commit a crime were attorney client privilege conversations or just they couldn t they couldn t prove intent. the fact that you couldn t prove that he intended to obstructs justice doesn t mean it s not an obstructive act. that s one of the things that mueller made a note of in the report when citing in particular thing. and then also finally the last i know i m rambling a bit. they dangle a pardon. and again, the president s pardon power is absolute. but i don t think the framers when granting the president clemency power intended for the president of the united states to be pardoning floating pardons to people merely to sort of assure silence or assure testimony. so there is just a lot going on. and it just speaks to poor judgment at a minimum and a maximum criminal conduct by the cht united states. susan page, i got one for you. this is former democratic congressman from maryland dona edwards in washington post today about now exacts need to
aside and simply issuing a statement that says this has nothing to do with the mareritsf the case, it leaves open why did she step aside? this is a high powered attorney who we have known to represent many women. we won t know the exact reasons and gloria won t be free to share those reasons. those are typically considered attorney/client privilege conversations and what happens in those conversations, the lawyer even after they withdraw from a case doesn t have the liberty or the freedom to discuss why they were withdrawn. it could prejudice the case. i think gloria made it clear, however, though, that she did withdraw because of the merits of the case. i think she was trying to signal to the public that she does believe that this case has merit. i don t think it will hurt the case going forward. i think summer will be able to find competent counsel to continue to represent her. we know the judge issued a favorable ruling in her behalf. he said the case can move forward, that trump