witch-hunt calling it a distraction. on friday the president tweeted in part quote, i'm being investigated for firing the fbi director. but today one of the president's own personal lawyers made a startling claim when he appeared with chuck todd on nbc's "meet the press." >> when did the president become aware that he was officially under investigation by the special counsel? >> the president is not under investigation by the special counsel. the tweet from the president was in response to the five anonymous sources that were purportedly leaking information to "the washington post" about a potential investigation of the president. but the president as james comey said in his testimony and we know as of today, the president has not been and is not under investigation. >> now, so far the trump administration has not cleared up the confusion more has special counsel mueller's team. meanwhile the president is facing a friday deadline to confirm whether or not these so-called tapes that he tweeted about of ousted fb director