today on inside politics , new and exclusive reporting reveals the special counsel is asking questions about an oval office free for all, and the free yeo who pushed donald t trump. plus, hiring is solid, but new numbers fall short. does it all point to another rate hike from the fed that could crunch your credit? and the freedom caucus purges marjorie taylor greene from its ranks over questions about where her loyalties lie, to the hard right or to the house speaker. i m abbey philip in for dana bash. let s go inside politics . up first, the screaming patch at the center of the special counsel s investigation. exclusive cnn reporting gives new insights into jack smith s months long focus on that december 18th 2020 oval office meeting. the people inside that room and ses brat and legal ideas that then pushed donald trump. and cnn s caitlin pollonz is part a that report. what does this tell us about where jack smith is in the process? this reporting from a keep of us led
about whether or not the president will even sit down for an interview with mueller. and i noted that rudy giuliani slipped in the mention of a possible subpoena with laura ingraham who is herself a very good lawyer. nelson, you re nodding yes. last month i sat down and took a look at the legal precedent and wrote a piece for politico. the supreme court cases leave very little doubt that the president must comply with a crubpoena. in u.s. versus nixon, the watergate precedent, the supreme son had to provide documents in response to a criminal subpoena from the grand jury in washington, d.c. he had no ability to avoid that. 20 years ago, the supreme court again unanimously said that bill clinton had to appear and testify and give civil testimony in a sexual harassment case, the paula jones versus clinton case.
washington. sources close to cohen tell nbc news he s now looking for a new legal team, or lawyer, to represent him. one report even raises the possibility that cohen may. more likely to flip and start cooperating as a highly valuable witness for the government. nbc news reports that cohen has not yet spoken with prosecutors, but the possibility of him flipping has rattled trump s allies, who see the potential legal jeopardy for the president. in large part, because remember, the president knows the kinds of things that would be seized during a raid of cohen s home and office. also tonight, the washington post has brand-new reporting on robert mueller s continued focus on michael cohen. quote, cohen is under intensifying scrutiny from mueller who s continuing to investigate episodes involving cohen, according to a witness whtestified in to front grand jury in washington last week. a former member of the ukrainian parliament said in an interview that many of the questions he