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Be a suggestion they were trying to have the true audience be mueller and his team. one would hope mueller and his team are probably much more well versed in this than certainly the nonmedia savvy trump campaign team was, but mueller already knows this. >> jason, this gets to an essential legal question here. and i should note it's not just michael wolff's book of this air force one meeting crafting a false statement of what that trump tower meeting was about saying it was about russian adoptions when we know it was about dirt on hillary clinton. from a legal standpoint, if a president crafts ...

To the media, it may be a suggestion that they were trying to have the true audience be mueller and his team. one would hope that mueller and his team probably much more well versed in this than certainly the nonmedia savvy trump campaign team was. but this is what mueller already knows. >> let me ask you this, this gets to an essential legal question here. and i should note that it's not just michael wolff's book that has the details of this air force one crafting of the meeting. saying it was about adoptions, when we know that russians were offering dirt on hillary clinton. from a legal stan...

By defying president trump and getting fired, yates became a big hero to many inside the department. meanwhile, other justice department lawyers are uncomfortable about the showdown. they think yates should have just resigned without instructing subordinates not to defend the executive order. >> except that's exactly what they took an oath to do, which was to give her own independent counsel to the president on the law. >> let's bring in chris collins, co-chair of the house leadership committee. good to have you on the show. you feel good about what you sign up so far in terms of this ban. do ...

Department. but at the same time, other justice department lawyers are very uncomfortable with this showdown. they think yates should have just resigned without instructing subordinates not to defend the executive order. the new acting attorney general, dana boente has now rescinded her decision. >> we have a lot to discuss with our panel. let's bring them in. david gregory, jackie kucinch and matt lewis. thank you very much for being here. to get us started, read sally yates statement that she gave last night. the language is quite strong. she said i am responsible for insuring that the posit...