year and they still went ahead and did it. i just think that you know there is probably one thing that members of congress liked leading to. precedent and norms like they just kind of we don t know they apply right now. bob, you said that the senate is not required to have a trial even if the house impeaches, explain. the constitution is very limited in what it says about the impeachment process. there are certain norms that have been followed, the senate learned early on there was not enough votes on a motion to dismiss to convict bill clinton but the proceeding was taken to it s conclusion. it is not inconceivable that the
to take it up? that is a real pressure right now on mueller that i don t think we have seen. it is the first time it really feels strongly. look, this is, we need to move on because this is bad for the country, it is hanging over everything, the president s ability to do foreign and domestic policy, congress to function, this in particular and because it relates so directly to congress, creating a whole other level of pressure we have not really seen yet. if you re going to decide the president s fate, there is that line of when is it time to wait for november of 2020 versus no, deal with it now. i think that is a real important debate, every month that we go forward into 2019, more candidates are starting to talk about debates an campaign
changing stories, there may be a reason they have to change their story, their client is not telling them the truth and they re learning more. it is fairly typical for defense council. so the information is circulating in the defense team overall. we also know that manafort s lawyers were communicating with bob mueller, so yes, they are learning things they may not have heard directly from president trump. if mueller has this, and i think this is what you hear from members of congress and i even heard on the republican side, it is sort of like we have to get on with this. one way or the other. this is incredibly serious. will we wait another six weeks
for them. we would have to have at least 20 senate republicans going against the president. this does potentially change things. we don t know what was really said or not said. they are able to quirk this report. if something comes along this line, testimony to congress is as inherent in what the house of respects does. it s that they don t have to wait for mueller to get into that. they have to make sure to not conflict, and i think you re right you see a lot of results from the rank and file system. president trump has, for him, been fairly muted in responding to this. there has not been denies.
knows that we all agree at a time of fantastically bad division in this country, there is one thing we all agree on. family is out of bounds. there is only one person in the country, one president in our history, that would threaten family as a tactic to make fear of somebody he calls a rat, and they should be holding him accountable. that is why i wanted to come on. february 7th. michael cohen will be talking to congress. . when will we find out? in the next week or so. if the president directing michael cohen to lie to