Turned out he wasnt a very good lawyer. I dont know how you can impeach somebody whos done a great job. When you see mueller with the conflicts, hes so conflicted. Comey is his best friend. Considering a proposal to let states use federal money to buy guns for teachers. But lets begin today with that extensive interview that even by President Trump standards is extraordinary. In it, he dismisses the law. He excuses fraud that rips off the american taxpayer. And suggests that the economy depends on him being president. And thats just for starters. Weve got a great team here to break it all down for us. But we have to start with the details of that interview itself. The president sitting down with Fox And Friends Ainsley Ernheart yesterday for 22 minutes and turning on Michael Cohen so completely now. Dismissive of the man he employed for more than ten years. He was a lawyer for me for
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A roundtable ensemble discusses and debates the days news. It. But by then, its already taken us back. Thats what troubles me with how theyre doing this. Dana juan, do you want to weigh in . Juan i would love to. First and foremost, there is no deal. Cohen spoke in open court and said what he said. He has no deal with mueller. He has no deal with the Southern District of new yorks federal prosecutors. He made a plea deal because he understood and said he was guilty of having committed these crimes. And then named the president as someone who had directed him to make these payments. What we have learned today in terms of what american media, the National Inquirer has done, that he was involved in an effort to cover up these things, jesse, in advance of the campaign, that these payments were made in cooperation with the Media Company to protect the president. Interesting language in there. They said this was basically a tripwire so that they would learn of anybody who was coming to poten