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Lawyers are exploring ways to limit or under-cut special counsel robert s. mueller iii's investigation basing it on allegations they say he is granting pardoning of people familiar with the effort. trump has advised his attorneys about his power to pardon aides, family members and even himself in connection with the probe, according to one of those people. a second person said trump's lawyers have been discussing the president's pardoning powers amongst themselves. the article goes on to say trump's legal team declined to comment on the issue, but one adviser said the president has simply expr...

And here's the part i thought we wouldn't get to until the end of the summer, and, discussing the president's authority to grant pardons. quoting again from "the washington post." trump has asked his advisers about his power to pardon aides, family members, and even himself in connection with the probe, according to one of those people he asked. a second person said trump's lawyers have been discussing the president's pardoning powers among themselves. this is from the "the washington post" tonight reporting this out. they said, without a quote, but citing advisors, that quote the president is...

Especially disturbed after learning that special counsel bob mueller would be able to access several years of his tax returns. his lawyers are sending a message with jay saying the scope is going to have to stay within mueller's mandate. if there's drifting, we're going to object. he cited a report in bloomberg based on a single source that says mueller is examining financial transactions between trump, his associates, and russia going back to at least 2004. the washington post reports that trump has asked his advisors about his power to pardon aides, family members, and even himself in connec...

Investigation building a case against what they believe are mueller's conflict of interest. and, quote, discussing the president's authority to grant pardons. according to to people familiar with the effort, trump has asked his advisors about his power to par don aids, family members and even himself in connection to the probe. a second person said trump's lawyers have been discussing the president's pardoning powers among themselves. this is from the "the washington post" tonight reporting this out. they said, without a quote, but citing advisors, that quote the president is irritated by the ...

We've been reporting in recent days on some of the difficulties, some of the apparent shakiness on the president's legal team both on his lawyers seeming shaky and the way they've been handling the probe and put stuff out in the public. the post is reporting tonight that the spokesman for the legal team has resigned that post. now, joining us by phone is one of the reporters who just broke this story in "the washington post," ashley parker. thank you for being with us. appreciate your time. >> thank you for having me. >> let me ask you first about the pardon discussions you guys are reporting ...