Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Or distorted what happened in the election campaign. But what is Donald Trumps core point that he wants to say even more than no collusion, no collusion, no collusion . It didnt change a vote. So this is a problem. So if they had stepped up their game in 2016 and the Obama Administration was asleep at the switch, maybe they did change some votes. Trump is not stupid well, i wont say stupid or not. Trump wants to deny that russia could have had an influence in 2016 and theyre saying russia could well have had an influence. I understand that some of us are being too cynical about this briefing, but again without the president on it, how do you take it credibly. If makes a big difference. If it were the president , it would be Something Else. The white house continues to want to say and they say this repeatedly, this administration has been toughe
like that. they have all of these other evidence. does he actually need the president or is it just a nice addition? i think he needs the president because i think he doesn t have a very strong obstruction case. in my view, the idea that the firing of comey is an obstruction of justice, even if he fired him to protect himself, is not a correct explanation, analysis of the current law. so i think he has unless he s got something else, unless he s got hush money dangling pardons in exchange for not telling the truth. something more than just sentiment. yes. and really that all goes back to it s not directly on point but the arthur andersen case which the mueller team should know about because andrew weissman was the prosecutor. the supreme court 9-0 rejected andrew weissman s broad view of what corrupt conduct is in the context of an obstruction statute. that s a 9-0 opinion. let me ask you this.