the clock, because the longer it takes to re-staff up, for that team to get up to speed, it takes more and more time. and time has proven to be trump s friend. well, about trump s delaying tactics as being critical to most of his legal defense. but i have to say, i feel like i have written the story of my colleagues today about seven times, about donald trump. and that is, he is hunting for a lawyer. and when he knocks on a door, a lot of people are saying no. now, the people that said no to donald trump when he was looking for lawyer, when robert mueller was a special prosecutor investigating contacts between russian operatives and trump campaign aides, the people that were turning down donald trump then were people that all of us recognized. they were household names, ted holstein, bill bennett, people who had all sorts of incredible white-collar defense work, and they were national names. they were saying, you know,
the clock, because the longer it takes to re-staff up, for that team to get up to speed, it takes more and more time. and time has proven to be trump s friend. well, i couldn t agree more with you about trump s delaying tactics as being critical to most of his legal defense. but i have to say, i feel like i have written the story of my colleagues today about seven times, about donald trump. and that is, he is hunting for a lawyer. and when he knocks on a door, a lot of people are saying no. now, the people that said no to donald trump when he was looking for lawyer, when robert mueller was a special prosecutor investigating contacts between russian operatives and trump campaign aides, the people that were turning down donald trump then were people that all of us recognized. they were household names, ted holstein, bill bennett, people
the main entrance to the doral golf club and trump resort off of 87th avenue in miami. saw some police motorcycles come out, maybe they may be prepositioning to handle traffic. the president not expected to leave for a little while yet. jonathan, we talked about this yesterday but bears repeating, this idea of time being the greatest enemy and also the greatest benefit to the former president. if he can use delaying tactics to push this thing back, he can t pardon himself on state charges, so the case involving stormy daniels, he could not pardon himself from but he could conceivably pardon himself if he manages to be president again on this case. how does he work the system, if you will, to make sure none of this sees a jury or a courtroom until after he becomes elected or the election is over? john, it wouldn t be that hard if the trump team plays its
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so. so that could push this into the default territory. so that s why the timing is so complicated here, and there are other delaying mechanisms that any senator who wants to object can drag things out, they can force the reading of a bill, they can object to anything on the floor of the senate because everything requires unanimous support essentially that allows the senate to operate. if not they have to go through all the motions to overcome the delaying tactics. i suspect with a default looming that we will not get to that point if the votes are there to pass it, but you never know. it s a bumpy ride to get legislation through particularly in the united states senate and particularly on an issue this significant. yeah, lots of bumpy rides these days. all right david gergen, catherine rampell, priscillaal alvarez, and manu raju, really appreciate it. thanks for all the insights and reporting this evening and from