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A recap of the days news. Mr. Trump, helped along by aras and amon. Its clear from the very beginning the information being offered to the Trump Campaign was coming from russia. And it was clear that the information being offered was dirt on clinton. Its the first thing they said. Despite trump juniors initial claim the meeting was about the adoption of russian children. That claim coming in a statement we later learned was dictated by President Trump himself. After White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders claimed he didnt. How did we learn about the president s statements . Well, his own attorneys acknowledge it in a letter to Robert Mueller in january. Its all right there in front of your face. Its all in ....
If the president the current president. yeah, the current president. so, if he is watching right now, and we know he likes to watch, how would you like to respond to him? i tweeted back to him that, first, i didn t think he really understood what mcgahn had done or not done. that became even more evident 48 hours after his initial tweet, that he diplomat have a clue what mcgahn had done and they began worrying about it. i d also tell him that i did not go to the prosecutors and testify without telling nixon i was doing so. in fact, i listened to a tape yesterday where i m talking john erlichman, my predecessor as white house counsel, nixon s top adviser, told the president that i was visiting with the prosecutors and he was suggesting it was the smartest thing in the world for me to do and give an appearance of cooperation. well, i didn t just give an ....
Distract and deflect from that. facts matter. now i want to bring in a man who knows exactly what can happen when a president doesn t want you to tell the truth. cnn contributor john dean was nixon white house counsel. he joins us now. thank you so much. thank you, don. so the president called you a rat in a tweet today. the current president. yeah, so if he is watching right now and he know he likes to watch, how would you like to respond? i tweeted back to him that first i didn t think he really understood what mcgahn had done or had not done. that became even more evident 48 hours after his initial tweet, he didn t have a clue what mcgahn had done and began worrying about it. i d also tell him i did not go to the prosecutors and testify without telling nixon i was ....