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And to what end? >> well, thats the thing. is it a legal strategy? is it a pr strategy? what weve seen in the past few months is a ratcheting up in the tension from the trump legal and public relations teams. weve seen the president use "witch hunt." far more than at any other point in his presidency. and weve seen giuliani throw all sorts of things at the special counsel. publicly. different allegations, seizing on the ig report about comey and fbi investigators, saying that mueller is out to g...

About it if the gentlemen are telling the truth. as a 50-year-old man, it is not a comfortable thing to come out and say another man sexually oh midwested me when i was in college. i have a hard time believing these men are lying. jim jordan needs to make a serious accounting for that. not to say its a conspiracy to bring him down. kailee, youre a lawyer like myself. the law firm has a lot of interests. the question on the table is did jim jordan know and did he do anything to stop it? all objec...

Been. i think theres from what im hearing, much more confidence in their behind-the-scenes team led by emmet flood, certainly inside the white house and the husband-and-wife team on the outside. but rudy giuliani has been a force unto himself and really has been viewed very conceptically from a lot of people inside the west wing. and that was the same with john doud, who was answering questions from reporters, without the team inside the white house having any clue about what he was doing and th...

Where judge kimba wood said look you have to stop this publicity four tour if you want to continue this this case. and you had steve ryan, michael cohens attorney say his professional conduct ive never seen anything like it in my 30-some years of practicing law and you had the lawyer for donald trump piling on. >> what about the southern district of new york? >> they said were not wading into this. and i think thats the point, right? this is a sideshow that people and michael cohen and his attor...

Was given a choice yesterday in the courtroom, continue what the judge called his publicity tour, come on tv and talk about the case or represent your client in this courtroom. and he chose the publicity tour. is that right? >> sort of. the request was being held in abeyance anyway. so he wasnt going to be able to intervene right away. so i believe his explanation has been if we werent going to be able to intervene anyway, lets drop my what they call the pro hok vice application. >> sew may come...

If they have an open mind to that, well consider it. >> on the 50 some odd questions mueller wants to ask, giuliani is fearing a trap. how long would he give mueller? >> two hours. >> and the questions must be narrowly focused. >> questions in advance, relevant topic, meaning russia -- which may not be relevant any longer. we want him to tell us that and their theory about the obstruction of justice with the comey firing. >> while the president is not convinced about an interview, robert mueller...

In a meeting early march, mueller threatened to hall the president before a grand jury. doud responded, this isnt some game. you are screwing with the work of the president of the united states. the brush back appeared to have effect. the following week they dick kateed thdictatedthe questions . alan dir sh wits said based on the questions, president trump should never sit for an interview. >> i would take advantage of the questions, and i would submit answers in writing to almost all of them, a...

Then trump attorney reportedly shot back, this isnt some game. youre screwing with the work of the president of the united states. when asked for to comment, doud responded, i think its right. and now that doud is off the team, theres new reports his current roster of lawyers dont have the necessary security clearances to discuss sensitive issues with the spshl counsel. its a lot to get through. joining me now, former u.s. assistant attorney for the southern district of new york, and also robert...

Process where they go through the information they need the counsel to review before they present it to their client. they go through an interim security process which grants them the access to see the information. with the caveat that the counsels have to be able to pass the security clearance process to obtain the clearance. >> how important are these answers from the president? >> well, thats really what we dont know here. on the one hand bob mueller clearly needs to talk to him to wrap it up...

This, for whatever reason. maybe its john doud, maybe its somebody there. its sending a message. is this the most effective message to tell a client, dont do this? >> i cant imagine how its in the presidents interest for this document to leak. . it is -- i mean, this is attorney/client work product. this is material that reflects what you would want -- >> this is damming on his legal team? >> i dont know who leaked it, obviously, and the times said its leaked but someone who was not part of the ...