2 00 p. M. In washington where today the president s lawyers are scrambling to clarify his tweets. It is unusual since the president s lawyers dont respond so quickly to clarify anything, he says, which makes you wonder if the tweet in question got them worried. In a series of official president ial statements, remember the white house has called his tweets official statements, trump called the russia probe a disgrace to the usa and seemed to demand his Attorney General put an end to it. Quote, Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now before it continues to stain our country any further. As reported in the New York Times last week, Special Counsel Rocky Mountain is keepi m rob Robert Mueller is keeping an eye on the president s twitter. No, say the president s lawyers. Katy Tur hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Clinton campaign, and the indictment of 13 russians and three entities who allegedly used a Sophi
clinton campaign, and the indictment of 13 russians and three entities who allegedly used a sophisticated network of social media accounts to sew discourse among american voters. and timing matters. as the president was tweeting today, the first defendant indicted by robert mueller to face trial was sitting in a virginia courtroom. donald trump s former campaign chairman paul manafort. quote, as the president said today, who was treated worse? who was treated worse? alfonse capone legendary mob boss, killer and public enemy number one, or paul manafort? he worked for me for a very short time and these old charges have nothing to do with collusion. a hoax. so the big question we are asking today, is trump s tweets calling on sessions to end the russia probe evidence of obstruction of justice. joining me nbc news chief white