so this is something on going. why tweet about it this weekend. because we re getting close to a second conversation on that front. so jeffrey toobin, you re a lawyer, do you see anything interesting or does anything raise questions about the timing of that tweet, the decision on scooter libby as the attention on michael cohen has gotten more intense? this is always the biggest challenge in law enforcement. which is to determine intent. what was the president s intent? is it just a coincidence that he pardoned scooter libby outside of the normal pardon process in the department of justice, that he pardoned joe arpaio outside of the normal process that he suddenly is talking about jack johnson and with a posthumous pardon, is that a message to michael cohen and paul manafort, hang in there, don t worry, the calvary that is a pardon is on the way. it depends on suspicious a turn of mind one has and there is
here and now i m more suspicious of x. as an investigators what does this mean to him. bob mueller is one of the best prosecutors in the country and one of the best investigators in the country and he is as cool as can be and would take this in stride. and so i know someone like bob mueller wouldn t take it personally but i think what he would take it as, he would want that evidence from the people who have come forward to understand what was said and who said who did what and again it goes to the question of what was the president s intent when he fired comey, when he tried to stop sessions from recusing, all of those pieces. so i think mueller is he s extraordinarily good at what he does. he will take this in stride. and i almost believe that he probably expected this or something like this. but yes, it is obviously strange to be the lead prosecutor and find out that the president of the united states has been trying to fire you. given that maybe it is