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Mode, and the president and his advisers huddling on air force one to craft some sort of explanation. what emergedu'll remember, was a statement purportedly from don jr. saying the meeting had been primarily about russian adoptions and making no mention the real al of tting dirt on hillary clinton. trump's lawyer insisted that don jr. on his own had written that sleading statement. the white house later said dad might have helped out, tt the ent was largely don jr.'s work. >> i do want to be clear the president was not involved in the drafting of the statement and did not issue the statement. ...

Going to push it that far. >> one other issue here from your analyst profile here. sarah sanders said in the white house briefing room that of the statement that was drafted on air force one in reference to an explanation of the june 2016 meeting at trump tower between don jr. and other members of the campaign and several russians, that the president weighed in, as any father would, but he certainly did not dictate. what we learned from the letter published by "the new york times" that the president did dictate there and not the first time sarah sanders has been exposed for saying things that ...

>> and it is not weigh -- in terms of not weighing in, what is the sense there, not only would a lot of people like to hear from the president on this, there is also the very -- the reality we're staring down midterm elections. if nothing else, that is incentive for lawmakers here to get something done and yet here we are. >> it is a double-edged sword, right? it is incentives for some lawmakers to get something done. when you look at republicans if they're not going what they want on the issue of immigration, which has become a third rail, in some districts, the closer the midterms are, the m...

Lawyer, not a government lawyer, but a russian lawyer. >> reporter: that first misleading explanation was written on this air force one flight, the president and hope hicks helping to craft it as they returned from overseas. some critics asking, why did the president step in at all? >> the president weighed in, as any father would, based on the limited information that he had. >> reporter: and tonight, abc news has learned the spokesman for president trump's legal team at the time, mark corallo, was concerned about the statement's misleading nature. less than two weeks later, he resigned. a so...

Is now examining the statement. >> the president weighed in, as any father would, based on the limited information he had. >> reporter: the "times" reports mueller is also aware of unsuccessful attempts by the president to stop jeff sessions from recusing himself. >> i am disappointed in the attorney general. he should not have recused himself. >> reporter: according to the "times", mr. trump ordered white house counsel don mcgann to lobby sessions against recusing. when mcgann was unsuccessful, mr. trump erupted in anger saying he needed his attorney general to protect him. the president lash...