obstructed justice? i think they re really left with the nixon argument made in the memo. it essentially boils down to if the president does it that means it s not illegal. i think they re making that argument because they know at this point in the investigation muller has collected a tremendous amount of evidence. they re t goibe able to say trump didn t take the actions he knows he took. they will dispute somewhat that he said what he said to comey, but no one believes the president in a decision whether he or jim comey is telling the truth. i doubt they are going to be able to dispute any real way his motive when they get down to the end of it because they re going to have all of these people who he complained to about comey, all these people who he complained to about jeff sessions, his public comments to laelts abolester holt about why was firing comey. plenty of evidence. what you re left with is the legal argument if the president does it, it can t be illegal. i think the thin
he provided cover for this very controversial act. the idea ten days later he turned around and was suddenly out to get the president makes no sense. i think what happened is he did what any good prosecutor would do. there are two things. he did what any new prosecutor would do. he saw the memos come out, comey s memos of obstruction of justice. he needed to do something to clean up his own reputation after signing offer the memo. he appointed jim comey bob mueller a. bob mueller. it had nothing to do with getting out after the president. it had to do with disturbing facts that came to light. what do you make of the idea of the sort of public musings about presidential interview with bob mueller that jay and rudy aren t there yet? they seem to we ve heard this from the legal team for months now, we re a week away from making a decision, week away from making a decision and it continues to drag. but rudy has even said he doesn t want it to happen before
documents for the special counsel and there is not, and he can t rush it. and mueller doesn t appear to be susceptible to that kind of rushing anyway. and rod rosenstein, i have to say i know him from maryland. he s a total straight arrow. he s a republican. and he s not going to be pushed either. i think he s made that clear over the last two weeks. so, the most stunning thing that to me came out of giuliani s mouth was that this was a play by rosenstein to steam roll the president. why even in their minds i don t know if you want to spend a lot of time there, but why even in their minds would donald trump s appointed dag have a strategy to steam roll the president? especially if you think back in the time line of when rod rosenstein appointed bob mueller, it was a week, week and like ten days after the president fired jim comey which rod rosenstein had signed off and recommended. rose e rosenstein was a member in good standing of the president s administration.
the interviews that rudy giuliani is now doing and the contradictions he s presented, the fact of the matter is it is not a crime to lie to the press. how could all of the statements be used in a courtroom? it is true it is not a crime to lie to the press. what is interesting, the president is tweeting at the same time. there are specific statements by the president that can be used. we re also gaining insight into their strategic thinking and so individuals who are related to the campaign can be at some point potentially questioned and say, you know, this statement was made, you know, the president fired jim comey because of x, was that true. what is your understanding of that? it is not a crime to lie to the press. it is certainly problematic i think for the american people. it is definitely not a crime. and at the end of the day, i think that the president, there will be real questions about there are so many versions of events now, this is really unusual as well. often times you
say that he wasn t a target of the investigation. he s entitled to that. hillary clinton got that. and he couldn t get that. i know james comey. i know the president. sorry, jim, you re a liar. a disgraceful liar. for those of you who know giuliani, this kind of thing is par for the course for him. more so in recent years, after he ceased to be mayor of new york. but this has even surprised a lot of people the things he s saying. comey said he ensured trump he wasn t the focus of the investigation but the president insisted he put out a public statement, a request that comey, the head of the fbi, refused. i would imagine the american public would appreciate it that the head of the fbi doesn t get pressured into doing things by the president. the administration has put out a few different iterations of why the president fired jim comey. half year, the white house first said comey was fired based on a recommendation, a memo, basically, by deputy attorney general rod rosenstein about th