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It's not every day that either one of you deal with clients who have the opportunity to perhaps get a pardon in order to deal with their situation. but danny, let me start with you. first of all, havyou everence w perhaps had an access to a pardike this? and if not, what do you make of trying to sendnal lik this. >> no, i have never dealt with a pardon. most of my colleagues never dealt with a pardon. the pardon process is so distinct from the criminal justice system that i can't think of a single colleague who has handled one although they are certainly out there and i could probably look the...

By republican leaders. >> thank you, wolf, for your question. as many americans now know, the president just makes stuff up. and in this case, there's no evidence that there was a spy put into the trump campaign. but there is a lot of evidence that what the fbi did is they ran a counterintelligence operation because they were so freaked out by what some campaign associates were doing with their interactions with russia. the republicans and democrats looked at this and said it was appropriate what the fbi did. >> let's get to some other news. the president, as you just heard the breaking news, ...

The president tweeted saying he has the absolute right to pardon himself. his willingness to ignore justice department guidelines on issuing pardons has democrats worried he'll use it to help allies caught up in the investigation into russian meddling in the election in 2017. >> unfortunately the president has perverted the pardon process. now it seems like he's pardoning people based on their celebrity status or because a celebrity talked to him. >> reporter: as he did when he pardoned joe arpiao last year. the white house is playing down reports that relations are souring over new u.s.adian ...

And to vinunfortunately, the prt has perverted the pardon process and now he's pardoning people on their celebrity status or because a celebrity talked to him. in this case, it's clear that the only reason trump pardoned ms. johnson is because kim kardashian talked to president trump about this case. it shouldn't be based on which celebrities have access to the president. it should be based on a process, and i urge the president to go back to the same process all previous presidents have used. >> some presidents in the past have averted that process of going through the office of pardons and c...

That come down the pike, hallie. >> kristen welker i'll know you'll be reporting that. what do you make of this? >> certainly we've been hearing a lot of talk about pardons and the president has been enamored by that authority. it's one of the parts of the job he likes do. >> it's one of his things can he did with no restrictions on it. >> it's a sweeping thing rare showy thing but at thame time none of the pardons that have madero have come through the normal pardon process. the eagles coach by the way is talking you about everything that's gone down at the white house in the last 24 hours....