is, it s because that specific individual is the one you trust to do what you need done with regard to this special counsel investigation and the russia investigation. jill, what is to you the most compelling piece of evidence of obstruction here? is it the writing the talking points for don jr.? the meeting with that russian lawyer who was offering dirt on hillary clinton, and him essentially composing the talking points? is it the firing of jim comey? or could it be the attempt to keep the attorney general in place? it s so hard to pick any one thing. because each one of them is a compelling piece of evidence. and it is really when they fit together how bad it is. and i would say that one of the reasons that he wanted to keep the attorney general sessions is because he knew that sessions had also lied in terms of concealing his meetings with the russians so that he had something to protect as well. and to conceal. and might therefore cooperate
compelling piece of evidence of obstruction here? is it the writing the talking points for don jr.? the meeting with that russian lawyer who was offering dirt on hillary clinton, and him essentially composing the talking points? is it the firing of jim comey? or could it be the attempt to keep the attorney general in place? it s so hard to pick any one thing. because each one of them is a compelling piece of evidence. and it is really when they fit together how bad it is. and i would say that one of the reasons that he wanted to keep the attorney general sessions is because he knew that sessions had also lied in terms of concealing his meetings with the russians so that he had something to protect as well. and to conceal. and might therefore cooperate even more in helping protect trump and his family from any further disclosures. so there s another reason for him keeping this particular attorney general as the attorney general. go on. there are so many of these
world will want to hear. we see charlie pierce, writer at large for esquire. donald trump has threatened to sue before, threatened to sue tim o brien, threatens all the time, doesn t follow through that much. if you re omarosa, who knows donald trump, she knows he makes threats, she says she s got a story to tell. do these threats and does this book incentivize someone like omarosa to be next in the door with a book? absolutely. and one thing to keep in mind, this guy hasn t been president for a year yet. he s being snowed under by tell-all my 35 minutes in donald trump s white house. it s pretty amazing. this is what richard painter, chief ethics lawyer for george w. bush, had to say about the idea of donald trump trying to use a lawsuit threat to keep the book from being released. there is no way they re going to be able to stop publication. no way. this is not russia.
attorney general of the united states before him and make him testify? to the grand jury? are you asking me? yes. no, there is no person who is above the law. we proved that during watergate. the president is not above the law, the attorney general is not above the law. the president had to answer a subpoena. and believe me, we were worried about who s going to serve the subpoena? and if the president refuses, are you going to send in marshals to gather the evidence? that s a little tricky. it s one thing to send them to manafort s house to gather the information and to serve a subpoena. but going into the white house, you can t just walk in. so but you can subpoena the attorney general, and he can be forced to testify. i m going to ask you another question, frank, about some of the things we ve learned in this book, but don mcgann, is there anything white house could do, executive privilege they can utilize, to try and stop robert muler from being able to
the president who may have their own ax to grind, or aspirations of writing a book about their time in trump world. i ve seen things that have made me uncomfortable, that have upset me, that have affected me deeply and emotionally, has affected my community and my people. when i can tell my story, it is a profound story that i know the world will want to hear. we see charlie pierce, writer at large for esquire. donald trump has threatened to sue before, threatened to sue tim o brien, threatens all the time, doesn t follow through that much. if you re omarosa, who knows donald trump, she knows he makes threats, she says she s got a story to tell. do these threats and does this book incentivize someone like omarosa to be next in the door with a book? absolutely. and one thing to keep in mind, this guy hasn t been president for a year yet. he s being snowed under by tell-all my 35 minutes in donald trump s white house.