Michael flynn. End the investigation. Im joined noud by ken dilanian with nbc news it, Natasha Bertrand who covers is the russia probe with the atlantic and jill winebanks, all three of you, i want to know what you make of these two witnesses being called, comey already and sessions very soon. And then the president. Chris, what i think this shows is mueller is accelerating sat ob struskz justice aspect of the probe. The three pillars of this investigation, it looks like the Obstruction Case is going down the track further and faster than the collusion and Money Laundering. Theres a lot we dont see but the obstruction witnesses we know who they are and what stories they have to tell. Its not a surprise that comey is a key witness. Whats surprising to me is its happening now and seems like its speeding up. Natasha, explain how you see what kind of a case mueller is going to make here with these hot witnesses now. It seems like ken said hes moving more quickly along the obstruction path.
probe. it compares how people feel about the president s handling and how the special counsel bob mueller is handling. mueller comes out on top 50% there. 50% approve of how he is handling it versus 30% who approve of how the president is handling it. trump s approval rating has gone down four points. that 20-point gap about how each man is handling the russia investigation is huge, not only is mueller hitting the 50% mark, this is an uptick over the last couple of months that we have seen despite the rudy giuliani and donald trump on slot to ruin his credibility. when this comes down to a report gets issued and giuliani said they will issue their report, trump versus mueller, clearly in the eyes of the american people mueller has the advantage. one thing i want to point out independent voters.
robert mueller is likely feeling pressures of his own. prosecutors among themselves have a cliche. if you are going to aim at the ki king, you better hit him. e perts say mueller s potenti potential damage to the president trump could go on. they say that the move that mueller could make which would really shake donald trump, a potential indictment of a member of trump s family like donald trump jr. or jcpared kushner an looking at whether they have been truthful with investigators. mueller so committed to being a prosecutor, he often hasn t lasted long in the private sector in his career. that s right. he is dogged about public service. in his entire tire career he has taken two breaks to take high-paying jobs as a private lawyer. they have lasted no more than a couple of years.
something which sessions will take and find as evidence for him to stay on his job rather than force him to resign from that position. it s an interesting point. you could say there s even evidence it backfired because after all jeff sessions pursued these aggressive investigations despite the presumed reaction of the president. sam, another issue for jeff sessions, george papadopoulos contradicts sworn system by jeff sessions regarding a possible meeting between president trump and vladimir putin. the following coming from his sentencing memo. while some in the room rebuffed george s offer mr. trump nodded with approval and deferred to mr. sessions who appeared to like the idea and stated that the campaign should look into it. here s what he said.
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