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An interview with robert mueller. that over the objections from some of the president's other attorneys who think that it would be a good idea to do it as long as the parameters for such an interview were very narrowly cast. in order to try to get this whole thing off the table. so it just looked like the situation for dowd was becoming uncomfortable, perhaps untenable. and he decided today to call up the president and give his resignation. now, in terms of the president's outside legal team, that leaves the latest addition to the legal team as well as jay seculo familiar with many people here...

He is reaching for the hard-charging personalities. some of them he sees on television to join his legal team. but he knows he also needs gravitas. he had his legal team reach out to mr. olsen and say, could you maybe come on? could you be the heavyweight here to help us go after the russia investigation, to counter this flurry of news and legal developments that seem to happen by the hour? you have a president struggling with all these different challenges, trying to reach for outside people. but because of conflicts, because of lot of different reasons, i'm told olson sided to say, no thanks...

Today" going through just five or six of the ethical issues that are quite problematic in terms of what he did. everything from using personal funds to the question of whether his client knew about this agreement to whether the client consented. there's even questions about his shopping a book when he's still doing representational issues for the client. >> and michael schmidt, as they approach legal armageddon here, how many names are on the door of the law firm representing trump? who is it? what's going on here? >> well, the president still has his personal lawyers in john dowd and jay secu...

Swan, national political reporter for axios. along with our guest, the former deputy manager for mitt romney's 2012 presidential campaign. i don't know, maybe she's going to be working for mitt again. jonathan, you must be running least a mini victory lap today. weeks ago, you reported attempts by the legal team to get kushner out of the building. >> yes, it's accurate, "the wall street journal" report is accurate, but it is a very narrow story. it's mark cassowitz who is the president's outside counsel and the press team in particular who -- and jay seculo, by the way who developed a very poi...

Assistants. it's going to become a big west wing investigation at some point, and i don't get the sense the white house is prepared for that. >> shannon, you mentioned previous investigations. where does the legal team, obviously the president trump has made changes to this over time. how do they stack up to the way the previous presidents, maybe the clintons or you mentioned dick cheney and scooter lib by, how does it compare to what other presidents have done under the scrutiny. >> the president's team is thin relative to clinton or past investigations. and very thin compared to what we've s...