that s the reputation the potential client has. he s a difficult client. he doesn t follow the advice of his attorneys. he also doesn t pay. i think that last item might be a dominant item. is there any reason to believe robert mueller would delay his desire to speak with president trump if the president doesn t have a team in place? i don t think so. he hasek ewe low. exactly. if he has an attorney, mueller will move forward with his plan. he s been very efficient so far. one thing to keep in mind is that mueller has an excellent legal team. these are lawyers who went to the best law schools, who were prosecutors, supreme court clerks, and this is a complicated federal investigation. it involves all kinds of criminal law and will test the bounds of the constitution given who trump is. so trump will need to get not just an experienced attorney but also a legal scholar and if he
ing there probably are some legitimate conflicts with firms in washington. but there s also another problem. that s the reputation the potential client has. he s a difficult client. he doesn t follow the advice of his attorneys. and he also doesn t pay. i think that last item might be a dominant item. we discuss that is last item last night here on this show in detail. is a tawdry sex scandal and trump s bad reputation for paying bills making his case toxic for some law if i weres? whenever you take on a client like that, don, you are taking on the reputation of that client. and i ll tell you if i represented donald trump, i suspect there would be a lot of people out there would be upset about it and a lot of potential clients would react negatively. typically representing the president of the united states is a great honor. i think it s generally been the feather in the cap of many attorneys in the past.
team. besides there was no collusion with russia except by crooked hillary and the dems. john, how do you reconcile the president s claim that many big time lawyers want to represent him. and how perilous is that for the president. i don t think there is an easy way to reconcile it. trump is way off base. there are a couple of problems. there are legitimate conflicts with firms in washington. and another problem, and that is the reputation the potential client has. he is a difficult client. he doesn t follow advice of his attorneys and he also doesn t pay. and i think that last item may be a dominant item. is there any reason to
into what ted olson said there was this is a tough client in a tough situation. if you have a client in a very difficult situation who you can t be certain will listen to you and take your advice, for a lawyer it s sort of a no win situation and you stand down to it. could it be because the reputation has been reported that he doesn t pay for attorneys or for his legal renato, you re nodding your red. that s always a concern. i ll tell you as a lawyer who takes in clients and represents them now, that s always a concern. every law firm evaluates when a you know, what is their ability to pay if a client is coming in. i will tell you, if a client doesn t pay, you re essentially, when you re performing services for a client that isn t paying in advance for them, you re essentially making a loan to them. you re forwarding them money. if you can t be sure you will be paid, it can be a huge problem for firms. how does one get away for
president in 2020 after this speech at the golden globes. that a new day is on the horizon! reporter: when asked if he could beat her? yeah, i ll beat oprah. oprah would be a lot of fun. reporter: but oprah recently put the rumors to bed. it s just not in my spirit. it s not my dna. reporter: it was actually on oprah s show back in 1988 when she asked trump if he would ever run for president. i just don t think i have the inclination to do it. i love what i m doing, i really like it. it also doesn t pay as well. no, it doesn t. reporter: now, she s the one taking a pass, even as the president continues to tweet. linsey davis here with us tonight. and president trump now calling oprah insecure, as you pointed out, but in the past, he had high praise for her. he even joked at one point, on maybe he wasn t joking, saying would like the idea of her as a running mate. reporter: that s right. in 1999, when he was considering a run as an independent, he told larry king