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>> i was going to say, carol made the point mueller is not going to limit himself to this list of questions. mueller is not just a lawyer. hes a political animal. hes held political appointments been in washington a long time and understands how the game works. he understands hes at risk of getting fired by the president of the united states. we should assume that im not saying i have knowledge of this, but there is every reason to believe that mueller would want to hold back the most damaging i...

To, in typical situations the whole notion that the president might not voluntarily cooperate with an investigation about our electoral process seems like political suicide. but those days are over. and as you say, the president is clearly going to his base and saying things like that, 49 questions is so many. >> youre right. >> so many topics. and you know, were no longer in normal times where that is considered an outlier. >> i think there are three reasons that there strategy is effective at ...

The lawful administration of justice and we just -- >> to take care that the laws are faithfully executed as the constitution of the united states says. >> speak of ways in which the president can behave in a normative way we would be used to, in typical situations the whole notion that the president might not voluntarily cooperate with an investigation about our electoral process seems like political suicide. but those days are over. and as you say, the president is clearly going to his base an...

Sekulow then began writing down questions that he extrapolated from the comments that muellers deputy made to him in a march 12th conversation. >> right. so this is all being channeled, this is a sort of meeting and a conversation thats then channeled through one of trumps attorneys and is now out in the public. thats how we sort of know what we currently know? >> correct. you know, a lot of people are breathing heavily, you know, this is the list, the end all, be all list that mueller is going ...

>> i want to bring in, we have carol leonnig who has a by line on that piece in the west who broke that story i was just reading. carol, what did you learn about what sounds like quite an intense meeting between the presidents lawyers and mueller? >> yes, this was an interesting meeting that seems to keep producing interesting news. it was march 5th. the presidents then lead lawyer and colawyer sat down with mueller in his office to basically talk about whether or not they were going to do the i...

Of mess with us and mess with our understanding of whats right in front of our face. >> in the end, whats going to matter more, our own sense of a general public confusion about whats really important or the results of the mueller investigation which im pretty confident are going to be directed and by the way, the president may decide not to cooperate. and mueller may decide to subpoena him but mueller may also decide not to and conclude his investigation with other evidence. >> but thats this i...

Questions. >> agreed. >> they were not provided by muellers office to trumps lawyers. what happened was, the march 5th meeting sets in motion a lot of anxiety, one trumps lawyers know that maybe mueller is game to subpoena the president. which would be a big deal. akin to the time that ken starr subpoenaed bill clinton. they also asked for more information about the kinds of questions if theyre going to consider even recommending this to their client that he sit down with these investigators. an...

Attacking mueller. i have never wants to talk to him, i never will attack them cost to do it. i am concerned that the rest of us were solo me idea that we needed to investigate whether russia hacked our election, hacked our democracy. the other channels want wall-to-wall for over a year, telling our country,al we went o war with russia as a result. now it is starting to look like thats not even in play, it was not even relevant. why shouldnt i feel lied to? >> you shouldnt be like to because thr...

I like leaks. but they discredit investigations. investigations are not supposed to be leaked by law enforcement. i always want to know though. heres the point. ignoring her isnt possible if what youre trying to discover is whether or not the russians played a role in the outcome of the 2016 election. we know for certain this investigation, whatever it is, isnt really about that. we were lied to. its about something else. so shouldnt we be -- shouldnt we pause and say wait a second. what is this...

Im not attacking mueller. i never will unless theres cause to do it. im concerned that the rest of us are sold on whether russia hacked our election or democracy. the other channels went wall for wall over a year. we went to war with russia as a result. we kind hundreds of syrians. now its looking like its not in play. why should we feel lied to? >> three members of the presidents campaign team acknowledged that they had a role in wrong doing -- >> tucker: for colluding with russia? >> we dont k...