dishonest media but the white house won't close the door on a pardon and sarah huckabee-sanders wouldn't rule it out. >> it is hard to close the door on something that hasn't taken place -- >> a source familiar with discussions in the president's legal team said mr. trump's lawyers aren't worried but they are preparing for all possibilities and another possibility the white house can't rule out is firing special counsel robert mueller. >> we have no intention of firing the special counsel. we have been beyond cooperative with them. we're continuing to cooperate with them. >> despite the tweet from the president asking james comey illegally leaked classified documents to the press in order to generate a special counsel and therefore the special counsel counsel was based on an illegal act. he could turn his attention elsewhere this week with the visit of emmanuel macron. >> this is a great honor and i think very important state visit