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Of justice? lying to the fbi? >> i think they probably dont need to highlight that. folks will be following up on the investigation. that is a very powerful piece of leverage that federal investigators have in any interview environment. you cannot tell a lie to a federal agent in the course of an interview. >> may i give you one word to look for when we get to the transcripts? tony ornato and others? the word peacefully. i am told when we see these transcripts, in this very odd ways, all of a su...

>> mueller wants to interview the prepondera the president of the united states, who knows nothing, who is not target of the investigation. the president should not agree with an interview. the president should, at the most, answer written questions in a limited area and should never ever be interviewed. there theres a theory this statement was made by bob mueller in an off handed way so people like the rest of us would talk about it and the president would have a false sense of security in goin...

President. that interview environment is extremely dangerous. if hes a subject and not yet a target and they want him to become a target, theyre going to ask him questions, the answers to which will move him into that target category. >> back with me is carol lee. joining the conversation, julia ainsley, nbc news national security and justice reporter. and daniel goldman, former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. julie, i want to start with you. youre new to the table this bloc...

Rosensteins selection of mueller to head the special counsel today when they picked bob mueller, they picked a prosecutorial assassin. that may help explain why trumps favorite tv lawyers are advising him not to sit down with mueller ever. we dont have that, but if you watch any fox news, which ive been here for the late shift this week, you were last night, you could see anyone from joe digenova to alan dershowitz to judge napolitano to chris christie telling the president whatever you do, do n...

And he did it on fox news. >> stay away from that, mr. president, that interview environment is extremely dangerous. if hes a subject and not yet a target and want him to become a target, theyre going to ask him questions, the answers to which will move him into that target category. >> hes not yet the presidents lead criminal defense lawyer but the president doesnt have a lead criminal defense lawyer anymore. so andrew is probably as close as well get. lets bring in josh ernest and the rest of ...

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Persuade them why they shouldnt. steve: is he not target. >> is he not a target it could change depending on what evidence comes to them a subject is somebody who is the topic of an ongoing criminal investigation that has not yet ended. as much as i want the president to be able to be president and not have this on his back, i encourage him not to relax and not to rejoice. they are still pursuing things. there is a theory that this statement was made by bob mueller in an off handed way so that p...

>> it depends. the white house -- the president has made clear, you know, that he wants this to come to its logical conclusion. theres also, of course, concerns raised kind of on the outside of what the president would say or do in this kind of sitdown environment, interview environment. we saw earlier this week the president making up facts, making up things as it pertained to a conversation he had with a world leader, close ally, canada, of course. i think people would be skeptical and worried...