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It is worth noting, lawrence, i know you remarked a lot on this when it happened, universally there are people in the republican party, from newt gingrich on who lauded the appointment of robert mueller to run this investigation. there wasn't even a whiff of claims that it was an illegal process at that point in time from anyone other than the self-interest of the president of the united states who never wanted to see this investigation happen. >> and john harwood, the president, again, tweeted something that is inconceivable from any other presidency. the white house counsel has not left. his...

Especially with the exit of don mcgahn. >> it is routine for the president to protest stories that turn out to have been true. the president gives every indication at this moment of feeling incredible pressure from the mueller investigation, from the southern district of new york investigation, from other legal activity going on in new york, the manhattan district attorney and the new york attorney general. and he is alone in the white house venting, trying divert attention, trying to cloud the credibility of people who were coming after him. but the dominant impression you have is somebody wh...

Statement is he would like to see that investigation come to an end and he, in fact, takes steps to end it. >> john harwood, the president had a strange twitter morning, even for him. an outpouring of tweets about the status of the investigation and what's happening with white house personnel. a lot of tweets about john mcgahn being fired, which the president was making clear was his decision. but he tweeted, ivanka trump and jared kushner had nothing to do with the pushing out of john mcgahn. just a smooth running machine with changing parts. it is impossible to read that with a straight face...

Will go on he talks about the fact that it had gone on for much too long, that it should have been over, and it's clear that the import of his full statement is he would like to see that investigation come to an end and he, in fact, takes steps to end it. >> john harwood, the president had a strange twitter morning, even for him. an outpouring of tweets about the status of the investigation and what's happening with white house personnel. a lot of tweets about john mcgahn being fired, which the president was making clear was his decision. but he tweeted, ivanka trump and jared kushner had noth...

The entire justice department, you can have someone who is not employed by government who takes that investigation over. it is worth noting, lawrence, i know you remarked a lot on this when it happened, universally there are people in the republican party, from newt gingrich on who lauded the appointment of robert mueller to run this investigation. there wasn't even a whiff of claims that it was an illegal process at that point in time from anyone other than the self-interest of the president of the united states who never wanted to see this investigation happen. >> and john harwood, the presi...