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Inconceivable that she might set up some sort of extra scrutiny of these documents. >> jennifer, how unusual is it for a president of the united states to not back his own justice department, to essentially fight them? >> yeah, that's what makes this so crazy, right. it is his justice department and i know he's been attacking mueller since the beginning of the mueller investigation. this isn't mueller. this is not an independent person who has been appointed. this is his own jeffrey berman, he just appointed him in january, this is his justice department, as you said. so it is, you know, kind ...

I don't think anybody believes he or bob mueller are anything other than men of integrity. >> do you think the firing of james comey, from everything that you have heard now, does amount to an obstruction of justice? >> i think it is three-quarters of the way there. look, the president fired him. then he told the russians in the oval office that he had great pressure relieved. and then he told the media that he would have done it anyway in order to take away the pressure of the investigation. >> so what part are you still waiting to hear? >> i'm not a lawyer. i think if the case were strong en...

Come back with us in a ufoo minutes. arguing that attorney-client privilege must be preserved. the president's lawyers called the raids disquieting. the new legal brief filed last night creates the spectacle of the president arguing against his own justice department in favor of a business associate. cohen and his lawyers are set to appear in court this morning. cnn's sara murray has more on that. >> good morning, christine and dave. the president's long-time personal attorney is slated to appear in court in new york today, and it could be a little more awkward than previously anticipated. t...

>> when he tweeted there might be tapes. the thought hit me. >> was president trump obstructing justice? >> possibly. it was some evidence of obstruction of justice. >> as a former fbi man yourself? >> don't propvoke me. >> obstruction of justice is like perjury. it is difficult to prove. you have to prove intent. he is relating this back to the nine interactions he had with the president. what strikes me and this is the part we have to be critical. why he was looking for other ways to trigger something. he leaked the memo to "the new york times" to trigger a special prosecutor. during the int...

Can let it go. i said, i agree, he's a good guy. there was a preef pause and then the meeting was over. >> should you have said, mr. president i can't discuss this. you're doing something improper. >> maybe. why am i alone if he doesn't know the nature of the request? it's possible in that moment, another person would have said, sir, you can't ask me that, that's a criminal investigation that could be obstruction of justice. >> was president trump obstructing justice? >> certainly it's some evidence of obstruction of justice. >> paul, nice to have you back. and listening to that clip of a real...