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Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. This will play out. Which, as of tonight, could serve as the headline for the status of everything. Still under investigation by the special prosecutor. Unclear how this will play out. Leading off our discussion now, joyce nance, former special prosecutor. And former counsel to the mayor of New York City and eugene robinson, Opinion Writer for the washington post. Hes an msnbc political analyst. And you are a former federal prosecutor also. What do you make of the giuliani conditions for the interview . Well, in fairness i was in the Civil Division of the u. S. Attorneys office. I will say that unfortunately giuliani has become someone whose career is not going to be looked at quite the same light as it was before this because he ....
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Rudy giuliani told politico today that the trump team wants to rule outofbounds about half of what Robert Mueller wants to discuss the president. Quote, we dont want questioning on obstruction. They would have to concede that. Robert mueller would not be allowed to ask President Trump what he said to james comey about the fbi investigation of michael flynn. James comey says that the president told him, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. Hes a good guy. I hope you can let this go. The only area that the trump team would consider allowing is how donald trump and his campaign interacted with russians during the president ial campaign. A week after report ....
My view would be an admission of guilt, particularly on an obstruction charge, which is why they don t want obstruction as part of the interview. that part i believe. if there is an interview, they don t want any conversation about obstruction. i think it actually points to something that i think i will disagree with joyce on. it is one thing to say he s a subject, that donald trump is a subject of an investigation. subjects can become targets. the fact they have said he s a subject doesn t mean he can become a target, which is the very reason why they don t want him to testify. i think you re absolutely right. this entire political strategy, not legal strategy, but political strategy has been to convince the trump base that there is nothing they should be concerned about in terms of trump s behavior. here is the question i would ask anyone without regard to political affiliation. if you have nothing to hide, you cooperate. this is not cooperation. yeah. and, joyce, to that issue of ....
you know, and there is the truth of it, which is it would be extremely ill advised for the president to talk to mueller. anybody who was his attorney would say don t do it because it s not that it s a perjury trap. it s because he has a lot to be concerned about in terms of the questions he will get. he s already got inconsistent statements in the public per view. there is no way you can walk into an interview with a prosecutor with inconsistent statements, including some things that could easily and in my view would be an admission of guilt, particularly on an obstruction charge, which is why they don t want obstruction as part of the interview. that part i believe. if there is an interview, they don t want any conversation about obstruction. i think it actually points to something that i think i will disagree with joyce on. it is one thing to say he s a subject, that donald trump is a subject of an investigation. subjects can become targets. the fact they have said he s a subject d ....