Indicted. The president believes when this report, once it is submitted and becomes public, once it clears him, the president will use that to make the case that hes been vindicated to the entire thing, its been a ridiculous pursuit that amounts to a de facto coupe. You heard him say Robert Mueller wasnt elected the same way he was. It doesnt work that way. Thats the position the president is trying to make as he tries to shape Public Opinion through his tweets and public statements. Notable also the president when asked directly if the white house would cooperate with the investigations, and the requests for documents by white House Democrats, the president turned to an attack on as he has before, the investigations being conducted by the house. Thats right. And hes using the same approach with the criminal, the civil, and the congressional investigations to him and his family and his personal and business affairs. Casting it with a wide brush to call it a witch hunt, even though they
Associated editor of the Washington Post and msnbc political analyst, Eugene Robinson is with us this morning. So take your pick, joe, of the top stories. I want to hear about moscow mitch. Can Congressional Democrats get on the same page . Nancy pelosi meets with aoc this morning. Good news there. This as one of the house speakers top lieutenants comes out in support of impeaching the president. Plus, Congress Takes action on one front and definitely does not on another. The house passes a sweeping spending bill while Senate Republicans block Election Security legislation just hours after bob mueller testified. In case theres any doubt about russia, which there should not be, a new report from the Intel Committee shows just how aggressive moscow was and how unprepared the u. S. Was to deal with it. You know, well talk about that in a second, but willie, the most shocking thing about this is that Robert Mueller testified that not only did russia try to interfere with our 2016 election