Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. Other reference in the whole Paul Manafort trial to his time on the Trump Campaign. This thing i previously mentioned about him maybe offering the job of running the u. S. Earl or the a Bank President who approved the loans for him. Thats the only other reference in the Trump Campaign thus far. Two days ago out of the blue, the manafort defense lawyer asks rick gates, did mueller ask but your time in the Trump Campaign . The prosecutor gets up and objects. The judge summons both sides to come to the bench. He flips on, i kid you not, the White Noise Machine which is a real thing. So the jury and the spectators hear crashing waves instead of the conversation. None can hear whats being said. They have this long private communication. We know it is long because we know it takes six pages to
transcribe. But we cant see the pages because they are sealed. Now, we do know after that bench conference, whatever happen there, the
theater. and i think this could be a very powerful learning moment for most americans if this plays out in a way in which they realize how dramatic and damning this report is. it is the most i think damning report that s ever been presented for a sitting president, i think that that s been lost on the public. and i think strategically it will really hinge on how wise judiciary and intel are in stage managing robert mueller s appearance. yeah. let s talk about just sort of what the content could actually be, maya. jim comey has given his thoughts on what should be asked of michael cohen. just to give you a few of them, he would like to see mr. mueller ask did you reach a judgment as to whether the president committed obstruction of justice crimes, did you find substantial evidence that the president had committed obstruction of justice crimes. for example, did you find the president directed the white house counsel to call the acting attorney general and tell him the special counsel m
overarching questions, collusion, whether or not there was obstruction, whether or not mueller found any proof of russian collusion or conspiracy by people either close to the president, the president himself, to collude with the russians with regard to the 2016 election. another question, obviously, that we expect bill barr will have to answer to congress is whether or not mueller asked to subpoena the president. we know that the president never gave a sit-down interview with mueller. the question is, did mueller ask for a subpoena, to subpoena the president and what happened to that? that s going to be a big question. again, bill barr is required to tell congress if he rejected any request requests from bob mueller and how detailed is this report? it makes it more difficult. the more detail in this report,
other reference in the whole paul manafort trial to his time on the trump campaign. this thing i previously mentioned about him maybe offering the job of running the u.s. earl or the a bank president who approved the loans for him. that s the only other reference in the trump campaign thus far. two days ago out of the blue, the manafort defense lawyer asks rick gates, did mueller ask but your time in the trump campaign? the prosecutor gets up and objects. the judge summons both sides to come to the bench. he flips on, i kid you not, the white noise machine which is a real thing. so the jury and the spectators hear crashing waves instead of the conversation. none can hear what s being said. they have this long private communication. we know it is long because we know it takes six pages to
away from representative nunes and his colleagues in the house and he can make it himself. i m going to have that conversation with the president right now. i think it s going through the process, through the house intel committee. they feel like they should play that role at this point. if it doesn t happen, we can address it at that point. i want to go back to immigration. there s a group of conservatives in the house who believe they have a bill that fits all of the criteria that the president laid out. i m wondering what the president s thought are on the bill and would he support congress passing that and would he sign it. i believe it addresses the principles that we ve laid out and would be something that we would support. john? thanks. the president on a few occasions has spoken of special counsel robert mueller s investigation as a witch hunt. poking didly on your team. he used that same phrase today when asked about it. did mr. mueller ask the president to submit to a