Attack On Mueller News Today

Well, a good sunday morning, everybody. for nearly two months, we have heard little from special counsel robert mueller, nor have we heard much about mueller from president trump. they both went quiet. it is possible the silence has worked in mr. trumps favor. the midterm exit poll found that 46% of those polled disapproved of muellers handling of the russia investigation. thats of course almost exactly equal to the presidents job rating. and the republicans house vote share. just 41% approved o...

Term was extended by two years by president obama. so, he served about five years under obama, not eight. hes a republican named by a republican. okay. now, from what people have been questioned by the mueller team have said to me, including tom and mark caputo, both of whom have sat down with these guys, muellers team is professional, prepared, calm, they know the answers before they even ask the questions. their experience with team mueller is as far as it gets from screaming or shouting or an...

More missteps will land you back in jail. it is one baby step on the road to justice. >> and last question, about a minute left and the back and forth over whether or not there is an interview between the president and bob muellers team continues. i was struck by something i read in axios this week, a source with direct knowledge of the trump legal team machinations said there is no strategy behind the p.r. attack on mueller and attempted to bruise him as much as possible. in effect saying that ...

Removed, its a narrative thats followble, does that make it something the voters care more about in? >> i dont think russia will be a defining issue in november. i dont think mccabe will be. your immediate to low information voters dont know who he is and really dont care. what will be material, though, is if theres evidence the president purgers himself. you are seeing senators in particular speak up and say we need to protect mueller, but theyre being very careful about it because trumps attac...

To do? are we heading to a saturday night massacre situation, or will we see the mueller report and respond as a democracy is supposed to do? i dont think its in muellers interest or intent to stretch it out. >> one thing about that, about the attack on mueller, the president made clear he doesnt want to fire him, but make no mistake, they are following the clinton playbook on discrediting mueller, which is how theyd like it to play off. >> in a year of incendiary talk, charlottesville and what ...

Youve got the threat to fire -- first the try and influence comey and then the firing itself. and now youve got the attack on mueller, where there is clearly an effort to build up the idea that mueller is biased, that, you know, god forbid, hes hiring people who made contributions to democrats. so he has a political track where hes trying to create pressure, and then hes got the legal track. >> here was trump on mueller. >> hes very, very good friends with comey, which is very bothersome. but he...

There were truths that comey said that trump denied were true. so you have that. youve got the threat to fire -- first the try and influence comey and then the firing itself. and now youve got the attack on mueller, where there is clearly an effort to build up the idea that mueller is biased, that, you know, god forbid, hes hiring people who made contributions to democrats. so he has a political track where hes trying to create pressure, and then hes got the legal track. >> here was trump on mue...

What youve had is the president laying out intent in public today, saying he was trying to get comey to tell the truth although as you pointed out, there were truths that comey said that trump denied were true. so you have that. youve got the threat to fire -- first the try and influence comey and then the firing itself. and now youve got the attack on mueller, where there is clearly an effort to build up the idea that mueller is biased, that, you know, god forbid, hes hiring people who made con...

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