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A news and interview program, anchored by Erin Burnett. Client, the president , sit down with the Special Counsel. You will recall the latest proposal from mueller willing to limit the number of questions about obstruction of justice. They made clear they wanted to ask the questions in person. They want to limit the questions in person to events that happened before he was inaugurated as the president. That doesnt seem something that mueller is willing to budge on either. The president is at odds with his legal team. He believes if he gets facetoface with Robert Mueller he can prove his innocence and that that interview can bring all of this to an end. The president s legal team has made quite clear they do not think this is a good idea. They are advising their client against it. One of the president s attorneys put it best today when he said ultimately this final decision w ....
File a motion to quash. that is filed with the district court and court of appeals. a subpoena for live testimony has never been tested in court as to a president of the united states. there is a lot of language, articles and precedent against that. so he could do it, mueller. he could fail. it would take a lot of time and that really hurts mueller if he loses. i think it does because as long as the subpoena battle is open he will not want to say i closed the investigation. it will take a long time. although i think that the outcome is that mueller will win, we don t know. there is always litigation risks. so here is the other thing. the issue of the president wanting to do an interview. there are different schools of thought, him saying it as bs or means it. he has said it. here is what he said. are you going to talk to mueller? i m looking forward to it, ....
And the people in the rest of the world are not going to believe what the president has to say. but i also want to go back to something michael crowley said where i have a slightly different perspective on it. the saturday night massacre started because archibald cox gave a press conference, did something very rare for a prosecutor, and he went public saying, the president has made me a compromise offer, and i cannot accept it. and here s why. i have a right to the tapes. it s important evidence, and i cannot accept his compromise. and here s why i need it, and here s why i have a right to it. and i think the same thing could happen here where mueller might have to go public and say, i need the president s testimony, and this is why i need it and why i have a right to it. and i do believe that if it goes to court, the supreme court will ultimately say that the president must submit to a subpoena. so he will win in court. mueller will win, and the president will lose and will look worse ....