Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. You just heard his account of the tape. Did you actually hear the tape . I did. Did you miss this girl, did you read my book . A few other highlights from the book, she claims she walked in on President Trump and his lawyer, michael cohen, and the president was eating a piece of paper as if trying to hide it. She also says he had a tanning bed installed in the white house. The president himself has not commented on the book but his administration dismissed it out of hand saying in a statement yesterday, this book is riddled with lies and false accusations. Eddie, let me start with you. Here we are talking about this book. How much import do you give this, what shes alleging in this book, the racist components to this presidency . Its just the latest evidence, but i wants just salacious talk. We shouldnt give omarosa toosm
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and if they ve already developed a view of the case, it s a very difficult decision to decide to sit down your client with u.s. attorneys because if they have a different view of the case than the investigators, then the investigators have already decided who s liable, who s done what, and they will think your client is lying. so it s very important to keep the obstruction separate from the underlying investigation. i also think it s important to remember the double standard that s happening here. there are thousandings of kids and young people on rikers island jail in new york city, hundreds of children who have been separated from their parents, being wlisi iwhisked o the country during their hearings. they don t have the luxury of choosing which crimes they ve been accused of. these guys are playing with they say equal agency. they re showing their extreme privilege and luxury to be able to play at lawyering at this level. i would call it presidential privilege and luxury rese