reportedington post" robert mueller is investigating president trump for possible obstruction of justicea spokesman for vice president pence confirmed he has hired an outside counsel to handle the various russian inquiries. dan balz joins me from washington. let me begin with a story about the vice president hiring outside counsel. a distinguished lawyer from richmond, virginia. what does this say? >> i think it says what is likely to be a pattern inside the white house. members of the senior staff who have been around president trump as he has discussed various aspects of the russian investigation and his feelings toward it could end up being interviewed by the special counsel, and they are going to need their own outside counsel. the president has outside counsel at this point. the fact the vice president has decided he needs it i think will be taken as a signal to everybody inside the white house who might have some knowledge, culpability, whatever you want to call it, that they will need it as well. charlie: it should not be presumed they have anything to hide. it should be presumed

reportedington post" robert mueller is investigating president trump for possible obstruction of justicefor vice president pence confirmed he has hired an outside counsel to handle the various russian inquiries. dan balz