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Witch-hunt, but trump hasnt fired mueller due to potential backlash in the press. >> i think we all know what everyone in this room would do that if the president did that, and i dont think thats helpful to the process. >> reporter: alisyn, a day of of intense drama here at the white house. the president is continuing to target the probe and the fbi, attacking the bureau on twitter over some missing text messages between two former members of muellers team. all of this comes as the president is ...

Replacement, andrew mccabe, who he voted for in the 2016 election. mr. trump reportedly also expressed his anger at mccabe over hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations his wife received from a political action committee run by a close friend of hillary clinton. since then, the president has repeatedly gone after mccabe. and sessions encouraged the new fbi director, christopher wray to, to replace him. threatening to quit if he moved or was reassigned. >> hes going to do a good job. >> repo...

>> trump told his aides he was, quote, especially disturbed after learning mueller would be able to access several years of his tax returns. the "washington post" reporting trump has resisted enormous pressure to keep his tax returns private. thats his choice. what we look at is whether mueller had the authority to get trumps taxes and how soon he could get them. there is good and bad news here for trump. the good news is in general the law does support his secretive approach to his taxes. taxes...

Important point. people shouldnt be quick to rush to judgment and condemn the behavior that they see here. your tax records will give a picture of who you deal with and what kind of dealings you have, and many of those business dealings may be legitimate. theres also the possibility that some of these business dealings, even those that occurred decades ago, may begin to put together a story and lay a backdrop for events that occurred more recently. so prosecutors will look through that entire ne...

That entire network of transactions. im not very impressed by these complaints that special counsel is beyond the scope of his mandate. he really needs to get this full picture and put into context more recent events. >> david, the other line here in that "washington post" report that hits your expertise, trump has told aides he was especially disturbed after learning mueller would be able to access several years of his tax returns. you know, david, theres talk on some college campuses about tri...

Connection question. a lot of news over the last 24 hours or so from nbc news and other reputable news agencies. and all said it may show the white house has notably notched up efforts in response to special counsel robert mueller. it starts with bloombergs greg feral that they are investigating tax returns potentially included and the same day "the washington post" reported that the president told aides he was disturbed after learning mueller would be able to access several years of his tax ret...

Important point. people shouldnt be quick to rush to judgment and condemn the behavior that they see here. your tax records will give a picture of who you deal with and what kind of dealings you have, and many of those business dealings may be legitimate. theres also the possibility that some of these business dealings, even those that occurred decades ago, may begin to put together a story and lay a backdrop for events that occurred more recently. so prosecutors will look through that entire ne...

You mentioned what is congress going to react? how is the court going to react? i think a bigger question, how is the court of public opinion going to react? >> a legal team spokesman resigned. there is a story there. we dent know it yet, but theres a story there. >> and saying the president is disturbed after learning mueller would be able to access several years of tax returns. does that tell you anything? >> yeah. basically, this is the story for the last two months in terms of hirings and wh...

Glad to have you here. i want you to listen to something we heard yesterday from sarah huckabee sanders. about the special counsel and the scope of the investigation in particular. >> i think that the president -- the point hes trying to make is that, um -- the clear purpose of the russia investigation is to review russias meddling in the election. and that that should be the focus of the investigation. nothing beyond that. the president is making it clear that the special counsel should not mov...

The president. >> one line in your long and well-reported piece ill put it on the screen. what you just said but certainly jumped off the page to us. "trump has told aides he was especially disturbed after learning mueller would be able to access several years of his tax returns." and ashley there seems to be a bit of a learning curve here to find out exactly the broad powers that someone in muellers position enjoys. >> thats exactly right. so in terms of asking about his pardons, the president ...