A news and interview program, anchored by Erin Burnett. Client, the president , sit down with the Special Counsel. You will recall the latest proposal from mueller willing to limit the number of questions about obstruction of justice. They made clear they wanted to ask the questions in person. They want to limit the questions in person to events that happened before he was inaugurated as the president. That doesnt seem something that mueller is willing to budge on either. The president is at odds with his legal team. He believes if he gets facetoface with Robert Mueller he can prove his innocence and that that interview can bring all of this to an end. The president s legal team has made quite clear they do not think this is a good idea. They are advising their client against it. One of the president s attorneys put it best today when he said ultimately this final decision will be up to president trump. Thank you very much. At the time and we can evoke privilege. When it comes to the q
so why shouldn t he believe that robert mueller this is what trump does. this is his m.o. if you sit down with me i can convince you of anything because i wrote the art of the deal. i know how to do this. i think in his own mind he wants to square off against mueller. before we go, i want to ask you about the manafort trial. manafort s lawyer asked gates if he had four extra marital affairs. the attorney says gates lied about the affairs mueller would rip up the plea deal. do you think gates lied to mueller? i can t base my opinion on anything i may know confidentially. i will tell you that it is highly unlikely he did because of the enormous amount of