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Dowd then yesterday revealed the potential legal defense in the ongoing russia probe, telling nbc news it's ignorant to say the tweet admitted obstruction. dowd argued, quote -- . >> let's stop just there, ladies and gentlemen of america, we actually have now and we've had it several times in this administration, harold ford, people that say the president is not only above the law, the president is the law. steven miller is saying the president's power is not to be questioned. now the president's lawyer is saying, the president cannot obstruct justice, because he is the law. >> that is the mos...

Jim, the president left town earlier today with a lot of controversy in tow. >> reporter: he sure did, wolf. president trump is showing a lot of sympathy for his former national security adviser michael flynn who pled guilty to lying the fbi investigators. he officially offered his endorsement to accused child molester roy moore in the alabama senate race, but it's the president's legal team that may warrant the most attention don't for putting forward an argument that the president is essentially above the law. just as the president is sharing his personal feelings for his former national sec...

Justice. what's his argument? >> reporter: let's walk you through that part. this is the president from his personal attorney, john dowd, revealing today to us a potential legal defense or theory or strategy in this ongoing russia probe claiming a president cannot obstruct justice. here's part of the statement he provided. he said the president cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under the constitution's article 2 and has every right to express his view of any case. again, that's from john dowd. that's from the president's outside lawyer. he added the presid...

The president's personal attorney in an interview with axios saying the president, "cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under the constitution's article 2 and has every right to express his view of any case." so here we are. let's get right to cnn contributor john dean, former nixon white house counsel, and robert ray, former whitewater independent counsel. it's a lot to keep up with. >> it gets worse. >> on a monday, it's a firehose and continues to dribble throughout the week. do you believe there's evidence, john dean, that the president obstructed justic...

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