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Firing robert mueller saying, quote, many people had encour e encouraged him to do so. and on tuesday the white house made it clear he believes he has the authority to follow through. >> i know a number of individuals in the legal community and including at the department of justice that he has the power to do so. but i don't have any further announcements. >> now reporting that multiple sources close to the the president tell them that mueller has, quote, passed a breaking point. democrats say legislation is necessary to protect mueller's job, but many republicans disagree. arguing that the p...

Defense team complained that the government was withholding too many details about how the warrants were obtained. jill, explain this. i'm understanding what we're learning some of these that i think so that manafort is essentially, and his attorneys, are challenging the legitimacy of the scope of mueller's probe. but tell us if that's the case and the significance of these revelations? >> well, mueller has -- not mueller. manafort has asked for his indictment to be dismissed and for him not to be tried because he says that the special counsel, mueller, was appointed improperly and beyond the ...

Understand that manafort is essentially, and his attorneys, are challenging the legitimacy of the scope of mueller's probe. but tell us if that's the case and the significance of these revelations? >> well, mueller has -- not mueller. manafort has asked for his indictment to be dismissed and for him not to be tried because he says that the special counsel, mueller, was appointed improperly and beyond the scope of anything that could have been properly done by the department of justice. and in arguing against that and showing that he is well within the authority given to him by the department o...

I'm understanding what we're learning some of these that i think so that manafort is essentially, and his attorneys, are challenging the legitimacy of the scope of mueller's probe. but tell us if that's the case and the significance of these revelations? >> well, mueller has -- not mueller. manafort has asked for his indictment to be dismissed and for him not to be tried because he says that the special counsel, mueller, was appointed improperly and beyond the scope of anything that could have been properly done by the department of justice. and in arguing against that and showing that he is w...

Investigation. to say we don't know all that mueller has, we can say, the argument is mccabe was leaking or trying to shake stories to the "wall street journal." i don't say we can say that about mueller's team. nobody knows what he has or where it's going. there's some people that would like to sweep it right now and say if you haven't seen anything at this point, that's what the house panel did. they said nothing here. go run somewhere else. i think that is so patently political it's offensive. >> pardon me, juan. you're right that the administration in the last 24 hours has sanctioned russi...