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Heard from rick gates today? >> yeah. the trump response, this is part of the evidence that came out as part of the mueller report. they released the questions in writing that donald trump had submitted to the special counsel, and the, he said at the time that he had no recollection of the specifics of his conversations with roger stone, and that he did not recall talking about wikileaks and he did not recall any -- any early sign that wikileaks dumps were coming. now, of course, you know, in sort of legal terms those are what bob mueller would call weasel words. that they left just enough roo...

Convinced that bob mueller was the whole ball game, and when they got past mueller is was game, set and match. all troubles behind them. they never saw this coming. they should have seen it coming but that's what hubris will do to you and i think this white house has been victimized by that. >> thank you. for your persecutive on all of this hubris. heard that word around this white house certainly before. we are also today following breaking news out of two other courtrooms. president trump's former adviser roger stone just declined to take the stand in his own trial, but another witness she...

>> what is it is presidential extortion and an ongoing cover-up. how come the president didn't know or didn't care? this is the day after he got past mueller's testimony, and did he think oh, now that i got rid of that, now i'm done with that, get dirt for another country and goes i didn't get caught getting it from russia. >> it's a hands off to interference in the next election, and this time he's soliciting it and willing to smear a political opponent using military aid -- >> knowing he's being taped, knowing he's got people in this own government listening to what he's saying, and he seems...

>> this is a very, very serious issue. the distortion of the dowd quote is very serious. especially since remember that a report by a special counsel is always going to be one-sided. therefore, you have to trust it. because the other side doesn't have a chance to look at it and show what's wrong with it the way it would in an adversarial situation. if a lawyer made a representation like that to a court and said this is the quote, and left out the crucial context, which showed, as john said, that what he discussed was not only absolutely proper, but obligatory for a counsel when you have a join...

Especially since remember that a report by a special counsel is always going to be one-sided. therefore, you have to trust it. because the other side doesn't have a chance to look at it and show what's wrong with it the way it would in an adversarial situation. if a lawyer made a representation like that to a court and said this is the quote. and left out the usual context, which showed, as john said, that what he discussed was not only absolutely proper, but obligatory for a counsel when you have a joint defense agreement to find out exactly what's likely to be used against your -- your clien...