the probe didn t wrap up as quickly as the president had been promised and we talked about they had very different ideas about strategy. what s the likelihood that the president just didn t want him around anymore? that s a good question. i think it s no coincidence that it was just a few days after joseph digenova joined trump s legal team that dowd decided to exit. digenova and dowd both are known for having healthy egos and it s likely the two men were tasked with working together to represent the president, that there could have been substantial friction there. digenova s joining of the time. when we talk about the president doing an interview with special counsel mueller, back in january is when trump told reporters that he would like to sit down with mueller and talk to him. shortly after the president made that comment, i spoke with dowd. what he told me was he was the
long-time lawyer, a donor. august 2012, case closed. ultimately overruled his own prosecutors who wanted to charge the trump kids. visit from the lawyer for trump had no impact and followed the practice of giving back campaign money before they met and no outside attorneys influenced the investigation and rather the probe didn t provide evidence for prosecution. we can also tell you a trump organization attorney says the accusations lacked merit noting after the related lawsuit settled they recanted any prior accusations about crimes. but even without a conviction this news story reports that trumps, the kids, discussing in writing in e-mail how to coordinate false information to gave to boyers and worried a journalist would be on to them. maybe they were right. because joining us now is andrea burnstein for politics and policy for wnyc working with pro