and preparing to take office. the role that the president had in the inauguration was to raise his hand and take the oath. same thing for first lady. she wasn t engaged in this process. with that let s bring in our lead off panel. peter baker, chief correspondent for the new york times. maya wiley former district attorney for the southern district of new york, professor at the new school, and daniel gold man former attorney with the southern district of new york. maya, i d like to begin with you. all we talk about are consequential developments, is the story putting donald trump in the room where it happened? it s pretty dang consequential. that s a legal term. so, remember that yesterday when the story broke that a.m.i. had made the no prosecution deal, it had said that there were discussions with the trump campaign. but it was not clear who in the trump campaign.
sarah huckabee sanders was asked about that. this didn t have anything to do with the president. the president was focused on the trans i transition and building out a new government. the role he had in the inauguration was to raise his hand and take the oath. same thing for the first lady. she wasn t engaged in this process. with that let s bring in our lead off panel. peter baker, chief correspondent for the new york times. mya wiley, professor at the new school, daniel goldman, former attorney with the southern district of new york. mia, i d like to begin with you. all we talk about are consequential developments, std story putting donald trump in the room where it happened? it s pretty dang consequential. that s a legal term. so, remember that yesterday when the story broke that a.m.i. had made the no prosecution
this didn t have anything to do with the president. the president was focused on the transition and building out a new government. the role he had in the inauguration was to raise his hand and take the oath. same thing for the first lady. she wasn t engaged in this process. with that let s bring in our lead off panel. peter baker, chief correspondent for the new york times. mya wiley, professor at the new school, daniel goldman, former attorney with the southern district of new york. mia, i d like to begin with you. all we talk about are consequential developments, std story putting donald trump in the room where it happened? it s pretty dang consequential. that s a legal term. so, remember that yesterday when the story broke that a.m.i. had made the no prosecution