Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Beforehand. Rudy giulianis answer to that was, nobody can be sure of anything. With Defense Lawyers like that, who needs prosecutors . So why Hasnt Donald Trump replaced his weak, Tv Defense Lawyer who is doing a terrible job of defending donald trump . Well, there are a few real possibilities and rational possibilities for that. One is that donald trump doesnt know what good lawyering looks like and sounds like. After all Michael Cohen was Donald Trumps lawyer for years. The same Michael Cohen who Rudy Giuliani now describes this way. The way is unethical. Is a scum bag. He is a horrible person. Will Donald Trumps next lawyer be describing Rudy Giuliani that way some day . Another reason he has not been fired is that it is actually impossible to do a better job of defending donald trump. That might just be it. It is impossible to do any better than giuliani has done. He goes into Tv Interview
what you say the conflicts of interest are. so republicans will not act on a report. and that is why these elections coming up in 99 days are so vitally important, because donald trump is placing a bet that the republican party he could he could be found colluding or criminal conspiracy, abetting or even shooting somebody on fifth avenue and the republican party will do nothing about it. that is why we need checks and balances and democrats to take a house of congress for some accountability for this president. let s take a look at some of the risks involved in the giuliani tv strategy of talking so fast. today he revealed and it seemed to be by mistake that he believes rick gates, who has been indicted by the special prosecutor and is cooperating with the special prosecutor, was actually in a meeting strate strategizing how to handle the
when don jr. made as you know that day before the meeting and i think after calls to a blocked number. was that the president? i don t know. i don t know. that is a very important question about the president s knowledge about the trump campaign s attempt to conspire with russian government officials. and rudy giuliani s answer is i don t know. robert mueller probably knows. and rudy giuliani knows that robert mueller probably knows whose blocked phone number donald trump jr. was probably calling and that s why rudy giuliani said i don t know instead of a good, strong clear denial that donald trump jr. was calling his father to tell him about the russian meeting before and after the russian meeting. giuliani is right for all of us out here wondering what happened in trump tower and in the trump campaign and in the trump white
are good but to use the meetings to achieve objectives and sometimes use other means including coercion and including not meeting. the president thinks diplomacy is all about his personal relationships with these autocrats. it s not. it is about advancing america s national interests. is it possible that the president s line of i will meet with anyone and meeting with kim jong-un and now i will meet with anybody in iran, is something he believes will allow him, help him actually have future meetings with vladimir putin because he is the guy who will meet with anyone? maybe. it s a great point. you know, he most certainly seems eager to meet with vladimir putin and this new offer to go to moscow means there will be no demonstrations against trump or putin. i won t be there because i m not allowed to travel to russia. it will keep me out of the
crimea. this is why donald trump s attacks on nato that was attended by jared kushner and paul manafort possibly with donald trump s approval beforehand was about getting sanctions lifted. but nato is not lifting its sanctions on russia. so putin hopes to tear apart the relationship between nato and the united states and is trying every way he can to do that. our next guest is former ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul, who donald trump was considering surrendering to russian authorities when he was meeting with vladimir putin and possibly even discussed that. today the president said he