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Through don mcgahn. don mcgahn wouldnt have allowed something that was erroneous or false to be presented to president trump. i dont buy this story. i think when we have these unnamed off the record sources, who are offering things up like this, we have to take it with a boulder of salt here, and its not -- its not believable that some lawyer who again isnt the top dog in the white house is going to have that authority to give some misleading information to the president. >> let me ask you -- >>...

And he wouldnt have allowed something erroneous or false to be presented to president trump. i think when we have these unnamed off-the-record sources i think we have to take it with a grain of salt here. its unbelievable that someone who is a top dog in the white house is going to give misleading information to the president. look, since the presidents detractors cant beat him on the policy issues, theyre now moving to these efforts to try to mock him by throwing out these false claims. and you...

Because theres so many misstatements and contradictions in the book itself. >> it doesnt go that far -- >> there have been errors identified in the reporting but the author of the book stands by his reporting and frankly a lot of what has been reported in the book is only backing up previous reports that have come out. >> exactly. >> about this administration. again, a lot of the people who were quoted in the book are saying i did say that and there are third parties who were witnessing conversa...

The knowledge of the issues, policy issues, constitution, et cetera, theres a lacks daiss days cal attitude that comes across to the issue of law. if you come across the misleading statement about what went on in the tower meeting which trump himself was involved in. from a legal perspective, do you see openings here for breaking the law, right, based on this kind of handling these issues? >> well, he certainly is flippant i think about his responsibilities with respect to his role as the chief ...

That give anti-trump people the affirmation theyre looking for. the same thing was said about robald reagan, he can barely stay awake hes so simple mined he doesnt understand things. and it was that same kind of criticism. i think frankly on our side we have standard criticisms that we would say about presidents and how liberal they are, how crazy they really are underneath the hood of the car. but i think its -- i just dont believe any of this stuff is really substantive. it wouldnt hold up in ...

I think frankly on our side we have standard criticisms that we would say about presidents and how liberal they are, how crazy they really are underneath the hood of the car. but i think its -- i just dont believe any of this stuff is really substantive. it wouldnt hold up in a court of law. >> josh, how does it square with what youve heard? >> it squares almost precisely with what campaign officials would say during the campaign. there was enormous frustration in the difficulty that people had ...

Or any other wall street firm, all of whom were constituents of his, or any of the huge commercial new york real estate interests and the big new york real estate families, all of whom were constituents of his. and one day we were considering a tax provision that would affect commercial real estate. our chief tax council reviewed the policy issues, and it was a close call. you can make an argument for it in favor of it. you can make an argument against it. i couldnt tell if senator moynihan was ...

In control of tax legislation in the senate could not be greater. and there was never the slightest accusation made by anyone that chairman moynihan was in service to goldman sachs or any other wall street firm, all of whom were constituents of his, or any of the huge commercial new york real estate interests and the big new york real estate families, all of whom were constituents of his. and one day we were considering a tax provision that would affect commercial real estate. our chief tax coun...

Return to some civility and some normalization of our process. and i understand that voters went out and said last year, as disheartened as i was by it, i understand voters went out and said we want to try something new. but i dont think this is what they asked for. and i do think that even if we agree to disagree on policy issues, voters want to feel some semblance of comfort to know that their government is actually working and the process is moving, and that there isnt the chaos were seeing. ...

With the party and therefore hasnt built up a lot of trust and a lot of relationships with them, i mean, he doesnt really have independent powers of persuasion when it comes to his party on republican policy issues. really, the way that he gets his own way, the way that he gets his party to do what he wants in washington, is by them fearing or desiring his political power, right? when they fear his political power, they fear what it might mean to have the president against you. you know, for him...