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The president cannot obstruct justice because he's the chief law enforcement officer under the constitution's article two and has every right to express his view of any case. in a moment our legal panel will weigh in. we have other breaking russia related stories in addition to this on paul manafort and striking behavior for someone out on bail. also an item already being used by the president as ammunition to attack the fbi and robert mueller. there's yet more breaking news on all of this, late reporting that a significant portion of the account that accompanied general flynn's guilty plea wa...

Drafted that tweet and offered a defense that the president cannot obstruct justice because he has every right to express his view of any case. >> that claim drew howls of protests from critics and by late monday a white house lawyer ty cobb was down playing it telling "the washington post" the theory is not the president's official legal strategy. the president's lawyers intend to present a fact-based defense, not a mere legal defense. as for whether the president can in fact obstruct justice, it wo noting that articles of impeachment against clinton and nixon did include obstruction charges....

He tweeted saying he knew michael flynn lied to the fbi about the russian contacts before he fired him. an assertion that raises questions about the obstruction of justice. his personal lawyer claimed he draft thad tweet and offered that the president cannot obstruct justice because, as chief law enforcement officer, he has every right to express his view of any case. >> that claim drew howls of protests from critics and by late monday ty cobb was down playing it telling the washingtpost it is not -- president's lawyers intend to present a fact based defense. as for whether the president can i...

Collusion, no collusion, is now saying, oh, but collusion is not a crime. the fact of the matter is, there's so much smoke you can't see the hand in front of your face. >> well, have you seen actual evidence, congressman, of collusion between the trump campaign and the russians? >> see remarks above, wolf. what we have learned and discussed in the privacy of the house permanent select committee on intelligence cannot be revealed until a later date. >> does that mean the answer is yes? you don't want to say. all right, let's move on to another sensitive issue. do you buy the argument put out by...

Shifting legal strategy. he opened with a tweet saying he knew michael flynn lied to the fbi before he fired him. an assertion that raises questions about obstruction of justice. trump's personal lawyer john doud claimed he drafted that tweet then offered another defense that the president cannot obstruct justice because as chief law enforcement officer he has every right to express his view of any case. >> that claim drew howls of protests from critics and by late monday a white house lawyer, ty cobb was down playing it telling the washington the theory is not the president's official legal s...