BALDWIN: We are now getting reaction from within the White House to statements made by the President's Acting Chief of Staff, Mick Mulvaney, admitting to that quid pro quo. Sources are telling CNN that Trump's legal team is quote, baffled. CNN's Sarah Westwood is back there at the White House. And so Sarah, tell me more.</s>SARAH WESTWOOD, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Well, Brooke, after that remarkable press conference from Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, a source familiar with the reaction inside the legal team said people there are just a little stunned after watching what happened. Jay Sekulow, one of the President's lawyers said that the legal team was not involved in preparing Mick Mulvaney for that briefing, and the source said that the legal source did not view what they saw from behind that White House podium as helpful to the President's efforts to try to fight these impeachment inquiry charges. Sources also tell our colleague Evan Perez that Justice Department officials were angry and confused while Mulvaney was explicitly tying the President's desire to see politically advantageous investigations to that decision to suspend the aid. So clearly, Brooke, what we're seeing, there's a lot of shock expressed from the people who are supposed to be defending the President against this very allegation of quid pro quo right now.</s>BALDWIN: Sarah, thanks for the update. Keep us posted on any others. More on our breaking news. More Republican Senators are speaking out against the President's spin of his great victory involving the so- called cease fire with Turkey.
Trump Legal Team Baffled by Mulvaney Performance