The latest Political Developments of the day and interviews with top newsmakers are featured. Order is, territory now. And i wonder if theyve had a chance to explain to the president what you reported last week, that under this beefed up postenron witness tampering law, he may have more exposure than he understands. They seem to be leaning on a First Amendment defense, which is not going to hold up if your reporting holds up hes being scrutinized for the way these fit together. What Rudy Giuliani said today is this is ridiculous, the clip you played. The Idea Obstruction by tweet. He said it was bizarre and idiotic and there was nothing to it and the president can express his opinions. The thing about the president and obstruction and collusion, you know, interference or whatever you want to call it is the president usually focuses on the russia question. He says, this is a witch hunt. There was no collusion. He repeats that over and over again. The thing is that does the president rea
corrupt intent. and this notion that it s laughable or ridiculous that you would have obstruction by tweet is actually laughable and ridiculous. the tweets are just simply statements. and any lawyer worth his salt knows that any statement by a potential defendant can be used against him. mimi rucker said that. if this was a debate there have been many people for months and months and months who have gone on television including me, saying stop tweeting because these tweets are going to be used against you. that defense doesn t go anywhere, you pointed out the first amendment defense doesn t go anywhere. of course, you can t use the first amendment as a shield to commit crimes. but this in and of itself is not obstruction. it s remarkable in many ways not the least of which as mike just pointed out, jeff sessions is not overseeing this investigation. so if he wants it to end, he should call out rod rosenstein to do it. but i m not sure that that is