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Works and is able to talk, you know, freely and respectfully with the prosecutors so they can have, you know, a negotiation about even things like sitting down for an interview or what the parameters of an interview would be. and i think the people who are in that position, you know, some of them notwithstanding, although john dowd has now left, want to have their reputations intact. i know a lot of people personally, it is a big step to decide to represent the president of the united states in this context given the track record of how he treats other people. look, john dowd has had a lot of ...

He was shunted aside in a way that was embarrassing to mark kasowitz. just as in the case with the cabinet, the va secretary was filed today by twitter as well. the way the president treats the attorney general of the united states, the lawyer for the country, these people aren't treated well, and some people may decide, i have money. i have a reputation. i don't want to do it. the other reason i will say i've heard personally and also reported is that there are some law firms who have to be careful about taking on a representation that will cause them to have recruiting problems or cause them...

Significant legal question. the thing you have to understand about dowd who left the legal team last week is that he believed the president should all of the powers that he had to defend himself and that he was in a war and that -- regardless of the political consequences of how a pardon may look or not sitting for an interview with mueller may appear, that the president had to use what he had. the things like -- like the pardon power and such to protect himself in such an important investigation. >> michael, you know this legal team very well. help us understand the role here that john dowd p...

Vociferous member of team trump that advocated for trump not to sit down with robert mueller. he's been vocal stating that he would like to sit down with bob mueller and his team because he feels very adamant that there was no collusion. he has nothing to hide. it was prudent of john dowd to sort of put the brakes on that interview because look, it's no secret that president trump has an element of unbridaled hubrith. call it a perjury trap or whatever, trump can be 100% truthful in a meeting with mueller and his team. many people thought the answer was no. there's rumors, rumbles that mark ka...

Rim rhymes with ditch. a week later he was gone. john dowd is gone, too and maybe kasowitz will keep representing the president for those women accusing him of defamation matters, maybe marx kasowitz will come back to the team where that security clearance question will be relevant all over again but worth remembering part of the reason the president has not been able to put together an a list or b list or c list on the russia matter is reportedly because no top drawer a-list republican lawyer in washington d.c. wants to work on even a presidential defense team if he or she has to do so alongs...