thing with trump and russia is a made-up story, an excuse by the democrats having lost an election that they should have won. renado what s your reaction? clearly many of these questions, don are meant to try to pin down the president as to what his intent was when he was firing comey. look, the president can fire the fbi director for legitimate reasons, for example he did a bad job. if you re firing the fbi director in order to stop an investigation into you or your friends that is obviously obstruction of justice. and so, all these detailed questions about tweets and conversations and what did he think of comey before these meetings and so on. obviously this question about the interview, they re all meant to try to pin down the president as to what his intent was. i will tell you, don, the fact that so many of these questions deal with intent and obstruction, tells me and
tonight and cnn has obtained a copy. my panel is back with me. i want to give this to renado. as i understand, this is reporting from the washington post tonight. in recent days a president has been venting and speculating to aids about his legal status and time line for the russia investigation to end according to associates briefed on discussions. trump complained to several last week about former fbi director james comey, former fbi director director andrew mccabe should be charged with crimes. white house officials said thursday that trump has not called justice department officials or taken any formal action the persistent grousing
moving east from the statesmana for the and gates and others moving west from russia and others and trying to bring together with the charges of potential conspiracy or collusion. i think that s the bottom line and it would be the jackpot of the whole investigation. renado? regarding michael cohen and that news, i have to tell you this just underscores what how foolish michael cohen has been to talk so much on the record and on television and in print about this investigation. and act in such a reckless way by talking about his loyalty for trump and how he would do flig f anything for trump. i think he is angling for a pardon. it is a foolish strategy when you re under investigation by robert mueller. appreciate your time. when we come back, corey lewandowski s interview before the committee going completely off the rails, descending into
cooperating, doesn t that suggest that robert mueller has a bigger fish in mind that he needs michael flynn s cooperation for? alisyn, thanks for having me. and it does suggest that he is working his way up the chain. in my years as a criminal defense lawyer before i was ethics czar, i often cut these deals. invariably, alisyn, the prosecutors wanted my client, in order to get cooperation, to flip on somebody up the chain. in this case, that means kushner, don jr., or perhaps the president himself. renado, i mean, for a while the thinking was maybe michael flynn was the biggest fish. he is the person with all sorts of russian ties that we had seen on video or in photos. so this has changed the equation.
of juries. it was tried in watergate. it s been tried in many, many federal cases. and it does not impress juries. so refreshed recollections helps as the process of the investigation go along, and they can save themselves from getting in trouble. but when it all is flattened out at the end, you ve got to be truthful and forthcoming and appear that way all the way along. john dean, renado, thank you. i appreciate it. just ahead, more on our breaking news. michael flynn expressing concern about the legal fate of his son in the russia investigation. also, the democratic upset on election day one year after donald trump s stunning victory. are the election results are a referendum on his presidency? i m going to ask legendary journalist dan rather. i have been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer.