haven t examined. the only thing that s dangerous in politicizing criminal issues, it is what the soviets did, the apartheid did, the chinese regime. we should not go down that line of giving psychiatrists the power to use their political opposition to try to create a diagnosis. if you don t like president, vote against him. and believe me, they ll go through every line of testifying. somebody on your network earlier today said he has alzheimer s. you should check the statements he made now against what he said ten years ago. well, check the statements i make now from ten years ago. i was a little brighter then than i am today. that s what happens when you get old. the idea of trying to path on the justifies political issues is so dangerous. jeff? i thought carrie did a very good job talking about the different variables that could be in place, regarding trump s
he s testified many times. and i think he is at less risk than perhaps allen does. to jeff s point, every lawyer i ve ever talked to, if you re going to testify, says answer the question. be as brief as possible. don t elaborate. do jeff s point, if he does elaborate, isn t that a danger for the president? i think there s a danger for the president and also a danger, sort of a legal risk, for other individuals who have already been interviewed by the special counsel s office who might be campaign aides or individuals who work in the white house. when he does end up having to conduct an interview with the special counsel s office, the question with respect to whether he tells the truth and whether or not his statements are truthful will have an effect. not only as to whether or not he then is liable in some way for giving false statements to
trump specifically about. if it is obstruction, it goes to his state of mind at the time that he fired comey. and that was my next question. and i ll ask it of jeff. if the president wants it to only be on the subject of collusion, and not any financial issues, that s obviously something i guess they could try to negotiate. but jeff, what is the timing of when this interview takes place? what does it tell but the status of the mueller investigation? because wouldn t mueller want to talk to the president toward the end of an investigation? after all the information has been collected? so, because the chance of calling the president back, i assume, would be limited. it would be remote in the extreme. it is true. i think you re right that the mueller team will want to interview trump toward the end. but remember, gloria s reporting says they have not yet started the final negotiations about when this interview will take