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Himself. its relevant into the ongoing russian meddling of course and possible collusion with the campaign. adeke towabi is here with us now. i want to read to you an e-mail by john dodd who tried to explain the actions here. actually the parameters of which the investigation can go. he says, those transactions are in my view well beyond the mandate of the special counsel unrelated to the election of 2016 or any alleged collusion between the trump campaign and russia and most importantly are wel...

I think hes backed off the direct wiretapping. but still raising the specter of a fisa warrant or a surveillance and throwing it out there. i mean, look, legal experts today though are saying that its possible that these comments could be strewed as an attempt at witness intimidation pursuant to obstruction of justice. in order to prove obstruction of justice you have to show an intent. i guess they have to prove that he knew he was lying about the tapes around he did that to try to -- and he di...

Presidents legal team embroiled in this investigation. take a listen. >> uris which are trying to do -- >> now youre reading minds again. >> no, chris, idea with fact and law. >> .tommy what im trying to do because you dont know what im trying to do. im trying to get a straight answer out of you. leland: who does that trump legal team aside from the president view as their best spokesman or advocate for the president? >> thats a great question and jay sekulow just learned the dangers of quarreli...

Employee, in the russia probe released a very carefulfully worded statement. "i have only been asked about pardons by the press and have routinely responded on the recorded that no pardons are under discussion or under consideration at the white house." asked about the report today, the press secretary repeatedly just referred back to cobbs statement claiming to have no firsthand knowledge of any pardon discussions. >> did the president direct john dodd to talk to the attorney of manafort and fl...

Little bit. sometimes he needs to fight and sometimes he needs to let it play out. what happened with mccabe yesterday really puts some questions into the investigation naturally. >> i think the gig is up. >> the gig is up but let it play out. >> i think its smart tactically to let it play out but its smart to point out its gone on this long with this many resources, nothing to show for it except mike flynn who gave 33 years to the country, five in combat lying under oath. >> the presidents pers...

And as the president takes on questions that he may have obstructed justice to help flynn, we are now she go an a parent split in strategy between white house legal team. ty cobb is backing away. john dodd there on the left has reportedly said a president cannot obstruct justice. i want to talk to jim acosta to speak about this. what is ty cobb saying? >> reporter: he is saying fact based defense, not at theoretical legal that the president cannot be held accountable or be found guilty of obstru...

Is kind of getting hit over the head with a 2 x 4. give us an update on all thats happened. >> thats right, there has been no break in major headlines, thats for sure. president trump just moments ago departing from the white house here. it was clear he had a message he wanted to get out there. then he took one question from fox news. >> i feel badly for general flynn. i feel very badly, john. i will say this, hillary clinton lied many times to the fbi, nothing happened to her. flynn lied and th...

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