Good evening once again from our nbc headquarters, i am Steve Kornacki in for brian. Two weeks since special counsel mueller turned in his 400page report to attorney general william barr ending his investigation. The headlines of no collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia sent the president off on a victory tour of sorts. What has played out since then has complicated his efforts to claim complete exoneration to the issue of potential obstruction of the investigation itself. A quick reminder of what has unfolded these past two weeks. Mueller submitted his findings as we said on march 22nd, two fridays ago. And then two days later barr sent to congress the fourpage letter summarizing his principal conclusions. On march 29th barr told lawmakers hes expected to release a redacted version of that report by mid april. Democrats are pushing to get it sooner. This week, the Judiciary Committee authorize for the full document. This week we also learned that some members of muellers Tea
Riveted the nation decades ago. I began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency. And if the cancer was not removed the president himself would be killed by it. I also told him that it was important that this cancer be removed immediately. Then there was the iran contra scandal in the 1980s, a defining event during reagans presidency and the olive north testimony. As i told you yesterday that i was going to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly, well, this is the truth. I did probably the grossest misjudgment that ive made in my life. And of course the russia investigation and questions about possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia have consumed Donald Trumps presidency for more than two years. I dont think it is for me to say whether the conversation i have with the president was an effort to obstruct. I took it as a disturbing thing and concerning but thats a conclusion i am sure the special counsel will work towards to
To let the American People decide exactly whos telling the truth. So here what i say the white house is trying to do. The white house is trying to down play cohens testimony. It is going to be a moment that makes history. Just as big as john deans congressional testimony that riveted the nation decades ago. I began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency. If it is not removed, the president will be killed by it. I told him that it is important that this cancer be removed immediately. Then there was the iran scandal in the 1980s. A defining event during reagans presidency, and as the congressional testimony. As i told you yesterday that i was going to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly, well, this is the truth. I did the grossest and misjudgment that i have made in my life. And of course the russian investigation. And question about possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia have consumed Donald Trumps presidency for more
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