A member of President Trump's legal team said Sunday that Trump is not under investigation by the special counsel, an assessment at odds with a Washington Post report last week and seemingly with a tweet by Trump himself on Friday.
Sekulow's exchange with Wallace of FoxNews is a big part of the story.
In a combative and testy exchange on "Fox News Sunday," Sekulow acknowledged he could not know for sure that Mueller has not opened an investigation, but said he had no reason to believe he had. ...When Wallace pointed out that Sekulow had appeared to agree in his answer that the president is under investigation, the lawyer grew flustered. He said he had only been discussing the constitutional problem posed if the president were being investigated.
"I don't appreciate you putting words in my mouth when I've been crystal clear that the president is not and has not been under investigation," he said.
"But you don't know that he's not under investigation, right?" Wallace responded.
"You're right, Chris. I cannot read the mind of the special prosecutor," Sekulow responded. "We're agreed, then," Wallace said.
“You’re right, Chris. I cannot read the mind of the special prosecutor,” Sekulow responded. “We’re agreed, then,” Wallace said.
Typical thrown out the unprovable, and then assert it as proof....