Spicer: Legal Scholars Have Said Nothing Inappropriate About Trump Asking Comey About the Investigation

‘I will tell you that I know several legal scholars that said there was nothing inappropriate about that’

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REPORTER: "Did the president ask the White House counsel whether it be appropriate to ask such a question, given that it was against generally Justice Department guidelines to indicate whether or not investigations are undergoing against any individual let alone one in the White House?" 
SPICER: "I don’t know. I will tell you that I know several legal scholars including [indecipherable] and others that said there was nothing inappropriate about that."
 

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