that alleged request, which the president disputes, that raises serious questions of potential obstruction of justice. though this morning the president's lawyer john dowd claimed such a thing was by definition impossible. in a new interview with axios, quote, the president cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under the constitution's article ii powers and has every right to express his view of any case, unquote. according to dowd, the president is above this law. kindly remember one of then candidate trump's pitches to voters last year was that the clintons thought of themselves as above the law but that he would be different. >> no one will be above the law. we will have one set of rules for everyone. >> that argument perhaps not as compelling with an asterisk and fine print, but the news that the president knew flynn had misled the fbi before that