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Subpoena negotiations or his interview negotiations on behalf of the president in public. at the end of the day, the president is either going to agree to set for an interview, in which case there will not be a subpoena, there will be an interview at some point. or theres not. in which case mueller will decide are we going to subpoena this guy or not, are we going to litigate it, proceed without the presidents interview? nothing giuliani says on television matters a whole lot to it. its all just...

Investigation ive ever seen that the justice department is allowing to go forward. >> joining me now, former fellow prosecutor jim kirschner. welcome back to the broadcast. why doesnt robert mueller just stop with the interview negotiations? why doesnt he just subpoena the president? >> alex, thats a great question. weve all been obsessing and discussing will mr. mueller subpoena the president, wont he subpoena the president? i actually think there is a foundational question we should begin to a...

And the question is will trump be able to succeed in saying, not just sessions, but pretty much anyone under the sun, comey or bannon or nunberg. everybody it just so happens is corrupt and biased, et cetera. thats a kind of trick i think that will wear thin if you try to use it in this wholesale way. >> we have breaking news. we want all of you to react to. one second. rudy giuliani telling abcs kelly odonnell hes doing question and prep sessions regarding the special counsel investigation with...

Something hopefully, but if they are not, this could wind up in the supreme court. and these kinds of proposals gives, you know, the trump attorneys kov tore say look, we tried and we tried and we tried, but we couldnt reach any conclusion here. >> it does seem like weve heard more about these interview negotiations since rudy giuliani joined the presidents legal team. you know, obviously youre not going to talk about who your sources are. but it seems like -- is giuliani the one driving all of ...

And so we dont know, anderson, whether if they cant reach any agreement, and one source said to me, were inching towards something hopefully, but if they are not, this could wind up in the supreme court. and these kinds of proposals gives, you know, the trump attorneys cover to say look, we tried and we tried and we tried, but we couldnt reach any conclusion here. >> it does seem like weve heard more about these interview negotiations since rudy giuliani joined the presidents legal team. you kno...

President trumps former attorney, john dowd, tolded "associated press" that muellers prosecutors broached the subject during a meeting with trumps legal team. the "washington post" was first to describe the tense meeting that took place on march 5, in which trump lawyers insisted he had no obligation to talk with federal investigators, according to four people familiar with the encounter. but mueller responded that he had another option, if trump declined, he could issue a subpoena for the presi...