Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Over 30 hours with the white House Counsel, misspelled only, with my approval for purposes of transparency. The Washington Post reports that mcigans own lawyer has told the Trump Legal Team, mcgahn does not believe he implicated the president in any legal wrongdoing when he spoke to the special counsel. Meanwhile the president s lawyer is now in Damage Control mode. Earlier tonight, he explained that and he the president s former attorneys are now aware of what was in mcgahns testimony. John dowd got a political version of what mcgahn said during that period of time. John, of course, because of what happened over the weekend, went through it thoroughly. Ive been on the phone with him for hours and gone over it with him. When it first came out, i didnt know the details of what mcgahn said. Now do i. I knew not to worry because if the president said anything criminal to the counsel of the white hou
Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. Day 578 of the Trump Administration. And tonight the president of the United States is coming off a vicious string of personal attacks, comparing people to dogs and rats and calling Robert Mueller discredited and disgraced. He is neither. And now tonight the president is talking about what is at the heart of all of it. The russia investigation. Now that he knows his white house lawyer has testified fully before the mueller team. This afternoon, reuters interviewed President Trump. They report, he is, quote, worried that any statements under oath he provides to special counsel Robert Mueller could be used to bring Perjury Charges against him. Quote, trump echoed the concerns of his top lawyer in the probe, Rudolph Giuliani, who has warned that any sitdown with mueller could be a perjury trap. Reuters quotes the president as saying association if i Say Something and he, meaning comey, says something, and it is my
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warner of virginia. the vice cheryl of the committee to pre strength president from doing just that. and i want to read this tweet from the president over the weekend. study late joseph mccarthy. we are now in a period with mueller and his gang that makes joseph mccarthy look like a baby. rigged witch hunt. what would it look like if republicans on the hill reared up and said, enough. what would it look like if the president pulled a few more critical security clearances, for example? at this point, brian, based on my reporting, the republican party, they re fully with president trump ahead of the mid-term elections to drag them across the finish line as they face possible blue wave. at this point some people are privately grumbling if the president moves on mueller or rosenstein, they will speak up. so far the notable people
the vice cheryl of the committee to pre strength president from doing just that. and i want to read this tweet from the president over the weekend. study late joseph mccarthy. we are now in a period with mueller and his gang that makes joseph mccarthy look like a baby. rigged witch hunt. what would it look like if republicans on the hill reared up and said, enough. what would it look like if the president pulled a few more critical security clearances, for example? at this point, brian, based on my reporting, the republican party, they re fully with president trump ahead of the mid-term elections to drag them across the finish line as they face possible blue wave. at this point some people are privately grumbling if the