Page 3 - Attack Mueller News Today

>> yeah. whats sketchy about that? nothing. just coincidence, you know? lets talk about sarah sanders. she was press secretary during key periods that muellers team is studying. we learned today that she was questioned by muellers team. what information do you think theyre looking for from her? >> well, a number of times, you know, she would go out, whether it was trump tower, ties that others on the campaign had, lies that the president kept getting caught up in around the payoffs he and cohen ...

To attack mueller, to dangle pardons, then shes also a potential obstruction of justice witness. >> national emergency. the president declared one today. theres an invasion at the border. in the same breath, though, almost, he said he didnt need to do this, and just wanted to get it done faster. what is congress going to do about this? were you like, wait, did he just say that? >> well, don, the president will be met with a phrase that he is probably quite familiar with, which is, well see you i...

Wikileaks during the campaign. and theres more. weve learned today that muellers team has interviewed white house press secretary sarah sanders. hopefully she told them the truth because thats not exactly her forte lately, her style. and theyre likely to have asked questions about the statements she made on the podium defending the president on the russia investigation. were going to have more on all of that mueller news coming up. but weve got to talk tonight about our national emergency beca...

I think his strategy that he had months to plan is to try to talk his way out of this. i dont think thats going to work. but it seems to be his approach so far. al least until a judge tells him to shut up. he can try to talk his way out of it. theres a more specific strategic reason hes doing interviews. he needs money. hes trying to portray all of this as a witch hunt and raise money in order to defend himself. what he -- jake tapper mentioned one of stones rules, attack, attack, attack, and ne...

Comsate fco compensate for theirs. >> why would they continue to help donald trump, though, after the election? hillary clinton already lost so why bother with the president? >> this is just an opportunity to drive a wedge among us, again to sew doubt, discord and discontent about the efficacy of our very institutions about the rule of law. >> so a good way to do that is attack mueller. and theyll -- i mean they have messages for everybody in the campaign, whether its black lives matter, white s...

In capitalizing and exploiting the polarization and divisiveness in this country. second of course was to do all they could to damage hillary clintons candidacy, and to help when he became serious as the nominee, help donald trump, but the first primary objective, sew doubt, discord and discontent, has continued and will continue to do so. this is how the russians can exploit our weaknesses and compensate for theirs. >> why would they continue to help donald trump, though, after the election? th...

Believe that mueller should be allowed, even if you dont think he should have been appointed, that mueller should be allowed to continue his investigation and not be attacked every day by the president. you can actually believe those two things. >> laura: no, i dont think its helpful to attack mueller every day. and i dont. i tend to look at what they produce. after 18 months -- and youve got this guy in a vice grip for 18 months, this? i mean, unless those reductions are really, knock your sock...

You can also believe that mueller should be allowed even if you dont think he should have been appointed that mueller should be allowed to continue his investigation and not be attacked every day by the president. you can actually believe those two things. >> laura: i dont think its helpful to attack mueller every day. and i dont. i tend to look at what they produce. after 18 months. you got this guy in a vice grip for 18 months. this? i mean, unless those redactions are really like knock your s...

I think whether or not this criminal justice reform bill happens in this lame dumb -- lame duck or some point down the road, were headed down that direction. >> he wants the president to pick up the phone and call mitch mcconnell to tell him to do that. >> there are people inside the white house trying to push this, notably jared kushner, who is the big driver when it comes to the bill were talking about, mitch mcconnell told kushner according to a white house official, in september-ish, dont do...

House. don mcgahn cant count on any loyalty from the president, which is all the more reason that don mcgahn knows he should tell the truth in detail when hes talking to muellers team. the president speaking out of two sides of his mouth when he tries to claim theyve been so cooperative with the mueller investigation. its true that they chose not to fight what would have been probably a losing battle in the courts over executive privilege, but at the same time, trump has done nothing but attack ...