Rothman, chair of africanamerican studies at Princeton University eddy glove jr. And shannon petty piece. Joe, so we start its only monday and we begin that way. Right. Well, yeah. And of course you didnt show the rest of the tape where we kept explaining to donald trump that putin assassinated political opponents and assassinated journalists just didnt seem to care. Didnt matter how far we pushed him. That was revealing. That was in december of 2015. I remember i think it was somebody over at the National Review said that may have been the most telling interview of the entire 2016 campaign. I think they were right. It was because it suggested there was something untoward in that relationship with putin. And that, of course, moves us forward not only to whats happening in russia, not only with franks remarkable reporting about corruption from Paul Manafort and how oligarchs and russians connected with manafort and manafort with the campaign, but also whats happening later on capitol hi
With Stormy Daniels may be putting the president in further legal jeopardy. Were learning this from a piece out tonight in the Washington Post coauthored by carol leonnig, who joins us in just a moment. She and her colleagues write, quote, giulianis media blitz to convince the public that neither donald trump nor his lawyer had violated the law by paying a porn star to keep quiet about an alleged affair might have backfired, giving investigators new leads to chase and new evidence of potential crimes, legal analysts said. Giuliani made statements that speak to trump and lawyer Michael Cohens intent an important aspect of some crimes and he made assertions that investigators can now check against what they have already learned from documents and witnesses. His comments to Media Outlets underscore a growing tension for the white house. The fbi investigation of cohen presents a legal problem for the president that his own lawyer might have exacerbated. Today the president acknowledged for
House . Well, yeah. You know, there may not be a cloud, but certainly the president is somewhat embarrassed frankly. Kelly later explained what he meant by embarrassed was distracted. Thats actually what he meant to say, not embarrassed even though he said embarrassed. Muellers critics didnt admit it. It was trumps own words that put him in the crosshairs of this criminal investigation. It was one year ago today that trump admitted to lester holt of nbc that he fired former fbi director james comey precisely because the fbi was looking too closely at his connections to russia. He admitted this. Lets watch. But regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey, knowing there was no good time to do it. And in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a madeup story. This conversation between him and himself must have been interesting. Furthermore, weve seen every indication that Robert Mueller has moved forcef
The president keeps calling the Russian Investigation a witch hunt. Do you think its a witch hunt against the president . From what i read in the newspaper, something that has gone on this long without any real meat on the bone suggests to me that there is nothing there relative to our president. Is there a cloud because of it hanging over this white house . Yeah, you know, there may not be a cloud, but certainly the president is somewhat embarrassed, frankly. Well, kelly later explained what he meant by embarrassed was distracted. Thats actually what he meant to say, not embarrassed, even though he said embarrassed. Anyway, muellers critics didnt admit it was trumps own words, lets face it, in part that put him in the crosshairs of this criminal investigation. It was one years ago today that trump admitted to lester holt of nbc that he fired former fbi director james comey precisely because the fbi was looking too closely at his connections to the russia. He admitted this. Lets watch.
President trumps lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to reshape the narrative about his dealings with Stormy Daniels may be putting the president in furtheq legal jeopardy. Were learning this from a piece out tonight in the Washington Post coauthored by carol8eae leonnig, who joins us in just a moment. She and her colleagues write, quote, giulianis media blitz to convince the public that neither donald trump nor his lawyer had violated the law by paying a porn star to keepm quiet aboun alleged affair might have backfired, giving investigators new leads to chase and new evidence of potential crimes, legal analysts said. Giuliani made statements that speak to trump and lawyer Michael Cohens intent an important aspect of some crimes and he made assertions that investigators can now check against what they have already learned from documents and witnesses. His comments to Media Outlets underscore a growing tension for the white house. The fbi investigation of cohen presents a legal problem for the p