That. It doesnt involve me, but i still feel, you know, its a very sad thing that happened. This has nothing to do with russian collusion. This started as russian collusion. This has absolutely nothing to do. Its a witchhunt and its a disgrace. Harris the president also claimed a double standard in the charges against his former attorney tweeting. This. Michael cohen pleaded guilty to two counts of Campaign Finance violations that are not a crime. President obama had a big Campaign Finance violation and it was easily settled. But democrat leader nancy pelosi says, quote the guilty verdicts are further evidence of the rampant corruption and criminality at the heart of trumps inner circle, end quote. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts. John, day two of this and a lot of movement. Yeah. And still a lot to talk about. First of all, let me just reflect back on what you illuminated in the president s tweet about obama Campaign Finance
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making to the american public and they cite all of these investigations as evidence of that. i m not saying they re right. i am saying that a lot of americans look at washington and think washington is a corrupt place. it s a place where legal bribery exists through campaign contributions, dialing for donors, money has infected it and they might look at donald trump and think, donald trump is just doing what everyone else does, he s just much worse at covering it up. do republicans find themselves in a better position because americans don t trust washington or do democrats find themselves in a better position because americans don t trust washington? it benefits republicans that trust in congress is so low and terrible right now and what i hear constantly from trump supporters is, you know, i might not like the behavior but what about that i wants.
to be a negotiation as you know with mitch mcconnell, chuck schumer. hopefully that is a negotiation. would i like to hear from them? certainly, personally, i would like very much to hear from them. i think it s striking that the president who says he s innocent we in michigan, common sense says to us, you know, if you re innocent, you run to the mic, you bring your friends, you let them testify. you make it clear, you make your case. this president has blocked every single one of the people you re talking about from coming before congress and answering questions. he certainly doesn t sound very innocent. personally i would like very much to hear from them. i don t know how this will flow. there s a lot of factors in here. but certainly it would be interested in that. if i might if you don t mind mentioning something else that is related to what we re going to hear while this is going on in january. yesterday on the floor, one of