Negotiating the terms for a special counsel talk. On the table, breaking efforts by team trump narrowing the questions mueller can ask him. Later the president raising the spectrum of spies in his campaign and how the claims match up to the facts. Another big question about the summit with north korea. Will it even happen . We begin with talks of the special couns president talking to Robert Mueller. What have you learned about this . Gloria borger and i have learned that the president s legal team is trying to narrow the scope of any special interview with the special counsel and narrow it to russiarelated matters that occurred before trump was elected president. Now, our sources are telling us that in order to try to avoid a standoff, one possibility theyre thinking about is limited trump interview plus written answers to questions that special counsel clearly wants to ask about things happening during the president s time in the white house, like obstruction of justice. We know that
The president can put himself above the law. And pardon himself. Kaitlan collins is at the white house. Exactly 500 days after the president took the oath of office, and lets begin with the issue of president ial pardons. The president , his team has been talking about it all weekend, and now the president is talking about it. Reporter yeah, poppy. Not exactly the message that republicans want out there shortly before the midterms, this is what the president is going with this morning, maintaining he is above the law and he could pardon himself if it came to that, saying that it has been stated by numerous legal scholars, i have the absolute right to pardon myself, but the president adds, why would i do that when ive done nothing wrong. He goes on to talk about the special counsels russia investigation saying it is a neverending witchhunt that is led by 13 angry and conflicted democrats. So here, poppy, the president is maintaining that he could pardon himself if he needed to, but he d
Understand by now the department of justice is not going be extorted. Plus, two of Scott Pruitts top aides quit amid growing ethics investigation. And trumps former doctor says he was raided by trumps longtype bodyguard. Well, all his medical records, pictures, anything they could find. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Special counsel Robert Muellers 49 questions for the president of the United States leaked to the New York Times reveal the scope and the seriousness of the legal peril the president now faces. That might explain why the president and his staff set to work today to try to mislead the public about muellers questions. Questions which cover both, both the president s efforts to interfere in the justice departments investigation and the numerous established documenteded contacts between his associates and russian operatives. The president tweeted first thing this morning, so disgraceful the questions concerning the russian witch hunt
Top aides quit amid growing ethics investigation. And trumps former doctor says he was raided by trumps longtype bodyguard. Well, all his medical records, pictures, anything they could find. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Special counsel Robert Muellers 49 questions for the president of the United States leaked to the New York Times reveal the scope and the seriousness of the legal peril the president now faces. That might explain why the president and his staff set to work today to try to mislead the public about muellers questions. Questions which cover both, both the president s efforts to interfere in the justice departments investigation and the numerous established documenteded contacts between his associates and russian operatives. The president tweeted first thing this morning, so disgraceful the questions concerning the russian witch hunt were leaked to the media. No questions on collusion. Oh, see. You have a madeup phony crime, coll
Shes there in washington with all the latest for us. Shannon. Shannon yes, this decision was 72. But its important to note that the majoritys opinion may be more narrow. Writing to the majority. Justice kennedy pegged the decision in favor of Christian Baker on comments from commissioners who heard the case first. One of those commissioners liked the claim to people who used the same reasoning to support slavery and hau holocaust. Kennedy wrote this, quote, this sentiment is inappropriate for a commission charged with the responsibility of fair and neutral enforcement of colorados antidiscrimination law. It is important to note that kennedy suggested more broadly, the legal issues in this case are not exactly over. He said future disputes will have to be resolved with tolerance, without disrespecting religious beliefs and not subjecting guy people. I would expect another big case. They didnt solve it in the mind of a lot of people. Another topic, the president talking about whether he