it was much lengthier, which i think caused some of us to speculate that all of these delays related to some juror issue, but the jurors are all back. there s been no further discussion of the reason for the delay. testimony is ongoing. the other intriguing thing that happened today was about sealed testimony about some rick gates testimony that could have to do with an investigation that is still ongoing. when we consider what investigations are still ongoing that rick gates might have to do with, we re looking at the larger special counsel investigation into the russia probe. what do you make of that testimony being put under seal by the judge? well, that came after an objection when the defense asked rick gates if he was asked questions by the fbi about his role in the trump campaign. and so at that point there was this sidebar where no doubt they discussed the scope of rick gates cooperation. it would not surprise me if he wasn t providing information about the time that he
Exculpate trump junior. if you try to rob a bank, it doesn t matter whether or not you re successful in robbing that bank. glenn, one other thing, the washington post editorial board is saying enough s enough. time for mueller to bring out the big guns. it s time for him to subpoena the president. glenn, what do you think? katy, i don t know that bob mueller can subpoena the president because an i worked for bob mueller, he was my chief of homicide right here in d.c. we re governed by the policies of the department of justice. and ordinarily we don t subpoena targets of an investigation. why is that? because a target of an investigation by definition has a right against sel self-incrimination. you don t become a target unless the investigators are looking to indict you. so we don t know that he s ripened into a target but if he has ripened into the target, then doj policy would say bob