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Anders anderson. >> i want to talk about one of those tapes and people on the call with manigault-newman, lynn patton is joining us there. >> pleasure to see you. >> first of all of all thank you for being here. >> i want the get started with the recording that fs released this morning of the phone conversation that allegedly took place of you on the call and omarosa back in 2016. just for our viewers, i want to play that. >> i am trying to figure out at least what context it was used into help us maybe try to figure out how to spin it? >> how do you thisnk i should handle it. >> it becomes wh...

>> you just don't know what you're talking about -- >> -- agreement with the campaign or the president. i read the news. excuse me. i can bring up the facts all day long. >> let her respond. >> i think employees that are taxpayer-funded take an oath to support and defend the constitution. we all saw those west wing employees raise their hand and take that oath. and if they signed another agreement to never disparage or demean the president, that could be taken any number of ways. i think that is a first amendment violation. i don't think it's constitutional, but i think it's terrible judgment ...

Former african-american a dog. that's what he called omarosa this morning. >> i understand that manigault-newman was interviewed by robert mueller, do we know that's true? >> we have her word on that. the special counsel is the only person in this town who have not commented in this case. >> we know talking about white house officials here while she's at the white house, she was not interviewed or asked to sit down with him. she was fired last december. she writes in her book that she was contacted by the fbi of february of 2018. if she sat down with him, that of course is tsomething she woud ...

Matter is it is reenforcing what is already there. as a white house lawyer, there is no way i am going to go out and talk about specific conversations i have with my client. >> professor, these are employees paid by taxpayers, they work for the government of the united states. >> no, anderson, they would not be enforceable. i was a lawyer for the obama campaign. sarah sanders was out lying today. that's not what we are talking about here. media reports of omarosa did not have a security clearance. so, the law is that the first amendment protects the right of government officials when they leav...

Nilly. i'm sure it was calculated, although it came off almost casual. that was too big of a statement to make. and in most of these cases -- and i think people need to understand this -- when you're dealing with high profile individuals, regardless if they're in the public sector or the international stage, it's not uncommon for individuals to go to forms of some negotiation with the counsel's office before they go and sit down with the actual interview. i don't think that part is uncommon at all. >> well, anderson, please come ba back. it's a real asset to be able to toss questions to you. t...