Trump dictated his sons misleading statement on the meeting with the russian lawyer. It says that while lawyers wanted the statement to be truthful, there was a change of course at the president s direction. The post is reporting trump personally dictated the statement on air force one while flew back from germany while he had met with putin the first time. The peace reads in part the extent of the president s personal intervention in his sons response, the details of which have not previously been reported adds to a series of actions that trump has taken that some advisers fear could place him and some members of his inner circle in legal jeopardy. It goes on to quote peter zidenberg, the deputy special prosecutor who investigated the george w. Bush administrations leak of cia operative Valerie Plames identity. Thats saying a lot. Heres the quote. The thing that strikes me about in is the stupidity of involving the president. They are still treating this like a familyrun business. And
Story here tonight. Something else has come up as it often does in the form of a Washington Post story. Indicating the president may be in greater legal jeopardy than first imagined. The headline is this. Trump dictated his sons misleading statement on the meeting with the russian lawyer. It says that while lawyers wanted the statement to be truthful, there was a change of course at the president s direction. The post rgs is reporting trump personally dictated the statement on air force one while flew back from germany while he had met with putin the first time. The extent of the president s personal intervention in his sons response, the details of which have not previously been reported adds to a series of action that is trump has taken that some advisers fear could place him and some members of his inner circle in legal jeopardy. It goes on to quote peter deciden berg be the deputy special prosecutor who investigated the george w. Bush administrations leak of cia operative valerie p
Possible way with the special counsel, tax payers spent millions and millions of dollars, it is not yet proven any sense of collusion with the russians. I think the American People are ready to turn the page is he setting the stage for firing bob mul kper. No, no theres no way hes going to fire him . Theres no conversation in the white house. None whatsoever. You guys keep bringing that up. We have cooperated in every single possible way of that investigation. Okay. Well republicans led by the president s stepped up their attacks on the fbi mueller. Just in the last week, democrats say they are seeing a pattern. You see a concerted effort out of the white house to undermine the investigation, i really hope our republican colleagues will not join in subverting that process and trying to end this investigation. The question is, what are they afraid of . What is the white house afraid of . Lets let them finish the job and get the facts. And the president s legal team has reportedly due to