what it speaks to and where it could potentially fit in to mueller s case is in order to be able to prove obstruction of justice, a key part of that is intent. well, we know from what jonathan has reported that trump has said that jeff sessions would be a hero if he sort of unrecused himself from the russia investigation. it doesn t take too much dot-connecting to figure out what trump wants here is for jeff sessions to take back control of the russia investigation in order to tamp down the russia investigation. that is certainly helpful to trying to prove obstruction. hey, jonathan, i have something i twoont play for you. this happened during nicolle wallace s broadcast today. the fbi veteran frank figliuzzi was talking about the net effect and the takeaway from today s pardon talk. we ll watch it together. we ll talk about it on the other side. we have an almost masterful strategy being executed by the president. he is picking out the crimes and
this happened during nicolle wallace s broadcast today. the fbi veteran frank figliuzzi was talking about the net effect and the takeaway from today s pardon talk. we ll watch it together. we ll talk about it on the other side. we have an almost masterful strategy being executed by the president. he is picking out the crimes and the people and the prosecutors and saying, you have no power over me. we re talking about pat fitzgerald, who was the special counsel in the scooter libby/valerie plame case. he prosecuted blagojevich when he was u.s. attorney chicago. he s saying people who were appointed by comey, special counsel, no power over me at all. jonathan, i m getting in your reading, he has it about right. we ve put together a graphic that shows all these tangential not so tangential direct connections between these cases. i looked out of deference for a rugby term to explain this, but sadly i fall back on baseball and say this touches all the
well, we know from what jonathan has reported that trump has said that jeff sessions would be a hero if he sort of unrecused himself from the russia investigation. it doesn t take too much dot-connecting to figure out what trump wants here is for jeff sessions to take back control of the russia investigation in order to tamp down the russia investigation. that is certainly helpful to trying to prove obstruction. hey, jonathan, i have something i twoont play for you. this happened during nicolle wallace s broadcast today. the fbi veteran frank figliuzzi was talking about the net effect and the takeaway from today s pardon talk. we ll watch it together. we ll talk about it on the other side. we have an almost masterful strategy being executed by the president. he is picking out the crimes and the people and the prosecutors and saying, you have no power over me. we re talking about pat fitzgerald, who was the special counsel in the scooter libby/valerie plame case. he prosecuted blago
and brigitte. behind the scenes, it is a very different story. a source telling cnn the president s lawyers are preparing for all possibilities. sources say they re not worried about michael cohen flipping opinion listen to sarah sanders dance around the question. it s hard to close the door on something that hasn t taken place. i don t like to discuss or comment on hypet this kalg situations that may or may not happen. i would refer you to personal attorneys to comment on anything specific regarding that case, we don t have anything at this point. this president has already pardoned scooter libby. is president trump sending a message with all this pardon talk. i want to get to our breaking news straight off. george h.w. bush inintensive care tonight.
problem is that trump has not been able to demonstrate thus far that he can protect you, either. we start at the beginning, look at all the different people that he s fired. even if i am a trump loyalist. even if i think that russia is absolutely flimsy nonsense and createddy bsh hence the pardon talk. he s got to be able to provide some more support for the people who are willing to take bullets for him and right now he s not that good a shield. his entire life, he s a 72-year-old man, the way he s actually gotten things done is by stomping his foot, kicking down, making people cower, because he s the chief executive, he s the sole proprietor of essentially a family-owned business and you work for him, so you do what he says. then he comes to washington and he tries doing that to mark meadows. he tries doing that to paul ryan, tries doing that to mitch mcconnell. well, hello, mr. trump, there are people here in washington who have equally as big egos and they don t work for yo