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Have learned, the president that hes a subject, not a target. the president may never be a target. mueller may have decided that he cant be indicted. and in that case, he can be interviewed just like any other witness, with a grand jury subpoena. of course, if hes a target, subpoenaing him is much more complex and frowned upon by doj policy. >> phil, we quoted your work on this broadcast last night. the piece you did about the presidents utterances, calling it a witch hunt. and yet the tone and ...

Have you in all of your reporting been given any indications this thing is going to wrap up anywhere close to soon? >> i think what we have learned as this investigation has continued is that its very possible that mueller will be able to sort of lob off part of that, that part being the obstruction probe. we believe that may be able to wrap at some point this summer. but of course, as "the washington post" points out tonight, mueller wants to see trump interviewed first. he wants to be able to ...

Out that this is behavior thats reminiscent oof a lot of criminal defendants shes encountered. >> i noticed that and took near parental joy in seeing joyces quote in the body of your piece. it was fantastic. julia, i have a dramatic reading for you to react to. this is "the washington post" reporting. lets call this segment meet the raskins. quote, trump hired the raskins after meeting them for the first time. the decision was overshadowed by the simultaneous announcement that formaler new york ...

For information. bad. hes prepping for a potential mueller interview which is now once again in question and we also know hes staying in the united states instead of going to the summit of the americas in part because of the latest developments at the justice department. kate? >> that is absolutely right. there have been so many tweet, i forgot about that one. thank you very much, i appreciate it. chris cillizza, editor-at-large, and caroline, specializing in federal and white-collar crimes. t...

Then there is obstruction of justice. i think all three of those things are live topics for mueller to discuss, which is why i think maybe "the post" is correct about this and mueller will do more than one interview with trump. there is some press dent for that and other independent counsel investigations. or in one fell swoop, which would strike me we are too early in the process as least to the money laundering part of it to have a full under oath interview with the president of the united sta...

Potential mueller firing room ors to bed, theyve been saying trump has no plans to fire mule. of course, we know about lacking plans has rarely kept the president from make go any sort of policy decision. thats an important piece to bear it in mind. it highlights a central question about white house conversation. what exactly did don mcgann tell donald trump after speaking to sally yates? did he say things are bad. we have a big problem. or did he say flynn made a little mistake. he misspoke and...

Question there being conflict working on the investigation. >> never the lerks he let them go, which a lot of people are arguing, he did the right thing, he needed to, maybe even there was nothing illegal. to your point earlier about rosenstein says he sees no probable cause to fire mueller and the president hasnt asked him to fire mueller. lt me play out, carry, this what if scenario. listen to this. >> if you were ordered today to fire mr. mueller, what would you do? >> as i explained previous...

Prep sessions about russia and obstruction? and what else did donald trumps lawyer see that brought him to such a stark and disturbing conclusion? and what on earth do mr. dowd and the white house have to say about all of this right now, this evening? well, we have some of the answers for you. this report is not from a single article or a few blind quotes. its a big deal because its from the "washington post" journalist known for helping bring down another president bob woodward who reported wat...

Dealing with this idiot for? mueller reportedly replying i understand. that is a rare peek inside the highest levels of negotiations in the mueller probe. the meetings mueller attends personally. woodward is staking his reputation on getting these reported details right. now, dowd and the white house are strongly denying these reports. well get into that. lets get into the prison warning though because woodward reports that by march, dowd was trying to find any way to get through to donald trump...

Draft mueller interview back in january. and thats where trump lawyer john dowd peppered trump with questions provoking stumbles, contradictions and lies. he lost his cool and it led to a 30-minute rant, trump telling his own lawyers quote, i dont really want to testify before mueller. that, of course, contradicts donald trumps public claims that he does want to testify. then theres this, woodward reporting that dowd then would tell mueller about that very practice session. even reenacting part ...