though, when he says, quote, very nasty and contentious business relationship? do you have any idea what that refers to? no, it couldn t have been that nasty if donald trump considered robert mueller for the position of fbi director in the first place. i also do want to note that the department of justice ethics experts cleared any conflicts of interest that robert mueller might have had in may of 2017. in addition, robert mueller s supervisor, republican rod rosenstein, testified before congress, saying there were no disqualifying conflicts of interest. so the president right now is really just grasping at straws. i think he s trying to distract the american public. he doesn t want to talk about the fact that health care costs are rising and that wages are, in fact, decreasing. your republican colleagues on the house judiciary committee, congressman liu, obviously you re a member of that, they want to bring back jim comey, the former fbi director, for an interview. the topic repor
those releases, et cetera. that s actually the criminal charge there. i think that beyond that, i mean, rudy giuliani s a smart lawyer, he s been around a long time, he knows that that is a crime and i m sure he s read those indictments. beyond that, what is he trying to accomplish there? it s not the first time i have heard that kind of prepreemptive argument from trump loyalists president trump himself, you ll remember, when the trump tower meeting was first revealed a year ago raised this trial balloon saying, listen, anybody would get opposition research against their opponent, regardless of the source. that, frankly, doesn t stand up to the facts because there are laws against accepting material support from foreigners, which is what this would amount to. it s hard to say what rudy giuliani s trying to accomplish here, but i just try to stick to what the facts are on the law from hearing from smart lawyers. they say forget about collusion, talk about conspiracy and and t
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erin. throughout the day we saw the president several times, the first time in the oval office with the italian prime minister asked questions about what is he talking about exactly with conflicts of interest with bob mueller. he did not answer questions there. he did not answer our questions in the east room later on after that news conference and he didn t answer questions later on again in the oval office. he clearly does not want to talk about publicly on camera about bob mueller. erin, that does not mean he is not thinking about him and tweeting about him. there is one thing that s clear, it is it s clear that bob mueller is in his head as this trial of paul manafort perhaps begins tomorrow, that may be the reason, there may be other reasons, but it s clear the president wants to talk about this in a controlled environment of saying things online. does not want to be asked about it. this anger and rage, erin, is more strategy than anger. he s clearly trying to discredit the enti
i don t know why he would come out. we don t know what s in it. we haven t seen it yet. until we see it and read it, i wouldn t say anything. all right. that s you. you have discipline. thank you, all three. i appreciate it. next, michael cohen under attack for recording his conversations with trump. my next guest worked for trump, right? he had an office in the building and he said it was an open secret, that trump did that all the time. you re going to hear the stories. trump doubling down on his threat to shut down the government over his while. meanwhile, remember the national guard troops he was summoning from all over the country in an emergency to guard the border? well, guess what? they re not. none of our soldiers or airmen currently are armed. am has no added nitrates, nitrites or artificial preservatives. now deli fresh flavor is for everyone. like those who like. sweet. those who prefer heat. and those who just love meat. oscar mayer deli fresh. a fresh way to