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Standoff, one possibility theyre thinking about is limited trump interview plus written answers to questions that special counsel clearly wants to ask about things happening during the presidents time in the white house, like obstruction of justice. we know that is something the special counsel has been asking people about. >> is there any indication this will actually work, that mueller is willing to cut a deal, or is this just stuff that the legal team is kind of floating out into the public a...

Once in 1995 about his finances, and once in 1998 about his personal life. no one is above the law. this is an incredibly easy case for mueller to win. i think trump has a track record of bending people to his will. he got that white house doctor, who is an admiral, to embarrass himself. get out there and say trump is 230 pounds. trumps left leg is 230 pounds. please, doc. but hes not going to be able to bend mueller to his will. he can try, but hes going to lose, hes going to have to testify, o...

>> you know all the data of trying to get to the trump campaign any way you could, and they dont care about trump spies, its russian spies. he must have thought this was better than the lottery. >> this is tainting their view of this entire process. >> you usually does this stuff, youre right, for just that reason. i operate from the premise that he knows a lot more about this case than i do, right, and mueller knows more. i have no idea, but look at the

If he wants to. >> do you think its smart to play this out publicly like they did? >> sure. can the president be subpoenaed? of course, he can. i was the worst law student in the world and i know. he turned over the tapes that he knew incriminated him. president clinton testified twice in front of ken starr, once about monica lewinsky, once about his personal life. this is an incredibly easy case for mueller to win. i think trump has a track record of bending people to his will. he got that whit...

Everybody is recorded and they have it, transcript of every t, every i that is dotted, so they have it for legal history and legal purposes. joining us now is kirsten power powers. is there any way you think robert mueller would go for this idea, or is it nothing? >> this is more spaghetti theyre throwing on the wall and hoping it will stick. i think what theyre playing is a game of congressional chicken. mueller is going to want to do it one on one and in person. and if he cant get that, i th...

Of muellers investigation. i dont know necessarily that they are, but lets say they are. if the southern district starts uncovering things about the presidents shady business past, they can open a case there. i dont think thats off the table. it doesnt mean he has to come and help mueller, it could spawn more cases just in the southern district. >> although its part of his plea, he has to basically help the state and federal prosecutors. >> it seems to be a very sweet deal. to me it says a lot a...

Would have a second privilege that he doesnt ordinarily not cooperating with a duly. >> i think in this case, since the president of the united states won, hes not just some low-level bureaucrat. if mueller can demonstrate theres some serious crime that the president of the united states to. then its a lockdown case. otherwise, its going to be. i dont think trump should cooperate, not in any case. >> would he be the --

Be privately telling mr. mueller, i dont think they would leak it to us or anyone else. so i think what hes doing here, trumps legal team is trying to put arguments on the table for his defenders to say, huh, look at this. the white house made a reasonable deal, and if mueller objects it and appeals him, theyll be able to see mueller wants to go to the extreme, the president made him a reasonable offer. >> the problem is this will be handled by robert mueller, and you have to hand it to them by ...

Was described to us. but mueller has clearly suggested that hes not interested, for example, in the written answers to questions that trumps legal team is suggesting. so, look, there could be a standoff on that, and this case may very well go straight to the supreme court if they cant resolve these issues about whether and when and how the president talks to robert muellers team. >> what type of interview are president trumps attorneys pushing for? >> well, i mentioned the in-person or oral inte...