that he did it because of the russia investigation. donald trump in essence was in a way admitting to obstruction of justice on national television. now the question is whether that will be politically muddied by the effort to discredit comey. that s what the white house s strategy to get out of trump s own ignorance is all about. right. and the other point, maya and nick, that comes up so often is oh, donald trump won t criticize putin. he ll criticize everyone but putin. i think this year amends that. he ll criticize everyone but putin and bob mueller. which is extraordinary when you think about it. there are other efforts, as howard mentions, by people who are empowered by trump, who work with or for trump, who are attacking mueller. but i m going to show you a lot of the comments he s made this year. he is unusually careful when asked about this one powerful man. take a look. have you thought about or considered leading to dismissal of the special counsel? anything that bob mue
the special counsel to begin with, especially the dramatic firing of james comey. and the same to lester holt on our air, that he did it because of the russian investigation. donald trump in essence was in a way admitting to obstruction of justice on national television. right. now the question is whether that will be politically muddied by the effort to discredit comey. that s the white house s strategy is all about. and the other point is donald trump won t criticize putin. he ll krcriticize putin. i think this year amends that, which is he will criticize everyone but putin and bob mueller. i m going to show a lot of the comments he s made this year. he s unusually careful when asked about this one powerful man. take a look. have you thought about or
his ignorance led to the special counsel to begin with, especially dramatic firing of james comey and saying to lester holt on our air he did it because of the russia investigation. donald trump in essence was in a way admitting to obstruction of justice on national television. now the question is whether that will be politically muddied by the effort to discredit comey. that s what the white house s strategy to get out of trump s own ignorance is all about. other point that comes up, donald trump won t criticize putin. everyone but putin. i think this year amends that. criticize everyone but putin and bob mueller. extraordinary when you think about it. other efforts, people empowered by trump or work with or for trump attacking mueller. but show you lot of the comments made this year, unusually careful asked about this one powerful man. take a look.