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>> if you have nothing to hide -- i understand what youre saying. if you have great lawyers, theyre going to explore every option and they should. if you have nothing to hide, youre the president of the united states, which you should know before you run that everything is going it be scrutinized, by the way, why would you be trying to figure out how to pardon yourself at this point? >> well, i -- you know, i dont know what hes really considering about pardoning himself. thats -- >> or even fami...

Granting pardoning of people connected with the probe. a second person said trumps lawyers have been discussing the presidents pardoning powers among themselves. the article goes on to say trumps legal team declined to comment on the issue, but one adviser said the president simply expressed a curiosity of the reach of pardoning authority into the reach of the mueller investigation. this is not the case of, i cant wait to pardon myself. with the russian investigation continuing to widen, trumps ...

Lawyers are exploring ways to limit or under-cut special counsel robert s. mueller iiis investigation basing it on allegations they say he is granting pardoning of people familiar with the effort. trump has advised his attorneys about his power to pardon aides, family members and even himself in connection with the probe, according to one of those people. a second person said trumps lawyers have been discussing the presidents pardoning powers amongst themselves. the article goes on to say trumps...

Leadership of the trump campaign. he was the leader. >> if you have nothing to hide -- i understand what youre saying. if you have great lawyers, theyre going to explore every option and they should. if you have nothing to hide, youre the president of the yooirk united states, which you should know before you run that everything is going it be scrutinized, by the way, why would you be trying to figure out how to pardon yourself at this point? >> well, i -- you know, i dont know what hes really c...

Themselves. are you saying the president has made decisions about these things? is this being floated as a trial balloon? do you have any idea where they are in the decision making process? >> sure. the way it was explained to us is certainly the president has made no decisions. its more that the president is an affidavit consumer of news and hes reading about both the expanding russia probe and also about a presidents pardoning authority and as part of that hes become curious in understanding w...

The way it was explained to us is certainly the president has made no decisions. its more that the president is an avid consumer of news, he reads all these articles, he watches television and hes reading about both the expanding russia probe and also about a presidents pardoning authority and as part of that hes become curious in understanding well, you know, what is actually the reach of my authority as president? what could i do? how would it work? how would this go? it was him doing his dili...

Mueller? "the washington post" and "the new york times" report aides are scouring the backgrounds of mueller and his staf, searching for conflicts of interest they can use to undercut the probe. >> "the washington post" also reporting the president has asked about his power to pardon aides, family members, even himself. one adviser said the president was curious about the reach of his pardoning authority. this follows the earlier attacks on mueller and those involved in the investigation. >> rep...

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