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. Mueller outlining their defenses of the president on Obstruction Of Justice. The key element of their defense was that President Trump did not know that his National Security adviser Michael Flynn was being investigated by the fbi when the president talked to fbi director james comey about letting flynn go. James comey quotes the president as having told him, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let it go. The Trump Defense team has said that it is impossible for that conversation to constitute Obstruction Of Justice because the president did not know that the fbi was then investigating Michael Flynn. But murray waass reporting that the white house memo that he read is a timeline prepared by White House Counsel Don Mcgahn showing e
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. And we already know that Robert Mueller has found links and coordination between the russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of donald trump. The meeting with russians at trump tower during the campaign shows there are links between the russian government and the campaign. We already know that when the russian government offered to coordinate with donald trump jr. To provide dirt on Hillary Clinton donald trump jr. Said i love it. Now, we have no idea what other links and coordination Robert Mueller has found between the russian government and the Trump Campaign. And we dont know whether any of those links and coordination constitute criminal conduct by anyone named trump. Weve watched donald trump on the Campaign Stage publicly try to link with the russian government and coord
would be nice. and those two spent two years talking about me going to jail for being a liar and leaker, ask yourselves why you still trust people who gave you bad info for so long, including the president? the choice that s were under scrutiny included sharing a memo comey wrote about his bizarre interactions with donald trump n one of those memos, comey wrote about being asked to take a loyalty oath to donald trump. comey also detailed the president asking him to see to it to let disgraced national security adviser mike flynn go. the substance of those memos about comey s interactions with the president would ult splitly become fodder for congressional testimony shortly after comey s firing. i hope, this is the president speaking, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, letting flynn go. he is a did guy. i hope you can let this go. those are his exact words, is that correct? i took it as a direction. this is the president of the united states saying me alone, i
mueller outlining their defenses of the president on obstruction of justice. the key element of their defense was that president trump did not know that his national security adviser michael flynn was being investigated by the fbi when the president talked to fbi director james comey about letting flynn go. james comey quotes the president as having told him, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. he is a good guy. i hope you can let it go. the trump defense team has said that it is impossible for that conversation to constitute obstruction of justice because the president did not know that the fbi was then investigating michael flynn. but murray waas s reporting that the white house memo that he read is a timeline prepared by white house counsel don mcgahn showing every step that occurred in the white house and exactly who knew what and when in what became the story of the firing of national security adviser michael flynn. murray waas reports th
publicly fears the most is obviously the obstruction of justice part. we have new reporting on that today from mari woss in the new york review of books. he says he has been allowed to read a confidential white house memo which is in the special prosecutor s possession which explicitly states that when trump pressured comey he had just been told by two of his top aides his then chief of staff reince priebus and his white house counsel don mcgahn, that michael flynn was under criminal investigation. last year the trump defense team delivered a letter to robert mueller outlining their defenses of the president on obstruction of justice. the key element of their defense was that president trump did not know that his national security adviser michael flynn was being investigated by the fbi when the president talked to fbi director james comey about letting flynn go. james comey quotes the president as having told him, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting fl