relationship. this time around everybody is talking about president trump, he going to pardon his son-in-law? is that something we re going to see in the beginning of the year here? i think that was part of the calculation when the president said well, i haven t looked at everything right now for flynn. but he may be pardoned. so he is basically dangling this maybe if you cooperate with me. this is a horse out of the barn there? he is already talking. he is already talking. but that s it. he has been talking the whole time. he is basically, while nixon tried to cover up, this president is tweeting out, right? and every single thing that he says, he has actually sat down with lester holt and admitted why comey was really fired because of the mueller investigation. he tweeted out and said the reason flynn distancing himself is because he lied to him and he knew he was tlieg the fbi. this president does not know what s good for him. and i m sure it s driving his lawyers bananas.
well. in fact, what you ve seen at the end of this year is more and more republicans have sort of hunkered down, even though they re still throwing stones at robert mueller, they know they can t have those stones actually land in the area of actually pulling his investigation. is that what you re hearing, that they think that s almost a firing offense for the president? yes, they do. a lot of republicans, a lot of the ones i talked to both on the staff level and at the congressional level, they don t want any parts of a firing of mueller because not just the optics and the politics, but the legalities of it, the cushion nalt of that. all of the things come together given all the other big messes they have had to deal with next year. that s not one they want the start next year with. murray a powerful comparison to watergate is nixon. of course he was pardoned by gerald ford, his successor. people always wonder was there something there in that back room in terms of the
richard nixon to defend himself. are we seeing the same pattern here? thing is an attempt at that. and firing people will be no way to get out of this particular mess for the administration as well. in fact, what you ve seen at the end of this year is more and more republicans have sort of hunkered down, even though they re still throwing stones at robert mueller, they know they can t have those stones actually land in the area of actually pulling his investigation. is that what you re hearing, that they think that s almost a firing offense for the president? yes, they do. a lot of republicans, a lot of the ones i talked to both on the staff level and at the congressional level, they don t want any parts of a firing of mueller because not just the optics and the politics, but the legalities of it, the constitutional nacushion nalt of that. all of the things come together given all the other big messes they have had to deal with next year. that s not one they want the start next y
of course he was pardoned by gerald ford, his successor. people always wonder was there something there in that back room in terms of the relationship. this time around everybody is talking about president trump, he going to pardon his son-in-law? is that something we re going to see in the beginning of the year here? i think that was part of the calculation when the president said well, i haven t looked at everything right now for flynn. but he may be pardoned. so he is basically dangling this maybe if you cooperate with me. this is a horse out of the barn there? he is already talking. he is already talking. but that s it. he has been talking the whole time. he is basically, while nixon tried to cover up, this president is tweeting out, right? and every single thing that he says, he has actually sat down with lester holt and admitted why comey was really fired because of the mueller investigation. he tweeted out and said the reason flynn distancing himself is because he lied t
here. and firing people will be no way to get out of this mess for it administration as well. in fact, what you ve seen at it end of this year is more and more republicans have hunkered down, even though they re still throwing stones at mueller, they know they can t have those stones land in the area of puling his investigation. is that what 84 arer hearing? yes, they do. i think a lot of republicans, a lot of the ones i ve talked to on the staff level and congressional level, they don t want any parts of a firing of mueller because not just the optics and the politics but it legalities of it, all those things come together in a big mess for the party, given all the other mess they have to deal with this year. a real powerful comparison to watergate is nixon. of course he was pardoned by