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Need to corroborate whether or not there were recordings in the white house. >> sir, is this fight of tapes over? seems like the president left the door open, didnt he, saying i dont have any recordings, but i dont know if anyone else was recording our conversations. >> right. i think the wording of that was a little bit cryptic in there, that theres been a lot of armchairs pouring over the words, seeing what he meant, but they view this as a witch hunt. thats not a political line from the presi...

Higher a lawyer is not one of them. there will be document requests, he did the prudent thing higher a lawyer. it doesnt do anything suggesting culpability on his part. its a non-event. >> the "washington post" reports the special counsel is investigating the president looking at obstruction of justice even adamant the president did nothing criminal. do you take issue with robert mueller investigating the possibility of obstruction? >> first, i want to talk about talking points. i dont provide t...

Salt would say to do it. >> thats exactly right. i mean, there have been many, many significant developments in this investigation recently. mike pence hiring a lawyer is not one of them. i mean, he is, obviously, going to be interviewed at some point. there may be document requests. he did the prudent thing in hiring a lawyer. but i dont think it suggests anything about any possible culpability of his part. its a nonevent, as far as im concerned. >> professor dershowitz, "the washington post" r...

Kind of message discipline is not necessarily going to be the same as it was abroad. and what the president is really dealing with is the president prefers to be his own messenger. he takes a lot of advice, but how much does he follow? thats an open question. for elected republicans, this is a difficult time. theyre happy, they tell me, with the president not making major gaffes abroad. but at the same time theyre really concerned about the stalled legislative agenda. theyre not sure the votes t...

Stone both cooperated with document requests. how significant is that? >> it means that the senate intelligence committee is moving forward and functioning and cooperating well on a bipartisan basis and issuing subpoenas and getting documents and testimony back in response to thats questions. -- to that question. it means that they have moved to the phase of reviewing documentary evidence to where they are going out and securing documentary evidence, and i think thats encouraging because it mean...

Hea gephardt, the democratic leader. in keeping their party in tact, just as the republicans are trying to keep their party in tact today, thats the key to staying in office. >> and so you think it will be smart for the president to start as they say lawyering up with private attorneys. >> absolutely. i mean, this is a serious investigation. and you know, i think the public is sophisticated enough to know that if you hire a lawyer that doesnt mean youre guilty of anything. and especially when yo...

Chaffetz -- is that a conflict? >> speaker ryan: im not spoken to jason about that. he has not told me that. im not spoken with the chairman about that. >> reporter: people are saying he should step aside. >> speaker ryan: i will find out what he is or isnt doing. i wont comment on something. i would rather hear from them myself. as far as the oversight committee, theyve made document requests. thats the oversight committees responsibility. thats what they do, thats why its called the oversight ...

And another follow-up on that. oversight chairman jason chaffetz has told people he would probably be leaving around june 30th for fox. does that present -- [ inaudible ] >> i have not spoken to jason about that, so i dont know. he has not told me that, so i have not spoken with the chairman about that. >> step aside and -- >> i will find out from chairman chaffetz what he is doing or isnt doing, so im not going to comment on something thats in the media. id rather hear from him myself as to wha...

Oversight chairman chaffetz told people hell probably be leaving around june 30th. does that present a conflict -- >> i have not spoken to jason about that. i dont know -- he has not told me that. ive not spoken with the chairman about that. >> he is leaving, do you think he should step aside? >> i will find out from chairman chaffetz what he is or isnt doing. im not going to comment on somebody thats in the media. id rather hear from him myself as to what his plans are. as far as the oversight ...

We know that requests went out from the senate committee to general flynn for various documents. we know he apparently turned them down and a subpoena is going out. i cant help wondering whether there is a connection in the following way. flynn, i suspect, his counsel would speak to white house counsel just kind of a logical sort of conversation. and as you know, when you receive documents or you receive document requests, you can often get a sense of what the legal theory is thats being looked ...