in the daniels case. as you might imagine, stormy daniels lawyer has had something to say about that on more than one network tonight. and later, a nomination hanging by a thread as the president s navy doctor nominated to run the v.a. facing new allegations of prescribing himself meds, drunkenness on the job, wrecking a government vehicle and more. the 11th hour just getting under way on a wednesday night. hey, want the fastest internet?
donor, though not near enough for this guy, our next guest. so paul, welcome first of all. good to see you. what got my attention last night is when senator tester, democrat from montana said he had 20 active duty military. now this means they busted out of the chain of command. this might mean the chain of command did not help them in this case. they felt the need to approach the u.s. senate. what does that tell you? i ve been talking to you about v.a. controversies for over a decade. it takes really crazy stuff to push stormy daniels out of the headline for two days. this is bonkers. this is an agency that s been riddled with chaos and controversy. this is a whole new level. you bring up an important point. these folks haven t come forward yet. the senate, depending on the media and public to vet him. he wasn t vetted by the white house. the senate may not have the
have you in all of your reporting been given any indications this thing is going to wrap up anywhere close to soon? i think what we have learned as this investigation has continued is that it s very possible that mueller will be able to sort of lob off part of that, that part being the obstruction probe. we believe that may be able to wrap at some point this summer. but of course, as the washington post points out tonight, mueller wants to see trump interviewed first. he wants to be able to get to that key question that underlies each case of instruction and that was intent. he wants to know what the president s intentions were when he made that statement on air force one about the trump tower meeting. he wanted to know what the president s intentions were when he decided to fire jim comey. he wanted to know if the president was in any way trying to talk to michael flynn and get him to lie about his conversations with russia. trump s mindset and intentions underlie every bit of thi
out that this is behavior that s reminiscent oof a lot of criminal defendants she s encountered. i noticed that and took near parental joy in seeing joyce s quote in the body of your piece. it was fantastic. julia, i have a dramatic reading for you to react to. this is the washington post reporting. let s call this segment meet the raskins. quote, trump hired the raskins after meeting them for the first time. the decision was overshadowed by the simultaneous announcement that formaler new york city mayor rudolph w. giuliani would also join the team and take the lead in negotiating with mueller. but the raskins could play as important a role in the case escalates. they have both tried and defended clients in criminal cases and in hardball negotiations with prosecutors, skills that trump would need if the mueller case escalates. among their early assignments is to try to use attorney/client protections to try to keep investigators from scouring trump s communications with his persona
condition of anonymity. i love modern-day disclaimers in 2018. julia, what do you make of that. these are two attorneys, again, husband and wife. folklore has it he met them at mar-a-largo who could play a huge role in a case that s already matured. it s closer to ending, we assume, than beginning. i m really glad you re talking about the raskins. they are kind of these dark horse lawyers that are indicative of the president s broader legal strategy. he brought on giuliani, someone who understands the southern district of new york as he gets worried about the michael cohen case and what cohen might be able to say about husband client, the president. and he s also bringing on this husband and wife team that are really notorious at being able to get people off. people who it seems like all of the evidence is stacked against them. and their clients walk away scot-free.