but the republicans aren't allowed to get to that point with donald trump. what we've seen is they're going to make the case that it's not proven, it's secondhand information, you weren't in the room, donald trump didn't explicitly ask you to do this, it was rudy doing this. the problem with that, nicolle, is it requires republicans to suggest that only donald trump speaks the truth. a man who said he was going to show us his taxes, a man who claimed he won the popular vote but illegal votes were counted, a man who said mexico was going to build the wall, a man who suggested a hurricane was going to hit alabama and used a sharpie to try to convince the nation he was telling the truth. that is the truth that republicans are having to claim to the nation as the only truth, and all of these corroborating witnesses somehow are lying. and if that is the position they take, they're affirming fiona hill's warning and bob mueller's