mueller s team also raised the prospect of drafting a report on any findings in the obstruction of justice part of investigation. the president has denied any collusion or obstruction. the president has not settle on whether or not to talk to the special counsel. the white house won t say if trump is still committed to speak under oath to mueller. the president is working in conjunction with his legal team and making a determination. i refer you to them. fearing a trap, some say he should talk to mueller if he has nothing to hide. if you did not rob the bank, there is no reason for you not to sit down is that talk to the fbi with the bank robbery. if you have nothing to hide. sit down. assuming a fair prosecutor, and i think mueller is, sit down and tell him what you know. all this comes as roger stone, a long time confidante of president, is facing new
as usual o. testifying on capitol hill, we re getting a better idea what sort of jeopardy president trump could face in the special counsel s russia investigation. let s to go our senior congressional correspondent with the very latest what are you learning? today the white house would not make any commitmentes about whether president trump would be willing to meet behind closed doors and talk under oath to robert mueller s team. this despite the president repeatedly saying in the past that he would be willing to do so. and at this point, trump may not be the target of this investigation but he is now being told he is the subject of one. tonight cnn has learned that during negotiations between president trump s team and the lawyers, they said trump is not a target of the investigation. at least for now.
happening now, breaking news. follow the rubles. cnn has learned that the special counsel s team is stopping wealthy russian, asking them if they gave illegal cash to the trump campaign. this as we re also learning what the president s lawyers know about the investigation of mr. trump as robert mueller closes in. previewing the hack. cnn has uncovered audio of trump ally roger stone boasting anti-clinton information would be revealed by wikileaks before it happened. more questions tonight about stone s links to the founder of the group that published e-mails stolen by russia. troops to the border. the trump administration says national guard forces will deploy near mexico immediately without offering specifics or a price tag. what s behind the sudden urgency? and stormy s deal maker.
parameters of an interview. the preference of the special counsel for it to be under oath. trump s legal steam arguing for more of a written format. justice department guidelines say a sitting president can t be charged with a crime. so is this mere lay technicality when they say he is not the target of an investigation? well, it is a technicality but one meeting behind it. he is will not the just a witness and a bystander in all of this. they have him as some sort of subject of this inquiry of value to them. i think anybody who is sort of thinking, this is going to end with the sitting president of the united states being indicted, i think that would be the most unlikely, extreme ending to this entire scenario. i don t think that was likely in the cards from the get-go here. they usually issue a report and give it to the congress. the house has to decide whether
i think you re right. i think generally speaking, though, a whole bunch of people in industries no industry willingly regulates itself and he s still pretty tied to it. should someone who s been a career lobbyist for 30 years turn around and be the regulatory body against that industry? no. but i think there s gray area. when the president delivers his first formal state of the union address tomorrow, he s going to be performing one of the most familiar presidential rituals. even though president trump doesn t do anything the way his predecessors do, there have been many memorable moments. here are just a few of them dating back to franklin delano roosevelt. as a nation, we may take pride in the fact that we are soft hearted, but we cannot afford to be soft headed. this administration today here and now declares