He is the president of the united states. We can assert the same privilege as other president s have. Are you confident the president will not take the fifth in this case . Oh, how can i be confident of that . On the campaign trail, trump said, no one who is innocent would plead the fifth. The mob takes the fifth. If youre innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment . The former mayor is vowing to protect the president from a perjury trap set by mueller. They dont have a case on collusion or obstruction, which is why theyre asking these questions about, what do you feel . What do you think . Ill walk him into a prosecution for perjury, like Martha Stewart did . Every lawyer in america thinks hed be a fool to testify. Ive got a client who wants to testi testify. New questions about Michael Cohens role as Donald Trumps fixer and whether he maintained a secret slush fund to make damaging stories disappear during the election. Did Michael Cohen make payments to other women for the pre
Who should be concerned of what mueller knows. The russian leader or our american president . We got again this morning, this afternoon really, we got extra order morning meeting in helsinki, a oneonone summit. Putin standing next to the president of the United States, really with the upper hand going first of his prepared remarks saying he did not interfere of the u. S. President ial election and astonishing statement from President Trump on just who he believes is responsible for attempt to undermine the 2016 president ial election. Both countries are responsible. I think the United States have been foolished. I think we are all foolish. The probe is a disaster for our countries. It kept us apart and separated. There was no collusion. It was a clean campaign. I beat Hillary Clinton easily and frankly we beat her and i am not even saying from the standpoint. We won that race and it is a shame that there can be a little bit of a cloud over it. The main thing that we discussed is zero c
Shared, and he knows nothing about wikileaks, which he cold a tre called a treasure trove in 2016. Along with joanne willie, we have moork barnic have mike barnicle, we have John Heilemann wikileaks. White house correspondent for pbs Newshour Yamiche slalcido is here with us. Do you have the clips . All the times with wikileaks . Its called a deep tease. The sunday before super tuesday claimed to know nothing about david duke, claimed to know nothing about the klan. In 2000 he said he wouldnt run on any ticket that would run on a ticket with david duke. In the wikileaks comment that ran again and again in 2016. When the president throws around terms like spying, much of the country simply tunes out. When attorney general does it, its a whole different story and now the Justice Department is reportedly concerned about partisan allies of the president using William Barrs phrasing to suggest that something illegal occurred. Oh, are they. An attorney said barr was not trying to provide con
Gathered evidence late last year about President Trumps role in silencing women with hush payments during the 2016 campaign, mr. Trump called Matthew Whitaker, his newly installed a. G. , with a question. He asked whether jeff berman, the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york, and a trump ally, could be put in charge of the widening investigation. Thats according to several american officials with direct knowledge of the call. The times also writes this, mr. Whitaker, who had privately told associates that part of his role at the Justice Department was to, quote, jump on a grenade for the president. Knew that he could not put mr. Berman in charge since mr. E er e berman had already recused himself from the investigation. The president would soon sour on whitaker as he often does with his aides and complained about his inability to pull levers at the Justice Department that could make the president s many legal problems go away. The news that President Trump may have trie
Hes a very fine man, and he should be given a lot of thanks by our nation. Well, the reason these new details are so important according to the times is because they reveal the extent of an even more sustained more secretive assault by mr. Trump on the machinery of federal Law Enforcement. Joining us now to take a closer look at this blockbuster report is New York Times Justice Department reporter katy benner, who contributed to the article. Good to see you. Thank you for being with us. This is intriguing. Thanks for having me. Lets put this into context. The president spoke to according to the New York Times reporting spoke to his attorney general at the time, asking if somebody friendly to him at the Attorneys Office in new york could handle this case. Give me the context around this. Sure. I think this really helps us get inside of Donald Trumps head. He believes that Law Enforcement and that the Justice Department and that basically everybody in the executive branch exists to help