whether or not they were federal election donations by member of the team isn t going to be an availing strategy. e we saw that with the interview with joy. now we have seen republican senators and house members push back as an effective strategy. david, do you agree and do you think we ll see more and more criticizing bob mueller? as was mentioned, it s certainly ab attempt to see how the strategy may play out. this pr strategy to take mueller down. none other than ken star himself touted mueller s character and what an incredible legal team he s put together. so when they aren t on the same
the latest tactics team trump is using to try and undermine the russia investigation. plus, precious metal. how russia is reaping the benefits after interfering in our elections. and just put it down. by giving your smart phone a bedtime could make you better rested, less depressed, funnier, beloved by children, and pets, and whatever else. this is mtp daily, and it starts right now. good evening. i m chuck todd here in washington. welcome to mtp daily. if everyone cluds, then everyone is corrupt. so shut mueller down. be a pay treat and give donald trump some money. folks, that line of argument appears to be part of the strategy behind mr. trump s escalating war on bob mueller s russia investigation, which is now officially entering its second year. with 19 indictments, five guilty
probe a fraud and after it was indicated he took notes on interactions with president trump and gave them to mueller, the president claimed he fabricated the memos. they may corroborate james comey s claims of obstruction which is perhaps why the president called james comey a liar. the president called mueller s probe a witch hunt, too. while using a hefty bit of disinformation to make his case. he twisted the findings of the house intel committee seemingly to discredit the investigation and credits the justice and department, and outside counsel called for the justice department to shut mueller down. and nbc news is confirmed the president is hiring a lawyer whose publicly suggested that the justice department framed the president. again, all of these attacks against the special counsel, all of these developments have happened in roughly the last 72
great to have you with us. president trump being cautioned by democrats and republicans to layoff robert mueller, the special counsel. that is after the second straight day of the president mentioning the special counsel s name twice. during a defensive and accusation filled weekend of tweets from the white house, these are the messages just today from the president. denying collusion with the russians and attacking james comey and andrew mccabe, calling them liars saying mueller team has zero republicans even though robert mueller himself is a republican. the weekend tweet storm and mention of robert mueller by name have some dedeucing that the president is ready to shut mueller down. two republicans in the senate say that would be a disaster. well, as i said before, if he tried to do that, that would be the beginning of the end of this presidency because we re rule of law nation. talking to my colleagues all