admissions constitute admission to a crime. and two, he lies to investigators and puts himself in greater legal jeopardy. the one thing we know about donald trump is donald trump has a let s say, a challenging relationship with the truth. the mistake here isn t just a pinocchio for misreporting. the stake here is that he would be under oath. so who has more to lose if the standoff does go to the supreme court? mueller or trump? you could argue it would it would be politically damaging not just for trump, but for republicans in the midterms to have a knockdown, drag out fight looming over their heads. you could also argue the president s team is truly worried he cannot tell the truth, that the only sane strategy is to avoid mueller at all costs. reminder, the president himself has been telling reporters since june that he s open, even eager to meet with mueller. we re going to dig into that strategery in a momentum. but for now, someone we know who will sit down with mueller i