years. i had so many side bars before judge ellis, i can t remember them. i had seven trials. in that sidebar, here s what i think was said. rick gates is providing enormous information to robert mueller s office. enormous. you don t have a sidebar like that for 15, 20 minutes. you don t put it under seal. he is providing a lot of information, in my opinion, on the campaign, the convention. remember at the convention something was withdrawn from the platform. he may know why they did that. the inauguration. and i think he worked for a time for the trump lobby group after president trump became president. that sidebar is under seal for a reason. so when i look at this and i wonder to myself, this feels like the entire the entire court case feels like a sidebar to the mueller investigation. the larger investigation into russia. i keep asking myself, and we
i just hope we can just dial it back a little on the poo lepolemics. dean: if i were a betting man i you would bet against it michael moore was going to surrounds the capitol with a million other people if that happens. dolls that change anything? ed: no. dean: doesn t change a thing. ed: republican also have the votes. abby: he has every right to do it. if he wants to protest, by all means go do that it a great point, dean, does this change the outcome and does this change the president s ability to put someone in that he feels is best in that position? ed: sure, think about how much time the resist movement and protests have spent on let s kick sarah sanders out of a restaurant. do silly things that are side bars and don t really get at the heart of what this country is all about. now with the retirement of justice anthony kennedy michael moore and others are saying folks, wake up, stop the nonsense, this has gotten real.
reporter: good morning, alisyn. this is what the president does, stepping on his own message, distracting from his own agenda with often shocking side bars into dark places, including the conspiracy zone. it has become habitual behavior, on full display the last 24 hours. president trump in missouri touting what could be his first major legislative win. these massive tax cuts will be rocket fuel. reporter: but any traction is being overshadowed by wild stphultss, inflammatory tweets and long debunked conspiracy theories, raising questions about his competent. a source close says mr. trump is doubting his decision to acknowledge that president barack obama was born in the u.s. trump believing he would have done better if he continued to peddle his birther conspiracy.
12th and not the side bars. you did not answer my question. are you going to answer the question? it is an incredible question to ask. i didn t understand it. and if she is telling the truth, what should happy to roy moore? sure. if who is telling the truth? if ms. corfman is telling the truth? well, in an objective setting if someone is telling the truth in that situation, the process would bear itself out, and i don t know the question that you are asking me as far as intent, but my question is very direct. if she is telling the truth, and she was 14 and he was 32 and he sexual ly assaulted her, it is very clear that is my question. what should happy to him? i think that this is my response to you, if she is not telling the truth, what should happen? that is not my question. i understand what you are saying, and any objective setting if someone is molested there is an opportunity to evaluate that. if someone is falsely accused, there should be an opportunity
have side bars, you go in camera, you talk to the judge. you don t talk before the jury. in this circumstance, there s a jury, it s the american public. america is the greatest dmok snit world on free election system, unintervened in by government officials and particularly law enforcement things, folks, it s what holsd us up around the world. we look more like eastern european nation or a latin american country with the chief law enforcement person coming out and making statements that can affect the results of an election. so congressman it s wrong and it s not american. you are not, at least going as far to say that you think he s being politically motivated. you think he s being excessively careless. words he used in the past. you respect him, but he went too far here. are you going too far calling for his resignation when you ve praised his work in the past? this is such a turning point with the presidential election