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Any father would based on the limited information that he had. >> reporter: contradicting repeated denials from the president's legal team. >> the president was not involved in the drafting of the statement. >> i was president involved in the statement drafting at all, nor was the president. >> the president didn't sign off on anything. >> reporter: sarah sanders denying reports that president trump personally dictated the deceptive statement and attempting to shift the narrative. >> everybody wants to make this some story about misleading. the only thing i see misleading are the year's worth ...

>> reporter: asked about that initial statement from donald trump jr., white house outside counsel jay sekulow insisted that the president was not involved. >> i wasn't involved in the statement drafting at alln nor was the president. i assume that was between don junior and his lawyer. and you know that, and so to put this on the president, i think is just absolutely incorrect. >> reporter: leaders from both parties say the president's involvement in the statement is another concern for the russia investigation. >> if it's true i think it's of serious concern but we don't know that it is. >> ...

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