Pardon ideas of Rod Blagojevich and Martha Stewart come up . Is it who can bend the president s here or is there an attorney through which requests are funneled through that make their way to the president . Theres a number of attorneys and they review the that was written no, that was written by donald trump jr. And im se in c with his lawyer. The president didnt sign off on anything. He was coming back from the g20. The statement was released by donald trump jr. In consultation with his lawyers. I do want to be clear, the president wasnt involved in the drafts of the statement. It came from donald trump jr. Thats what we know. Trump jr. Had said the same thing. It was from him and he believes his lawyer was in consultation. Sherd jay sekulow, the president s lawyer. Another lawyer for the president said sekulow was uninformed when he made those stateme that actually the president did indeed dictate the memo back in the day, just as they said in the memo to the special counsel in janu