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Trump this he could potentially face civil liability in connection with his role in encouraging his supporters to march on the u.s. capitol. joining us from politico is betsy swan, former u.s. attorney and now law professor at the university of alabama, michael schmit, new york times washington correspondent, all msnbc contributors. i start with you and the new tranche of eastman documents. this is from the same judge who has already asserted in a prior ruling that donald trump and his lawyer jo...

Slogan, im all about make america glareat again, but let make america gracious again. in a rally like this when hes out there campaigning for matt rosendale to beat senator tester. lets talk about jobs, lets talk about the economy. lets talk about taxes which he did, but it got overshadowed by constant need for attack and criticizing people. it worked throughout the campaign, worked throughout his administration. if it aint broke dont fix it, but i think its time for this kind of conduct and ins...

In terms of whether he obstructed justice. >> have we heard at all from juligiuliani with regard to the conversation how the interview would go with regard to trump? i know at one point they said they would not accept written answers from the president. >> there had been all sorts of things that have gone back and forth over the past few months about what an interview could look like. one of those things could be something like the president providing written answers, providing some sort of tape...

About an interview. and giuliani was trying to get some assurances that this investigation would be moved along at a decent pace. giuliani is very concerned about results of the investigation coming out around the election. citing what had happened around the 2016 election with hillary clinton as an example of how the justice department and its investigations could influence an electorate. >> did he talk to you at all about when exactly he received this information, michael and why he wanted to ...

Wrapped up before mid-term elections rolled around in november. first i want to go to jeff bennett standing by at the white house. youre hearing this breaking news as i am from the "new york times." talk about what youre hearing from your end. >> its interesting because rudy giuliani as he often does on weekend making rounds. he talked to "new york times" and robert costa at the "washington post" and also talked to our friend and colleague kelly odonnell. mr. giuliani shared this information tha...

Overheard arguing. maybe you can fill in the details of that. that had to bo an embarrassment to him. >> michael could know the details better than i would but it seems not a lot has changed. you still have a client who is not exactly a model client. somebody known for stretching the truth and out right falsehoods. aides have described as a guy who will probably pass the lie detector test because hes saying what he believes in the moment. also whats not going to change is the doggedness of the m...

A -- you go to the district court, supreme court, that could take months. >> thanks so much to michael schmidt, russian roulette. one of the nations top spies is saying about that meeting at trump tower. stay with us on msnbc. crohns, youve tried to own us. but now its our turn to take control with stelara® stelara® works differently for adults with moderately to severely active crohns disease. studies showed relief and remission, with dosing every 8 weeks. stelara® may lower the ability of y...

Time body guard, no longer with the white house but was such a close aide to the president. he and a lawyer for the trump organization showed up at the office and one other individual. >> well, he was seeing the news reports. ronnie jackson was all over the news. the former white house doctor. i think he felt a little bit left out. he would have liked that job and he felt spurned and seeing dr. jackson getting a lot of attention and i think he felt it was time to speak about it. he said he wishe...

Week to michael schmit. essentially saying the justice department was there. he is complete authority over you know what the justice department does. what it pursues in terms of investigations and prosecutions. as president, thats his right. well, others would beg to differ. in fact, earlier this week when, oh, by the way, doug jones, democrat from alabama was sworn into the senate. joe biden was on hand. eric holder. a lot of prominent democrats up in capitol hill. we talked to them and they sa...

Discusses views of special counsel robert muellers russia probe. told the times michael schmit there was tremendous collusion on behalf of the russians. saying there was no collusion with the campaign. adding it bad for the country. sooner the investigation is worked out, better it is for the country. president trumps legal team is reacting to "the washington post" story that trump lawyers are preparing an attack on former national security adviser michael flynns credibility. if he accuses the...