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>> let me help my colleagues to the right on me, both on this panel and literally, attempt to unravel this pretzel. this is something weve seen from this white house periodically. the white house lies, then the facts come out, then the white house tells you dont worry about facts. what we know to be the truth is that this meeting was not about adoptions or russian adoptions. we also know that the president dictated that statement. what did we deduce from that? that the president lied. he lied an...

Their public statements? >> well, theres certainly a lot of doubt about that. whats happened most recently, i think just has the effect of casting more doubt on the credibility of what they say. im kind of on the same page with mike hayden here, because to me the greater issue is the assault on truth in this country, which in an extremist situation, could be pretty important to us. >> right. >> i worry about that, and whats the definition of truth? this has sort of a chilling orwellian aspect, w...

That the president weighed in on the statement that donald trump released. and the washington post reports the president dictated the misleading statement. they say he just weighed in on it. i want tataking a look back at donald trump jr. on july 11th after he released the email chain under pressure. >> i just want the truth to get out there and thats part of why i released all the stuff today. theyre trying to drag out the story. they want to drip a little bit today. so i was like here it is. i...

And im kind of on the same page with mike hayden here. because to me the greater issue is the assault on truth in this country which could be pretty important to us. >> right. >> i worry about that and whaurts rr the definition of truth? this has a chilly, orwellying aspect about it. putting out a set of facts which dont comport with ground truth. >> and when they are contrujt r fronted with what is true, they simply deny what is true and say well, just sort of act as if everybody else is wrong....

Said yeah, he consulted on the thing but it was don trump jr.s statement. >> i think we turned a corner in not media attention and not the global collusion theory. but this email was in black and white. this is what was going on here and they were not telling the truth. they have bad judgment. to have better judgment and prudence -- >> let her finish. >> thats not the bar though. >> im just saying the truth. what do you want me to say? you want me to have my hands up here while i say it? you wan...

Like a wise idea. >> no. he should have been protected from this. i suspect he inserted himself into it. and i think theres a couple problems with it. one is in the reporting, talking about how donald trump did insert him in this. the instincts were to get there the information out and donald trump spoke. so whats that about? that would suggest he knew about the truth was and he told them not to do it. their other problem is they are only coming clean now because they were caught. they never sai...

Youre going to dismiss it. >> ladies first. >> i assumed he was involved, which is partly the reading of the reporting and partly an indication of where my bar is with listening to the white house on these kind of things. i dont know what the truth there is either. but i think this speaks to an inability of this white house team to protect the president, other staffers who were brought in on this and its bad judgment and the destingsz between a legal issue and bad judgment is really important. i...

The presidents credibility in the white house. >> team trump took a credibility hit today and where did that hit come from? from the white house podium. sarah huckabee sanders basically conceded that the trump team and his lawyer didnt have the truth in the initial telling of this. remember when sarah huckabee sanders first spoke about this. she would find out and get back to us. today she says he weighed in. he dictated. the large question here is someone should explain -- j i truly dont unders...

The president reads this, and is frustrated about unnamed sources. >> sarah huckabee sanders saying -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> hes frusz tratrated about t fact that there is not one named source from air force one -- >> my question is, if youre lying about stuff that is just stupid stuff to lie about, small stuff like i did weigh in, he could have said before, yeah, jay sekulow could have said the president was on the plane and consulted on the thing, but it was donald trump jr.s statement. ...

They have bad judgment. they have very bad judgment. if exhorting the donald trump team to have better judgment and prudence -- >> let her finish. >> thats not the bar there. >> im just saying the truth. what do you want me to say? >> bad judgment -- >> do you want me to have my hands up here. you want it to be more dramatic. ive been exhorting the trump team to have better judgment and prudence from day one. i dont like many of their behaviors. but the distinction between a legal problem and th...