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>> Reporter: THE TRUMP          

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ADMINISTRATION ESCALATING ITS   
WAR ON LEAKERS WITH THE DOJ     

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SAYING THEY'RE PURSUING THREE   
TIMES AS MANY LEAK              

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INVESTIGATIONS AS THE LAST      
ADMINISTRATION.                 

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>> I HAVE THIS WARNING FOR      
WOULD-BE LEAKERS.               

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DON'T DO IT.                    
>> Reporter: ATTORNEY GENERAL   

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JEFF SESSIONS, WHO ENDURED      
WITHERING CRITICISM FROM THE    

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PRESIDENT FOR RECUSING HIMSELF  
IN THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION NOW 

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DOING THE ONE THING THE         
PRESIDENT IS DEMANDING, CRACKING

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DOWN, CREATING A NEW UNIT INSIDE
THE FBI TO FIND LEAKERS.        

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AND EVEN ORDERING A REVIEW OF   
THE DEPARTMENT'S POLICY ON      

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SUBPOENAING RECORDS FROM        
REPORTERS.                      

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>> ANYONE WHO ENGAGES IN THESE  
CRIMINAL ACTS IS BETRAYING THE  

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INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AND THE  
AMERICAN PEOPLE.                

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>> Reporter: THE ANNOUNCEMENT   
AGAINST LEAKERS HAS BEEN LONG   

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PLANNED, BUT COMES A DAY AFTER  
THE "WASHINGTON POST" PUBLISHED 

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TRANSCRIPTS OF THE PRESIDENT'S  
PHONE CALLS WITH TWO FOREIGN    

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LEADERS.                        
MR. TRUMP IS ALSO AIMING TO     

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SHIFT FOCUS AWAY FROM THE RUSSIA
PROBE, WHICH IS NOW ENTERING A  

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NEW PHASE.                      
>> WE DIDN'T WIN BECAUSE OF     

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RUSSIA.                         
WE WON BECAUSE OF YOU.          

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>> Reporter: NBC NEWS HAS       
CONFIRMED SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT

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MUELLER HAS MULTIPLE GRAND      
JURIES WORKING ON THE           

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INVESTIGATION, INCLUDING IN     
WASHINGTON, D.C. AND VIRGINIA.  

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THE PRESIDENT'S LEGAL TEAM      
INSISTING THEY HAVEN'T BEEN MADE

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AWARE OF THE GRAND JURY, AND SAY
HE'S NOT UNDER INVESTIGATION.   

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>> IS THERE ANY CONCERN THAT    
THAT HAS CHANGED, THAT THE      

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PRESIDENT COULD BE UNDER        
INVESTIGATION?                  

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>> WE HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD THAT   
THAT.                           

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HE'S NOT BEEN INFORMED THAT.    
HIS LAWYER TY COBB HAS VERY     

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SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT WE       
LEARNED OF THE GRAND JURY       

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INVESTIGATION, EVERYONE DID,    
YESTERDAY AND THAT HE HAS NOT   

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BEEN ASKED TO PRODUCE ANY       
INFORMATION AT THIS TIME.       

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>> Reporter: FORMER WATERGATE   
PROSECUTOR.                     

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>> HE IS CLEARLY WITHIN THE     
PURVIEW OF THIS GRAND JURY'S    

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INVESTIGATION, WHETHER IT'S FOR 
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE OR       

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WHETHER IT'S FOR ACTUALLY       
VIOLATING LAWS IN CONNECTION    

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WITH THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN         
COLLUDING WITH THE RUSSIANS.    

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>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT IN   
FIGHT MODE LAST NIGHT.          

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>> THE RUSSIA STORY IS A TOTAL  
FABRICATION.                    

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>> Reporter: EVEN REVIVING ONE  
OF HIS MOST POPULAR LINES FROM  

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THE CAMPAIGN.                   
>> WHAT THE PROSECUTORS SHOULD  

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BE LOOKING AT ARE HILLARY       
CLINTON'S 33,000 DELETED E-MAILS

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ARE THE MR. TRUMP'S TIRADE CAME 
IN FRONT OF A FIRED UP WEST     

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VIRGINIA CROWD, WHERE HE WON    
ALMOST 370% OF THE VOTE.        

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>> ARE THERE ANY RUSSIANS HERE  
TONIGHT?                        

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ANY RUSSIANS.                   
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT'S    

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LEGAL TEAM IS TRYING TO TURN    
DOWN THE TEMPERATURE, SAYING    

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HE'S NOT CONSIDERING FIRING     
SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER. 

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FOR HIS PART, MR. TRUMP WILL    
SPEND THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AT HIS 

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RESORT HERE IN