washington post story tonight about the president asking interim director mccabe, who we voted for in 2013, the line that got our attention was mueller s interest in that mccabe-trump meeting. can you openly speculate, please, as to why? it s hard to know, but it probably goes to the president s state of mind in trying to ensure that whoever would oversee an investigation of him or of his associates would do so in a manner that would be politically aligned with him. and that, i think, kind of goes to motive or goes to a state of mind that you are trying to obstruct proper investigations to ensure you get the outcome you want notwithstanding whether or not you are innocent or guilty. and jeremy, what are you looking for next? i think it will be interesting to see when bannon talks to mueller. we think if jared kushner did talk to him, it was potentially narrowly tailored to the flynn matter.
voted for in 2013, the line that got our attention was mueller s interest in that mccabe-trump meeting. can you openly speculate, please, as to why? it s hard to know, but it probably goes to the president s state of mind in trying to ensure that whoever would oversee an investigation of him or of his associates would do so in a manner that would be politically aligned with him. and that, i think, kind of goes to motive or goes to a state of mind that you are trying to obstruct proper investigations to ensure you get the outcome you want notwithstanding whether or not you are innocent or guilty. and jeremy, what are you looking for next? i think it will be interesting to see when bannon talks to mueller. we think if jared kushner did talk to him, it was potentially narrowly tailored to the flynn matter. we ll see what he says. then, of course, i m very interested to see if bob mueller lets the president answer questions in writing. i don t think he should. i think this should hav
i guess the plural is falls from grace. of the trump circle falls from grace, and we saw bannon recently, how is sessions fall from grace unique? recently, how is sessions fall from grace uniqus recently, how is sessions fall from grace unique? this is a president who has advisers falling in and out of favor frequently. certainly steve bannon has taken a rather dramatic plunge in recent weeks. spectacular. we see other aides kinds of fall but then find themselves back on their footing and they manage to stick around. jeff sessions still has his job. but jeff sessions has lost the faith of the president in most ways. as pointed out just there, he was a key early endorser, a wing man on the campaign, was given attorney general. but after the decision to recuse himself from the russia probe, the president has gone after him both publicly and privately. publicly in these tweets, you might recall from over the summer, sort of unprecedented broadsides calling his own attorney gen
interim director mccabe, who we voted for in 2013, the line that got our attention was mueller s interest in that mccabe-trump meeting. can you openly speculate, please, as to why? it s hard to know, but it probably goes to the president s state of mind in trying to ensure that whoever would oversee an investigation of him or of his associates would do so in a manner that would be politically aligned with him. and that, i think, kind of goes to motive or goes to a state of mind that you are trying to obstruct proper investigations to ensure you get the outcome you want notwithstanding whether or not you are innocent or guilty. and jeremy, what are you looking for next? i think it will be interesting to see when bannon talks to mueller. we think if jared kushner did talk to him, it was potentially narrowly tailored to the flynn matter. we ll see what he says. and i m interested to see if bob mueller lets the president
grace, and we saw bannon recently, how is sessions fall from grace unique? this is a president who has advisers falling in and out of favor frequently. certainly steve bannon has taken a rather dramatic plunge in recent weeks. we see other aides kind of fall but then find themselves back on their footing and they manage to stick around. jeff sessions still has his job. but jeff sessions has lost the faith of the president in most ways. as pointed out just there, he was a key early endorser, a wing man on the campaign, was given attorney general. but after the decision to recuse himself from the russia probe, the president has gone after him both publicly and privately. publicly in these tweets, you may recall, over the summer. broad sides calling his own attorney general weak and beleagured. even to the point they were talking about succession plans. sessions remains very popular among the conservative base, he