in various courtroom instances. they didn t charge him with any of these things. they never fully on whether they believe. it is with russians. they sort of dropped these bread crumbs. it will be very interesting. congress has every right no deplan the answers to those questions. i don t know that mueller will even reach those conclusions. this is a criminal investigation. the point was investigating crimes, whether or not i can bring charges, whether or not i can indict people, whether or not there is more steps i need to take for criminal reasons. what the president may have done here. who roger stone was with. that may be a political issue here. that is not for 3450u8mueller t decide. we play see some of that here. we may see instances where there
been preparing for a number of scenarios while they remain in the dark about what exactly 3450u8er will reveal. one white house official telling cnn today, we re tea leaf reading like everyone else. but emmett flood, the white house lawyer charged with dealing with the russia probe, has held meetings in recent weeks to determine how they might respond. their response will be based on what attorney general bill barr decides to disclose to congress about mueller s conclusions and what if anything implicates the president in wrongdoing. but as the wait has dragged on the president this week has ramped up his attacks. apparently seeking to undermine public confidence in the report before it s released. but it s sort of interesting that a man out of the blue just writes a report. i got 63 million votes. and now somebody just writes a report? i think it s ridiculous. reporter: meantime, the white house today also rejected a request from congressional democrats to obtain documents tied
davidson weighing in saying the fox reporter called him for comment right after the access hollywood tape came out with factually specific details that 3450ig9 have informed that story which didn t originally run. here with me now exclusively is the lawyer for that former fox report, nancy erika smith, a leading civil rights lawyer who also represented gretchen carlson in a sexual harassment lawsuit against former fox news ceo roger ailes. and former chief counsel of the senate watergate committee who knows a thing or two about investigating political crimes. thanks to each of you for being here. nancy, before we get deep into the details, what do you think mr. davidson, whatever his credibility, the core of what he s saying, does that help the case against trump? because it seems like another person corroborating that this was campaign-related. it absolutely does, and the timing does as well. when you re talking about mid-october, weeks before the election, you re talking about so
very closely by roger stone because he s coming up to the pipeline next. i think with the four years that manafort got last week, a lot of people were frustrated. a lot of mueller watchers and legal experts were frustrated that that sends a signal to others wrapped up in the 3450u8er probe that maybe you don t have to cooperate. maybe you can lie the prosecutors. maybe you can break the terms of your bail, do all of these bad things and still kind of get off the hook. now four years is not nothing. that is a significant jail sentence. right. what he was facing it s a slice. it s a tiny slice based on what he did and what he was up for. right. and then you have all of this rumor mongering about whether his lawyer emphasizing no collusion other than legal denials is an appeal for a pardon. here is the white house responding again to all of these rumors today. paul manafort goes for the second half of his sentencing this week. why haven t the president ruled out a pardon for
it wasn t really as difficult for him yesterday because there were a number of things that he simply said i can t talk about it because it is still under investigation by prosecutors. and both sides sort of let him off the hook on that. so it is unlikely that he has actually perjured himself yesterday. but there were areas as folks have pointed out, there were areas where he is saying queweli heard this gtlittle part of the conversation and i think it 3450e still needs to be corroborated. thank you all so much. more to come. yeah, coming up, the art of no deal. the president s second summit with kim jung-un ends without so much of a signing. the issue of u.s. sanctions against north korea, a major sticking point. why no deal may be better than a bad deal.