there s some basis for this investigation. what we re asking them for, is this the witch hunt a lot of people think it is or is there a factual basis for this? i m joined by former federal prosecutor john flannery and washington-based reporter, shelby holiday. what do you think of it at this point? i was wondering if he s trying to build a case for trump as ineffective assistance of counsel. ineffective assistance of counsel joke right off the top. that s what we try to deliver for you. will you explain what that means? yes. when he was a jowrng yard dog prosecutor in the southern district a junkyard dog prosecutor in the southern district of new york, he would have seized on the statements in the case both after hannity saying trump paid for this woman and funneled it through the law firm, number one. over the weekend, there s really
strategy, but let me refer to the discussion about letting flynn go. how is he a good witness for the president if he is saying the president was asking or disrespecting him to let the investigation go? he didn t say that. he took it as direction. that s okay. taking it that way, by that time he had been fired as a prosecutor, flynn. i was told that many times, can you give the man a break. you take that into consideration. that doesn t determine not going forward with it? being precise and fair, do you view that as guilliani admitting new information donald trump did tell him to give him a break or do you see him arguing in defense of that but not necessarily a fact. i think you make rudy too complicated. i think he om has two audiences, one to tell cohen, tell the truth, as long as it is our truth and second, tell the alt-right to run the
investigation. mueller is massive and coming and these guys are desperate to have some way to fight it when the indictments or perhaps the report comes down before labor day or september. these guys are desperate and handling this incompetently. i can t imagine any trial lawyer thinking this works. the story always is, free media, you get what you pay for. these guys aren t even rolling it out that makes it effectively to those who know how these work. any of us whoever handle a case that s been visible knows a lot of what happens in the courtroom exposes a lot of people on the outside exposed to this phony pr work. shelby, john lodged a concern i made it too complicated. i ve been told sometimes that can be the problem of journalists, overthink it. make it simple. guilliani is very loose with his words and has a pattern sort of floating these balloons for
the president very sensitive about the idea he s a baby. where does that fit into these protests? well, we know the president is notoriously thin skinned and a narcissist. so the idea of a baby trump flying over westminster whilst donald trump has to be hidden away in country retreats because he was unable to have any meetings in central london is a fitting testament and a very british response to donald trump, and i m sure it will get under his skin. it s funny, you mentioned that you believe him to be i believe you said thin-skinned. babies also known for sensitive skin. assad rehman, thank you for joining us. thank you for having me. we ll be right back with some more breaking news on tonight s supreme court pick. smuggled booze and dodged the law. even when they brought you in, they could never hold you down. when i built my family tree and found you, i found my sense of adventure. i set off on a new life, a million miles away.
today when he put out a tweet, i m voting against this nominee because all of this is part of a corrupt deal made by big corporations and republicans and trump. it has nothing to do with the individual merits of the candidate, everything to do with delegitimizing the supreme court and destroying one of the most important institutions of our country. we don t know yet who this will be. if it s brett kavanaugh, it fits the litmus test to a tee. for brett kavanaugh, do through the issues, number one, roe. brett kavanaugh has given speeching praising the descent in the dca case. he did not join the opinioning upholding it when it came before the circuit. he used a speech to crazy justice roberts upholding it.