it says right here on this dossier the president, anytime you say let me be crystal clear. what does that mean? let me be crystal clear because i think what jay i m going to do some interpretation of what jay is saying. i think what he s saying is that the president was responding only to the washington post article, right? and three months ago, jim comey said that the president was not under investigation. three months ago. whenever the last time that jim comey and the president spoke about it. and he said that he wasn t under investigation. that s the last time they ve heard anything from the fbi. they re assuming they re not under investigation. that s the interpretation. do you believe that? as a former u.s. does someone have to notify you? that s what chris cuomo was trying to get at. no one has to notify you you re under investigation. i think it s obvious that he is doesn t mean he s guilty. right. isn t it obvious. he is under investigation. lots of peop
reach out and tell you your status as part of negotiating with you or calling you to a grand jury or interviewing you. before i get to john dean, quickly, when actors say what s my motivation, why? i ve been thinking why jay sec cue lo would go on the circuit and say this is the message that i m trying to drive. and i think really what they re trying to do is frying to say that the president isn t under investigation as far as they know. that s what they re trying to say. don t they drive home the message that the president is under investigation just by the it s called hanging a lantern on it. exactly. john dean, you ve been in the white house before. you ve been around. when you don t want something to be out there in the ethos, you don t give it oxygen. you shut up about it, don t respond to it. that s the general rule. we ve got a situation here, don, where the justice department really doesn t have the power to indict a sitting president. so they might be driving the
my motivation, why? i ve been thinking why jay sec cue lo would go on the circuit and say this is the message that i m trying to drive. and i think really what they re trying to do is frying to say that the president isn t under investigation as far as they know. that s what they re trying to say. don t they drive home the message that the president is under investigation just by the it s called hanging a lantern on it. exactly. john dean, you ve been in the white house before. you ve been around. when you don t want something to be out there in the ethos, you don t give it oxygen. you shut up about it, don t respond to it. that s the general rule. we ve got a situation here, don, where the justice department really doesn t have the power to indict a sitting president. so they might be driving the point home right now and starting to lay the base for it that they don t think the special counsel should be even snooping around these areas if they are beginning to target a
president promise not to interfere to order the deputy attorney general to fire robert mueller? the president of the united states as we all know, is going to seek the advice of his counsel and inside the government as well as outside. i m not going to speculate wheal and will not do. he might, he could. that s jay sec low who we learned is working as a private lawyer in dealing with the russia investigation. if he looks familiar, he is a famous and accomplished attorney for the religious right. he started off working for the tell evangelist side of the religious right. now he does religious civil rights cases for a very conservative law firm. he s a very accomplished attorney in that field. but defending a sitting president on constitutional issues like this? that is very far removed from the kind of law he s done his
to procures this investigation into thor 2016 election. close advisers to the president including two lawyers who have served as surrogates for the president michael cohen and jay sec low visited the white house to discuss his need to hire some attorneys for the zbloopt evan thanks very much. want jeff lord i was pennsylvania little crude before i aapologize. you know i like having your voice on here i think an important voice to have. no offense taken. you defend the president well that s juror job. one can read into this oh you know that impeachment word gets thrown around certainly by democrats a lot this week. but it would certainly seem to be prudent for the president to tlaeft or have people looking into this kind of stuff. yeah, i think in the modern era every president i think the last thing thats got when he wound be was he would indiana you you can beached impeached i think it s o since watergate i