did you want to say something? how long will it last to be cleared of white house influence? the opinions in case law are on our side. take a look at the meyers case. where the court said not once but twice, there is no such thing of a claim of a blanket immunity. that s a claim an administration with make, but not case law. that won t hold up. you confident the district court in d.c. would handle it? who am deliver what you consider just? i hope the courts see that every institution of our government framed over the course of hundreds of years through sweat, blood, and giving of their lives will say this is too important of a time to allow this amoral president to tear down whether it s judiciary or rule of law, coequal branches of government. i hold out hope that the
information, he would show up anyway. that s probably right. what would nixon have been able to do? it s not clear he would have been able to do anything. there is a difference. began got that memo. he literally got the memo. he is torn. from the office of legal counsel. under the control of william barr. doesn t that tell you something? hold on. there is an important point here. i don t want to be an a poll gist. in the 15-page letter, t partie many administrations serving a similar type of immunity to preclude congress from talking to senior officials in the administration. what mcgahn has to do is abide by the law. what congress has to do is challenge that blanket assertion. it has to be adjudicate and mcgahn won t be torn. how long that will take? that s the good question.
original concerns related to russia that started the special counsel s investigation in the first place. after initial reports last week stoked in part by the president himself that he might be considering a pardon for paul manafort, following his conviction in virginia, tonight gabriel sherman reports at vanity fair .com that the president is so committed to the idea of pardoning paul manafort now that he is willing to do it even over the objections of his white house counsel don mcigan. the president has said he is considering bringing in a new lawyer to draft a manafort pardon if mcgahn won t do it. in that context tonight, the wall street journal reports that he was trying to do a deal. manafort who would not flip. manafort, the guy going all the way to trial of not once but twice, the one guy implicated in the trump/russia scandal who absolutely would not do a deal with prosecutors and was praised by the president for that, manafort has apparently trying
why won t you say anything about john mccain? mr. president, do you have any thoughts at all about john mccain? do you believe john mccain was a hero, sir? guys, let s go. nothing at all about john mccain? that s just weird, right? he just got asked several times today many opportunities. it was very clear. he just looked straight ahead when asked about john mccain. it is a layup. saying something nice about john mccain is about the easiest thing any american could possibly do today. it would come easier than most of your normal errands. but president trump refused to leave a statement that would have called mccain a hero. instead he said my deepest sympathies and respect go out to
vanity fair .com that the president is so committed to the idea of pardoning paul manafort now that he is willing to do it even over the objections of his white house counsel don mcigan. the president has said he is considering bringing in a new lawyer to draft a manafort pardon if mcgahn won t do it. in that context tonight, the wall street journal reports that he was trying to do a deal. manafort who would not flip. manafort, the guy going all the way to trial of not once but twice, the one guy implicated in the trump/russia scandal who absolutely would not do a deal with prosecutors and was praised by the president for that, manafort has apparently trying to do a deal with prosecutors. according to the reporter at the wall street journal, manafort s defense team started conversations with mueller s prosecutors about a potential plea deal while the virginia jury was deliberating over manafort s fate in his first trial. quote, paul manafort s defense team held talks with prosecut