Stories of democrats who worked with the russians in the 2016 campaign. President then turned his attention as i mentioned to Attorney General Jeff Sessions. This is important when you consider that this is the individual recused from an ongoing probe of potential obstruction among things and donald trump saying its too bad that sessions recused and then asked an intelligent question. The reporter asked donald trump to compare Jeff Sessions to the previous administrations Attorney General eric holder under obama and donald trump said this. I dont want to get into loyalty but i will tell you that i will say this. Holder protected president obama. Totally protected him. When you look at the things that they did, and Hold Proer Tekted the president. And i have Great Respect for that. Ill be honest. I have a little more on that in a moment. Trump also asked here in this very newsy interview whether he would order the justice
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dollars beginning when he was a kid, the million dollars by the time a year by the time he graduated from college. and the most significant things later in life have to do with the ways in which the trump family evaded estate taxes by messing with the valuations of properties that fred trump passed on to his kids so as to avoid when you say messing with the valuations, is that what normal people would call lying about your money? well, the times says that in many cases this involved outright fraud. i think they don t make that statement likely, you had multiple reporters investigating. but it had the effect of shrinking the estate tax bill for fred trump s estate from more than $500 million to about $50 million. the second thing that happened was that there were ways in which he was shoveling money to
that s a 30% cut and save another $4 million plus on the estate tax bill eventually. i m joined by david kay johnson, journalist who founded d.c. report.org and and also joining me john harwood of cnbc and veteran of many call interviews with ol tirns. i m curious what john thinks from that perspective. first to you, david. your thoughts on this interview? well, i think this is an extraordinary interview that shows you a lot of things about donald. works in word salad because his mind is salad. there s no focusing on any issue and knowing anything in depth. it thoroughly establishes how donald makes things up. he doesn t know jack about taxes. his own account and told me that. i had lunch with donald. he couldn t follow the tax advice and giving him. he just makes stuff up.
donald trump just told the new york times tonight that he does not have an understanding of the bills. i know taxes better than the greatest cpa. i know the details of health care better than most, better than most. i know more about the big bills than any president that s ever been in office. president really wants you to know he knows a lot about the tax bill and must know under this tax bill many people in the middle class and the working class actually will see their taxes rise. and according to new york times, he would save about $11 million on his taxes. that s a 30% cut and save another $4 million plus on the estate tax bill eventually. i m joined by david kay johnson, journalist who founded d.c. report.org and and also joining me john harwood of cnbc and veteran of many call interviews with ol tirns. i m curious what john thinks
it was more than $1,700 behind on her state tax bill. if that was true, if she was convicted of charges for writing a bad check, i can t tell whether this is just a charge that was dropped or a charge she was convicted for, that would be something that would be admissible against you in a court of law. very problematic and telling. a crime of moral turpitude. the jury would hear all about it and say you can discount her testimony because this is someone you shouldn t believe because they have a loose relationship with the truth. they have criminal issues. they should not be trusted. that s why you are being told if you don t have health insurance, you ll have to pay a big fine. you re not getting your refund this year. we ll take your obama care fee, your tax out of your refund. you have to deal with these navigateo naviga navigators. where are protections provided to americans under