And that does it for me. You have a great sunday. Up next, the gura train keeps on moving with david gura. Richard, thank you very much. Im david gura at msnbc headquarters in new york. Another tweet storm. President trump taking to twitter it attack Robert Muellers investigation, but one of his tweets may have created a legal nightmare for him and for his oldest son donald trump jr. Thats not the only cause for panic. The president in an allout effort to save a congressional seat, republicans have held on to for more than 30 years. To continue our incredible success we must elect more republicans and we must elect troy balderson. We have to elect troy. And high hope from a White House Communications director. Hope hicks spotted on Board Air Force one this weekend. Could she be plotting a return to Donald Trumps administration . But lets begin with that meeting at trump tower. That meeting donald trump jr. Agreed to hoping he would get dirt on Hillary Clinton. That meeting the trumps a
not have sexual relations with miss lewinsky. i m staying on my former statement of that. do you have any other recollection of sending these specific letters to congress? it s a case of memory. i don t recall whether i did or not. it depends what the meaning of the word is. i assure you that there was never at any time, any agreement whatsoever concerning a pardon to mr. nixon if he were to resign and i were to become president. david ignatius is an associate editor at the washington post for which he writes a column on foreign affairs. w i want to start with this debate or maybe a parlor game is a better way of characterizing it, whether or not robert mueller and his team needs president trump to sit down for the interview. bob mueller s team continues the
democrat. if congress is not willing to put reforms in place, our democracy will be hit again. another tweet. there were a half dozen from the president today. in another one he singled out mueller and the 17 angry democrats. his words. and he said this is the most one-sided witch hunt in the history of our country. some folks in eastern massachusetts might quibble with the president s characterization there. i want to ask you about how this is being waged in the court of public opinion. in sort of a perverse way, the president s attorneys are playing the role of prosecutors in the court of public opinion. they are trying to cast doubt on robert mueller s investigation as it continues. what s your reaction to the efficacy of that? how well they have been able to get americans to doubt what bob mueller and his team are doing. well, in the court of public opinion this really comes down to does the public believe bob mueller and his investigation or does the public believe donald trum
the president s been clear that he wants to interview. i will tell you his legal team is concerned. so what we have to do is put away all the clutter of what all the commentators are going to be saying and make a decision based on the law and what s in the best interest of our client. that s jay sekulow on whether the president will sit down with robert mueller for an interview. we may be in the final stages of the will he/won t he game. rudy giuliani tells msnbc news he is spending the weekend preparing a response to robert mueller s latest request, although in light of today s tweets i suspect his agenda may have changed. a little history. donald trump wouldn t be the first sitting or former president to testify under oath. monica lewinsky says while you were in the oval office area you touched her breasts, would she be lying? that is not my recollection. my recollection is that i did
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