he would get immunity. so i dont think anyone is going to be flim-flamed here about the immunity grant. it is also important to remember there is a story out tonight also about moneylaundering in this investigation. thats a second front. follow the money, an old watergate phrase. thats coming back tire, that is part of devlins reporting tonight, which were going to get to. devlin, your report is so full. we cannot cover it in one segment. were going to be coming some of the other elements...