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The way it was explained to us is certainly the president has made no decisions. it's more that the president is an avid consumer of news, he reads all these articles, he watches television and he's reading about both the expanding russia probe and also about a president's pardoning authority and as part of that he's become curious in understanding well, you know, what is actually the reach of my authority as president? what could i do? how would it work? how would this go? it was him doing his diligence and expressing curiosity, not that he's floated specific names. >> on the specific questio...

Mueller? "the washington post" and "the new york times" report aides are scouring the backgrounds of mueller and his staf, searching for conflicts of interest they can use to undercut the probe. >> "the washington post" also reporting the president has asked about his power to pardon aides, family members, even himself. one adviser said the president was curious about the reach of his pardoning authority. this follows the earlier attacks on mueller and those involved in the investigation. >> reporter: christine and miguel, mt. trump and the white house increasingly focused on the investigation...

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