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Give trump cover if he wants to start issuing pardons. trumps legal team meeting with muellers thofs week and in the wash post, you have trump advisers saying this could be a more contentious phase between mueller and a frustrated president. anything can happen. nobody is above the law. pardons are perfectly legal and the president has the legal authority to issue them in all kinds of ways. the big question here is what would happen if there is an attempt to use these pardons in an unlawful mann...

Donald trump and senator jeff sessions. the press secretary insisted papadopoulos was doing no outreach to russia at the campaigns request. >> reporter: can you explain what happened with the outreach? >> he reached out and nothing happened beyond that which i think shows one, his level of importance in the campaign in two, shows what little role he had within coordinating anything for the campaign. >> sources tell fox news the trump campaign officials were perplexed by papadopoulos outreach to ...

Background check which is part of the process for, for seeking a pardon. and she says, as, brian said, she indicated look we are going through the normal thorough process of issuing pardons. as we have found out, that, that may not have been the case. >> anna navaro, you are with us. jump into the conversation. >> you know, it strikes me as i am listening and trying to process it, we shouldnt lose sight of the forest through the trees. i think donald trump is doing something else with this, with...

Ari, has been doing a lot of work because hes a lawyer and experienced in these things to what a president can do with respect to pardons. presidents can issue pardons before theres been a charge thats been made. senate intelligence committee hearing on june 13th, mark warner asked attorney jeff sessions about the possibility of issuing pardons. lets play it. >> have any department of justice officials been involved with conversations about any possibility of presidential pardons about any of th...

Came out of the investigation saying no laws technically were broken. >> yeah, but they werent thorough. they didnt look at the full gamut of the issues. they didnt interview, for instance, as i understand it -- they have not said otherwise. they havent interviewed one individual who was a victim of torture. its really hard to imagine how you would have a thorough report investigation without talking to the victims of the crimes. >> thats what the republicans are saying right now. amazing you co...