By now that the Department Of Justice is not going to be extorted. Doctors note. The president s former long time personal physician admits what many suspected at the time, the glowing medical report he issued during the campaign was dictated by his patient, donald j. Trump. That letter that showed up about his health rgs he wrote it state visit. President trump making his first trip to the State Department to swear in his top diplomat, mike pompeo. Ive absolute confidence he will do an incredible job as the nations 70th secretary of state. Good day. President trump is reacting to a strange of headlines about Robert Muellers tense negotiations with the president s legal team and the Deputy Attorney general overseeing the russia investigation. Tweeting the probe is a rigged system and then threatening that at some point i will have no choice but to use the powers granted to the presidency and get involved. Thats a clear response to Rod Rosensteins unambiguous push back against House Rep
possibility of a subpoena for the president. well, the possibility of a subpoena for the president, of course, this would take us into legal territory where we ve not been before. presidents jefferson and nixon were subpoenaed for documents and tapes. president clinton was subpoenaed for his testimony but he decided to do it voluntarily. if they do subpoena the president and he says no, i m not going to do it. i m going to assert my fifth amendment impressive leprivileg us into a territory where the courts have not been before and the white house has to make a political calculation where they plead the fifth which is often associated with organized crime figures. do they want to go there or will they assert the president has executive privilege and doesn t have to answer these questions. we don t know the answer ultimately. the courts have always suggested that presidents have to give evidence in criminal cases but
white house reporters, he, for several weeks has been discussing his retirement and let chief of staff kelly know he would retire at the end of this month. it seems awfully sudden. he was doing a podcast and saying the whole issue of a possible interview was on the table. well, i guess it s a crowded table with lots of possibilities. it s really important for everybody to understand the distinction between president the president s personal lawyer and representing the office of the presidency. somebody who has experience in the counsel s office is much more capable of being able to be a zealous advocate for the office of the presidency and serving the existing president s interest at the same time. it s good news for trump. last september ty cobb was
unhappy with my legal team on the russia case and i m going to add another lawyer to help out. wrong. i m very happy with my lawyers. they are doing a great job. one out of three is still there. obviously, fake news. what can you say? jay, check your mail. if you stack up the record of the new york times against the record of president trump in terms of presenting factually accurate information, i know whose side i m on. especially on twitter. i think the bigger problem is, i don t know if it s a bigger problem but it s a huge problem. look at all the people who believed him hen when he said t. this is pattern with this president. because his followers are so devoted to him and republicans on capitol him or so comply sit. they say the president is telling the truth. we know instance after instance in which this has not been the
tweeting the probe is a rigged system and then threatening that at some point i will have no choice but to use the powers granted to the presidency and get involved. that s a clear response to rod rosenstein s unambiguous push back against house republicans interfe interference. a march 5th meeting where robert mueller said he could subpoena the president. according to the post, two witnesses say the president s then lawyer replied, this isn t some game. you re screwing with the work of the presidency of the united states. joining me now nbc justice correspondent pete williams, nbc national correspondent, peter alexander. former u.s. attorney and fbi official. we have a full house. let s start with you and the president on twitter today clearly new threats.