evidence in the mueller report, and we re finding more and more instances where this just isn t the case. and it s starting to look like, you know, having desperately tried and failed to make a legal case against the president, you made a political case instead. you put it in a paper sack, lit it on fire, dropped it on our porch, rang the doorbell, and ran. i don t think you reviewed a report that is as thorough, as fair, as consistent as the report that we have in front of us. then why is time of the gentleman is expired. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. director mueller, let s go to a fourth episode of obstruction of justice in the form of witness tampering, which is urging witnesses not to cooperate with law enforcement, either by persuading them or intimidating them. witness tamper is a felony punishable by 20 years in prison. you found evidence that the president engaged in efforts, and i quote, to encourage witnesses not to cooperate with the investigation.
reported that trump s long-time body guard, keith shiller, testified to congress that on the day of their arrival to moscow, a russian offered to send five women to trump s moscow hotel room. he told members of the house intelligence committee that he laughed at the offer and said, we don t do that type of stuff. he and trump laughed about the offer. he then testified that he stood outside trump s hotel room for a while and then he went to bed. one source telling nbc news that he testified that he couldn t say for sure what happened during the remainder of the night. how should we think about this revelation? joining us now is julia anzly, nbc national security and justice reporter. julia, let me ask you about this new news. i don t know how to fit this all together but in terms of nbc s understanding of the time line here, it sounds like the president s assertion that he wasn t overnight in moscow just isn t the case. that seems to be the case and obviously that was already an asser
they told him? shame on the lawyer. i can tell you from my standpoint we knew what they were telling him privately late last year and we were thinking, wait a second. there s no indication this probe is going to wrap up soon. what about in a few months from now when that s very clear not the case. here we are, brooke. and the lead attorney is leaving. at the same time, shame on the client. this is a person, the president how do you deal with a client who does not listen, who directly attacks by name on twitter the lead investigator here, bob mueller, to dismisses counsel s advice? you don t take that client as a client. which is why you saw all those famous named attorneys declining this representation. thanks but no thanks? john dowd did the best he could. i believe, pam, you re right. except i believe they said, mr. president, under best circumstances, this is the way we go. i don t think these guys would say it s foregone, we re done at thanksgiving. maybe they emphasi
stage and took selfies with them and even showed them how. now if you re not thinking about the possibility of a run, you wouldn t do that. and he loved it. so, i said, it could possibly be. i went to his christmas party a couple of years ago and he took selfies with all of us. no. he s out of the political realm so to speak. and he stood with 700 students. i got you. and shook their hands, made a personal connection and took selfies. that said something to me. okay. let me hit pause on this. let me bring in mj lee with breaking developments on all things stormy daniels. mj, you have been in touch with some of her friends. i want to hear about that first. stormy daniels attorney is now demanding that the trump organization preserve documents related to her nondisclosure agreement. what do you know about that? well, what michael avenotti is doing right now is essentially building the case for their lawsuit. this is a significant development because this letter was sent to t
lawyers about conducting an interview with the president. moments ago, the president repeated publicly yes, he would like to talk to bob mueller. reporter: would you like to testify to the special counsel, robert mueller? dowd s departure comes 11 days after this complimentary tweet from the president. he wrote the failing new york times purposely wrote a false story stating that i am unhappy with my legal team on the russia case and am going to add another lawyer to help out. wrong. i am very in big capital letters, very happy with my lawyers, john dowd, ty cobb and jay sekulow. they are doing a great job. we start at the white house with our reporter there. why did dowd leave? reporter: well, the president saying publicly he s perfectly fine with his legal team but that just isn t the case here at the white house and dowd s departure really signals that.