In an investigation that implicates either me or my campaign because youre my Attorney General. Its my Justice Department and whats more, you can be a hero to conservatives if youll investigate my vanquished rival. When we meet with parliamentarians from emerging democracies we always urge them when you win an election, you dote seek to jail the losing side. Here our own president of the United States is trying to do exactly that. How big a deal is it fundamentally . Well, its a big deal in this respect. Its further evidence of a corrupt intent on the president s part. Further evidence that he may have violated the law by obstructing justice in the firing of comey. But in other efforts, as well. One of the other disturbing signs we saw just today is the president s announcement that hes going to pardon someone who had violated Campaign Finance laws by surreptitiously exceeding limits. It looks a lot like a message to Michael Cohen who may also be
implicated in exceeding Campaign Limits
one of the other disturbing signs we saw just today is the president s announcement that he s going to pardon someone who had violated campaign finance laws by surreptitiously exceeding limits. it looks a lot like a message to michael cohen who may also be implicated in exceeding campaign limits with that stormy daniels payment. and then you have the further announcement by the president that he may pardon martha stewart. another tv permanent who was convicted of guess what, obstruction of justice and lying to authorities. so he s nothing if not transparent. the problem is the fact that this is out in the open that these actions to obstruct justice don t make it any less problematic for the country or for the rule of law. the president tweeted this today. that not that it matters but i never fired james comey because of russia. the corrupt mainstream media loves to keep pushing that narrative but they know it s not true. of course, the president said he was thinking of russia whether
implicated in exceeding campaign limits with that stormy daniels payment. and then you have the further announcement by the president that he may pardon martha stewart. another tv permanent who was convicted of guess what, obstruction of justice and lying to authorities. so he s nothing if not transparent. the problem is the fact that this is out in the open that these actions to obstruct justice don t make it any less problematic for the country or for the rule of law. the president tweeted this today. that not that it matters but i never fired james comey because of russia. the corrupt mainstream media loves to keep pushing that narrative but they know it s not true. of course, the president said he was thinking of russia whether he decided to fire james comey in that infamous lester holt interview. why do you think he s saying that now. he realized he s in some legal jeopardy that much of what mueller is looking at involves the issue of obstruction. that goes to his intent. he l
mess. we ve helped to make it a mess. welcome back to hardball. that was trump during the campaign dismissing anything well, experts. them. while trump may not value policy expertise he likes a good tv permanent. given the candidates who are being considered for jobs in his administration. let s bring in our roundtable. share michael singleton, stephanie president of emily s list and alicia roscoe from reuters news service. shermichael, does he like fix his own teeth when he has a cavity. the maybe. does he fix his own plumbing? if he does like certain kinds of experts but not the big kind. there is value in having people with experience and knowledge in certain subject areas. those individuals have guided previous presidents and leaders across the board how to make the proper decisions for organizations and countries. it s interesting when you