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Witch-hunt, but trump hasn't fired mueller due to potential backlash in the press. >> i think we all know what everyone in this room would do that if the president did that, and i don't think that's helpful to the process. >> reporter: alisyn, a day of of intense drama here at the white house. the president is continuing to target the probe and the fbi, attacking the bureau on twitter over some missing text messages between two former members of mueller's team. all of this comes as the president is prepared to depart the white house later tonight to attend the world economic forum in davos, sw...

Replacement, andrew mccabe, who he voted for in the 2016 election. mr. trump reportedly also expressed his anger at mccabe over hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations his wife received from a political action committee run by a close friend of hillary clinton. since then, the president has repeatedly gone after mccabe. and sessions encouraged the new fbi director, christopher wray to, to replace him. threatening to quit if he moved or was reassigned. >> he's going to do a good job. >> reporter: russia's meddling case progressing. rick gates has quietly hired a prominent white collar att...

>> trump told his aides he was, quote, especially disturbed after learning mueller would be able to access several years of his tax returns. the "washington post" reporting trump has resisted enormous pressure to keep his tax returns private. that's his choice. what we look at is whether mueller had the authority to get trump's taxes and how soon he could get them. there is good and bad news here for trump. the good news is in general the law does support his secretive approach to his taxes. taxes are private under federal law. leaking them is a felony that could land you in prison for five ye...

Important point. people shouldn't be quick to rush to judgment and condemn the behavior that they see here. your tax records will give a picture of who you deal with and what kind of dealings you have, and many of those business dealings may be legitimate. there's also the possibility that some of these business dealings, even those that occurred decades ago, may begin to put together a story and lay a backdrop for events that occurred more recently. so prosecutors will look through that entire network of transactions. i'm not very impressed by these complaints that special counsel is beyond t...

That entire network of transactions. i'm not very impressed by these complaints that special counsel is beyond the scope of his mandate. he really needs to get this full picture and put into context more recent events. >> david, the other line here in that "washington post" report that hits your expertise, trump has told aides he was especially disturbed after learning mueller would be able to access several years of his tax returns. you know, david, there's talk on some college campuses about trigger warnings and something really disturbing, you have to be warned out before you hear about it....