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An interview with robert mueller. that over the objections from some of the presidents other attorneys who think that it would be a good idea to do it as long as the parameters for such an interview were very narrowly cast. in order to try to get this whole thing off the table. so it just looked like the situation for dowd was becoming uncomfortable, perhaps untenable. and he decided today to call up the president and give his resignation. now, in terms of the presidents outside legal team, that...

He is reaching for the hard-charging personalities. some of them he sees on television to join his legal team. but he knows he also needs gravitas. he had his legal team reach out to mr. olsen and say, could you maybe come on? could you be the heavyweight here to help us go after the russia investigation, to counter this flurry of news and legal developments that seem to happen by the hour? you have a president struggling with all these different challenges, trying to reach for outside people. b...

Today" going through just five or six of the ethical issues that are quite problematic in terms of what he did. everything from using personal funds to the question of whether his client knew about this agreement to whether the client consented. theres even questions about his shopping a book when hes still doing representational issues for the client. >> and michael schmidt, as they approach legal armageddon here, how many names are on the door of the law firm representing trump? who is it? wha...

Swan, national political reporter for axios. along with our guest, the former deputy manager for mitt romneys 2012 presidential campaign. i dont know, maybe shes going to be working for mitt again. jonathan, you must be running least a mini victory lap today. weeks ago, you reported attempts by the legal team to get kushner out of the building. >> yes, its accurate, "the wall street journal" report is accurate, but it is a very narrow story. its mark cassowitz who is the presidents outside couns...

Assistants. its going to become a big west wing investigation at some point, and i dont get the sense the white house is prepared for that. >> shannon, you mentioned previous investigations. where does the legal team, obviously the president trump has made changes to this over time. how do they stack up to the way the previous presidents, maybe the clintons or you mentioned dick cheney and scooter lib by, how does it compare to what other presidents have done under the scrutiny. >> the president...

I mean there is this question of whether the president was involved in drafting the statement, obviously "the washington post" said he did. jay seculo in the earlier interview said he didnt. if in fact he did draft the statement, and if he knew at the time that he drafted the statement, that it was false as the statement turned out to be, that definitely could turn out to be a legal problem for the president, because even though its not a crime to issue a false statement to the news media, it co...

Questions? >> reporter: its sort of early days, you are right, this was brought up opleekly with scaramuci, he said he hasnt been briefed on it or had in-depth discussions he says with members of the white house staff, particularly the white house counsel. when you talk about the strategy related to russia, we have already seen a shift in strategy here, that is this, marc kasowitz reported first thing this morning, his day has come full circle is stepping away from leading the counsels outside t...

Team are looking at that. >> it seems like one of the people in the article says this is not in the context of i cant wait to pardon myself, according to a close adviser that you quote. >> yes. >> so as your understanding, its -- the president has kind of just looked or raised questions about what are the parameters of pardoning? >> correct, which is a pretty interesting thing for a president to be asking at this stage in the game. and we thought it was newsworthy. >> jay seculo is also quoted i...

>> if you want to see another example, over the weekend jay seculo, somebody matt lewis knows very well and he was on the sunday shows and asked directly whether or not the president would consider firing the special counsel, this is what he said. >> will the president promise not to interfere, not attempt at any time to order the deputy attorney general to fire robert mueller? >> the president of the united states its a unitary executive. hell seek the advice of his counsel and inside and outsi...

Gay rights. and joining jay seculo is the pat robertson foundation of law and justice has worked through a outspoken outpost to keep gay rights a illegal post in zimbabwe and filed a brief to keep homosexuality a illegal act. and he had no comment to us but he did say that through dan savage i hope that we can show good respect for all sides on the gay and lesbian issue. but be clear, that jeb bush says that he is a stanch supporter, and we should be respectful of