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>> reporter: now mcgahns attorney told our colleague ryan nobles that mcgahn cooperated with the special counsel because president trump declined to have executive privilege over mcgahns testimony. the relationship between trump and his white house counsel has at times than contentious but the white house is seeking-to-downplay and dismiss the fact that this is causing any strain between trump and mcgahn. >> sarah westwood, thank you so much for the update. joining me is ross garver, cnn legal...

The president. here is what giuliani had to say about it last night. >> the reality is that the president encouraged all of the people who testified to tell the truth, to take as long as they did, they had no -- they will have possess no problem with the president or us and we have no reason to believe that don mcgahn didnt do that. its john dowd who is the presidents lawyer at the time today said loudly and clearly. >> right. >> >> don mcgahn was the strongest witness for the president. meaning...

Of the great but somewhat contradictory coverage of the counsel. we do know mcgahn is represented by a very, very, very good lawyer named william burke. there is controversy he represents reince priebus and steve bannon and thats a lot but he signed off on and said it isnt a conflict. if the special counsel is okay with the same lawyer representing don mcgahn and reince priebus and steve bannon, that maybe might suggest neither of those three is a target of the inkwquiry but whatever is going on...

A lot of it cant all be true, right? itself contradictory but always spins don mcgahn in the best possible way, even if you have to get him doing two opposite things to tell two good story about him. now new reporting from "the new york times" matched in the washington post that don mcgahn threw himself in front of a moving train. i dont know what were to make of the great but somewhat contradictory coverage of the counsel. we do know mcgahn is represented by a very, very, very good lawyer named...