charges are. why? because they have been put under seal by the court. politico points out, quote, the new charging document filed in federal court in washington could be a superseding indictment adding new charges or even new defendants to these charges filed against manafort and gates last october. joining me now, professor university of baltimore school of law kim whalely. what is behind door number one? it could be a superseding indictment. the original indictment against manafort and gates had unnamed accomplices mentioned in the indictment. they had entities known as company a, company b in the indictment. so the prosecutors the first round let some stuff open. they mentioned tax evasion and wrongdoing without actually charging those crimes.
trump? in trump s mind, he often cares far more about how it s perceived on television. this is something he is it is a feedback loop, particularly with fox news where he ll see something, react to it. he ll see the reaction and good from there. he cares a lot about the public relations war. people around him have tried to caution him to say look, you have far more legal concerns than how it s playing on television. certainly mueller cares very little about how it s being perceived on cable. kim, let s go back to the question raised by robert. the notion that trump is somehow rather mueller is waiting around for trump to talk to him. why on earth would mueller expect trump to give him information that was true? i mean, i don t understand why he is waiting around to get an interview or an interrogation of trump. is it to catch him in a lie? because he is not going to get help by the guy in his own prosecution. why would trump help want to help mueller prosecute him and kick hi
mueller. delaying that decision until mid-june. joining me now is the co-author of that report in the washington post, robert costa who is an msnbc political analyst. jonathan lemire of the associated press and also msnbc political analyst. kim whalely is former assistant u.s. attorney and an nbc think contributor. let s go now this question of robert. the difference between the mueller operation which is very equality, very secretive, very disciplined, and the white house operation, the legal team led by giuliani, how would you compare the two? totally different worlds. you a prosecution team and mueller a federal team. they stay hidden behind public view. they want to work in a discreet way as they pursue different lines of inquiry. the president, you have someone who comes out of this culture scene in new york where he was in the tabloids all the time. he is complaining to his aides