two men. which is why michael cohen is so scared. remember, he hasn t been charged yet. but he is being double teamed by investigations in the southern district of new york and by the mueller investigation. two things we know about paul manafort. mueller thinks he is a stone cold thug. this no-knock warrant, the three superseding indictments and now trying the send him to jail today successfully. mueller thinks manafort has the goods on somebody and he is trying to make him spill it. all right. phil rucker and harry litman thank you for getting us started on a friday. when we come back, the audacity of liars. fact checking donald trump and rudy giuliani s lies about the inspector general report. also ahead, the travesty of children being separated from their parents. new reports on who is to blame for the crisis at the border. it isn t the bible. and trump s love for authoritarian leaders and their grip on power. we ll be right back.
to political impeachment he will be able to muscle through. he also appeared on fox and friend. you are getting at the intersection of the legal strategy and the pr campaign. i am. let s watch him talking about that interview, which is still something on bob mueller s wish list. then we will talk about it. rudy says you should not talk to mueller. a lot of people say that. look given the ig report and stuff that s come down. they are getting people who say something a little bit off. is it a nice day? you know, no it s not a great day. oops, he lied. got problems. people are afraid of that. i would like to talk. but it seems to be very biased. so the reason rudy giuliani doesn t want him to talk, and he said this on george stephanopoulos s program, and the reason his friend don t want him to talk is they know he is a pig fat liar, they said it on tv. with which would get him into trouble in terms of obstruction or perjury. or they know he might tell the truth, which
for him over the last 24 hours. one trump ally told me he is worried the president will go too far in using the inspector general report as a weapon against mueller s probe. apparently, trump s lawyer, rudy giuliani does not share that concern. that should end it. the ig report basically tells you that both prongs of the mueller investigation are either corrupt or answered. the second one, the obstruction of justice i mean, this report is a complete and absolute explanation of why comey had to be fired. so how can it be obstruction of justice? every reason for firing him is laid out here. he usurped the power of the attorney general. he leaked information illegally. i believe that rod rosenstein and jeff sessions have a chance to redeem themselves. and that chance comes about tomorrow. doesn t go beyond tomorrow. tomorrow, mueller should be suspended, and honest people should be brought in. what? they have been so outrageous we need to debunk the lies and
misleading statements one by one right now. first the time the ig report tells you that both prongs of the mueller investigation are corrupt. the reality, this investigation has nothing to do with the trump investigations. this report has nothing to do with the mueller investigations. why comey was fired, insubordination and leaguing. but the president of the united states offered four different excuses for firing comey. insubordination and leaking don t make the top four. the last, mueller should be suspended and independent people brought in. happened months and months and months before mueller was appointed. the investigators criticized in the report were purged by robert mueller more than a year ago. and joining us at the table, evan mcmullen, former cia operative, independent candidate for president.
president trump trying to take back the news cycle. it s ban minefield of triggers for him over the last 24 hours. one trump ally told me he is worried the president will go too far in using the inspector general report as a weapon against mueller s probe. apparently, trump s lawyer, rudy giuliani does not share that concern. should end it. the ig report basically tells you that both prongs of the mueller investigation are either corrupt or answered. the second one, the obstruction of justice i mean, this report is a complete and absolute explanation of why comey had to be fired. so how can it be obstruction of justice? every reason for firing him is laid out here. he usurped the power of the attorney general. he leaked information illegally. i believe that rod rosenstein and jeff sessions have a chance to redeem themselves. and that chance comes about tomorrow. doesn t go beyond tomorrow. tomorrow, mueller should be suspended, and honest people should be brought in.