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This is serious? they're really going treat me this way? and i think he started lashing out and i think dowd was one of the victims of that. >> i'll stay with you, frank, on this, and i'll ask jennifer the same question in a second. you're bob mueller, you've been negotiating with john dowd for some period of time, he's now gone. you think you're going to be negotiating with who, with digenova, jeannine is going to be in your office negotiating the terms of an interview? i would have thought that would fill bob mueller with alloy glee. >> look, there is chaos here. you're right. this is going ...

Sparked uproar among critics who believed trump was laying the groundwork to fire robert mueller, dowd suddenly backtracked and said, no, no, no, i wasn't speaking on behalf of the president after all. that was just me. apparently even that was the wrong move. the times writes, quote, the president was angered with dowd's handling of the episode telling people dowd should not have backed off his initial statement. dowd has also been at the center of major dispute with the president's legal team of how to approach trump's impending interview with mueller. he stressed trump is eager to set down ...

Bald brother. appreciate your help today. we will talk more about the facebook stuff. we'll talk more about the trade wars stuff. first we'll start the show off by talking about at least in the political world the biggest breaking news, john dowd, that man right there, the president's lead attorney in robert mueller's russia investigation who adopted the proposal of roberto duran, no mas. as the probe approaches what could be a particularly precarious phase for the president. an in-person interview with robert mueller. "the new york times" reporting dowd concluded mr. trump was ignoring his ad...

President, then speaking for himself. we learned donald trump was angry at dowd because he thought he should have stood by the statement, the statement that the investigation, the probe should be shutdown. if you're bob mueller and you're reading that news account, that donald trump is angry at dowd because he wishes dowd had stood by the statement, what does that say to you as robert mueller about where the president's head is at and about what the state of his approach to the entire investigation is at this moment? >> yeah, look, so, if you're on the mueller team, you're seeing this chaos an...

You? your credibility obviously. what trouble does that potentially spell for you? what does it say a white shoe lawyer would be engaging in that kind of tactic? >> i don't know what to make of that tweet. i have to say pled and pleaded. i've seen it both ways. ary we're sticklers on this show. >> this notion that this tweet came out that was problematic for the president in terms of the facts. he comes in afterwards when people start pointing this out, oh, no, it was me. i wouldn't be surprised if the grievance committee of the bar is looking at that. that's very problematic for dowd. you kno...