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So we're going to get to the bottom of this. i do think the big political fluff is -- probably hasn't helped. i will say, legitimately, i think maguire is in a terrible spot. i agree with that. because the president does have the right to assert executive privilege. doesn't mean he'll win that particular argument, but he does have the right to exert it, and he could say, you got a slice of the story. you don't know all of the details, and all the details involve an elaborate plan to get x to do y. you don't know what you're talking about. he has that right to do it. so i think maguire is right...

Complaining about. the president has so much latitude this had to be something pretty serious to get a member of the intelligence community to use the whistleblower act on this. presidents in the past can promise world leaders all sorts of things. some things that are quite unsavory. this has to be something, if we're to believe this person, it has to be something quite serious. >> the president saying in a tweet another fake news story. it never ends and he concludes by saying i would only do what is right any way and only do good for the usa. there's been a lihistory of allegations of compro...

Down word for word at the president's direction. correct? sir? >> i believe i wrote it down. >> and when you worked for the president during this campaign did you ever ignore or disobey directions from president trump? >> i didn't believe it to be an order. >> you wanted to give the president the impression you would follow his orders, correct? >> no. >> you said, i'm going to take care of it? >> is that referenced in the report? >> did you tell the president you were going to deliver the message? >> i can't comment on a private conversation with the president, assert executive privilege. >> i...

The administration wants to ensure they have the opportunity to claim executive privilege. what are you learning tonight about the white house plans on the mueller findings? >> the white house wants to review any version of mueller's report that the attorney general plans to share before the lawmakers see it. this could be a flash point. this could set up a political battle of the hotly contested document. the white house lawyers we have learned. they want to have the opportunity to assert executive privilege from the information gleamed from interviews with white house staff. or other documen...

That they have the opportunity to claim executive privilege. pamela brown joins us now live. pamela, good evening to you with the breaking news. >> good evening to you. >> what are you learning tonight about the white house plans on the mueller findings? >> well, we've learned, don, that the white house wants to review any version of mueller's report that the attorney general, bill barr, intends to share with congress before lawmakers and before the public sees it. and this could be a flashpoint. this could set up this political battle of this hotly contested document. so basically these white...