Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Gates, and said well, you couldnt have had manafort paying that those attention or you wouldnt have been able to steal so much money. That has to influence the jury. Thats a scary statement he made. Hes gone way beyond what anybody should have expected of a judge. In the meantime, jill, i notice your pin youre wearing, nixon lodge. That was from his first Unsuccessful Campaign for president. Today is the 44th anniversary of his resignation for obstruction of justice among other things, and while it may foretell the future, it certainly inspired my pin today to remember what happens when you obstruct justice. Well, let me ask you about that, because i know you must get asked all the time about sort of the way that these two may be similar and the ways that they may be different. What do you tell people . Well i actually think this situation is
President itself wants to do the interview and its only his lawyers holding him back. So what is really going on here . Does the president want to talk or not . Politico suggests the answer is yes. Despite the risks. Thats because of, quote, trumps belief in his selfcreated myth, that he can convince anyone of anything if hes simply given the opportunity to get them in a room alone. Apparently that includes Special Counsel bob mueller himself. I want to bring in nbcs Peter Alexander whos live in berkeley heights, new jersey. Peter, if the president really wants to do it, he could just say yes. I mean, his legal take is working for him. So whats going on here . Yes, chris, you make a very good point. There would be one easy way for Rudy Giuliani and, frankly, President Trump, to wrap this thing up sooner. Giuliani saying he wants it to end within the next three weeks, by september 1st. He doesnt want it to interfere with the november elections. They would sit down with robert
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exactly what he was getting by making omarosa a west wing adviser. she has a reputation of using any means to put herself first. she stabs in the back. she stabs in the front. and it s not a problem. it s really sport. so i don t know what the tapes are going to reveal, but the fact is, he gave her this privilege and access and he knows her, he knew her reputation not only behind closed doors but i guess on the apprentice where this was her character. i m not at all surprised apparently she used to play it well, right? i mean, if the tapes exist, and it sounds like these tapes exist, i mean what does it say about life inside the west wing? has everybody got to be looking over their shoulder? because who knows what s on tape. of course they do. we all know this is incredibly back fighting, infighting white house in which everybody is leaking about everybody else and out for their own agenda. a.b. s exactly right. what did you expect when you