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Assisted mr. trump didnt write the statement saying the meeting about russian adoption. >> i wasnt involved in the statement drafting at all nor was the president, im assuming that was between mr. donald trump jr., between don junior and his lawyer. >> reporter: the attorney whos representing the president in the russian investigation said it again and again last month on president, the president had no role. >> i do want to be clear, the president was not involved in the drafting of the stateme...

President had nothing to do with that statement. he said the statement was worked on by donald trump, jr. and his lawyers and we know he said this because he said this on the tv, a lot. >> so he didnt have anything to do with the statement that don junior put out? >> no. the president was not -- did not draft the response. the president was not involved in the drafting of the statement. i wasnt involved in the statement drafting at all, nor was the president. the president didnt sign off on anyt...

Bottom of the ninth. if you fall over the wall, the ball wentz over the wall. >> then again i meant what i said before. he caught it before he went over. >> im with you on this one. you know your stuff. >> thanks, coy. all right. so how do you reconcile this? >> i wasnt involved in the statement drafting at all nor was the president. >> to put this on the president i think is just absolutely incorrect. >> the president weighed in as any father would based on the limited information that he had...

Time" and we know he said this because he said it on the tv a lot. >> so he didnt have anything to do with the statement that don jr. put out that was being worked on by his team? >> no, the president did not draft the response. y i wasnt involved in the statement drafting, nor was the president. >> the president didnt sign off on anything. >> the president wasnt involved. >> the inaccuracies continue when the white house made the claim that nothing was inaccurate in the original statement even ...

September we will see if we can agree on a way to stabilize the individual insurance market. >> senate republicans also criticizing the administrations shifting story about the presidents role in crafting his sons misleading initial statement about the reason for the june 2016 meeting with a russian lawyer. >> when you put out a misleading statement, its going to be hard to convince people to look at other things. >> reporter: the white house admitting tuesday that the president was involved. >>...

I am deeply moved and sincerely grateful. i am fully aware of the historical significance and appreciate the symbolism the ring represents on multiple levels. my family and i will cherish it for generations." bartman added he still will not be conducting interviews. you wanted an interview with him -- >> look, a world series ring seems -- theo epstein, the greatest leader in the world according to "fortune," i would not disagree. a world series ring -- bill buckner did not get a ring. he played ...

Communal group of lawyers and advisers. >> the president repeatedly responded to questions about the meeting. take a listen. >> has president trump had any communication with his son donald trump jr. over the last several days and was he involved with helping the president craft his statement? >> im not sure about specific communications and the nature of those conversations. i know theyve spoken at some point in the last few days, but beyond that i dont have any further details. >> so is that n...

With a russian lawyer. if t all happened on air force one while the president was returning from the g20 summit last month. "the post" says president trump overruled his advisers, who were advocating for full transparency, directing the statement to describe the focus of the meeting being about adoption of russian children. trump jr.s own emails released days later showed the action providing the trump campaign with incriminating information on hillary clinton from the russian government. it rem...

Sourcing, they believe that now infamous don junior meeting over at trump tower along with paul manafort, russian attorneys, jared kushner, for a minute there, that the original statement, which said no, no, no and im entirely abbreviating this for you, but no, this was about adoption, when in actuality, when the e-mails came out, we clearly saw it was about getting dirt on hillary clinton. this was the original statement because we just heard sarah huckabee sanders saying the president weighed ...

Repeated denials by the presidents personal attorney. lets get some more with cnn legal analyst, the former watergate special prosecutor. richard, thanks very much for joining us. i want you to listen carefully. this is jay sekulow, the presidents personal attorney, repeatedly denying any presidential involvement in that initial donald trump, jr. statement. >> i wasnt involved in the statement drafting at all nor was the president. im assuming that was between mr. donald trump, jr., between don ...