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President really is not playing with all his marbles. if he is this sloppy in soliciting a bribery deal, that portends negatively for what the defense will look like. particularly with the skrag ls of giuliani and the self-dealing with turkey and all the other stories you have been reporting. >> what else could potentially come out. >> exactly. >> there will be come a day when testimony like taylor will happen in public. and it will be devastating. theres more testimony to come. what are your pr...

And i think a lot of republicans are sitting back and saying this president really is not playing with all his marbles. if he is this sloppy in soliciting a bribery deal, that portends negatively for what the defense will look like. particularly with the scraggles of giuliani and the self-dealing with turkey and all the other stories you have been reporting. >> what else could potentially come out. >> exactly. >> there will be come a day when testimony like taylor will happen in public. and it w...

You have now the two major state department officials in dispute. they are credible. either some is mistaken or not telling the truth. this is a big deal. well hear from him. we need to hear from rudy giuliani. what is this shadow of the language was regular and formal channel of foreign policy. that was being conducted. how was that being run and how did that give the president of the united states a window into this unlawful self-dealing. all testimony we need to hear. >> that would be rivetin...

They are credible. either some is mistaken or not telling the truth. this is a big deal. well hear from him. we need to hear from rudy giuliani. what is this shadow of the language was regular and formal channel of foreign policy. that was being conducted. how was that being run and how did that give the president of the united states a window into this unlawful self-dealing. all testimony we need to hear. >> that would be riveting public system from rudy giuliani. you never know what hell say. ...

Corruption of this administration, of the total per version of american foreign policy, of kind of a level of self-dealing weve never seen before in american history, then you basically make it broad and have hearings almost up until the next election. >> thats a great point. what do you think, ned? >> yeah, i think thats right. look, i think the problem with the mueller report was it was 458 pages long and it covered a matter of years. look, the beauty, the brutal corrupt beauty of the ukraine ...

The susipgt case. but if you want a full public hearing and airing of the epic corruption of this administration of the total perversion of american foreign policy of, you know, kind of a level of self-dealing weve never seen before in american history you make it broad and have hearings almost up until the next election. >> i think the problem with the mueller report is it was 458 pages long and covered a matter of years. look, the beauty, the prosecuteal corrupt beauty of the ukraine saga is t...

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This is not just rogue giuliani self-dealing in ukraine. hes an agent of the president, the president is his client. anything rudy giuliani does is on behalf of the president, so rudy is president trump, president trump is rudy. >> joining our discussion now is barbara mcquade, the former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan and an msnbc legal contributor and john heilemann is back with us. barbara, what happened to the criminal investigation of rudy giuliani today? >> well, i thin...

>> so i mean, listen, mulvaney, he said it. he said the quid pro quo is exactly about what president trump is now describing, a demand to investigate the 2016 election. is that not what he said? >> yeah, he did. what mulvaney did was not only an admission but a confession. you know, its simply stunning that he would put it out there. i mean, look, i think a lot of this nonsense and this incoherence were hearing from the president is simply a distraction. they have a problem with republican membe...

And i have news for everybody. get over it. theres going to be political influence in foreign policy. >> so i mean, listen, mulvaney, he said it. he said the quid pro quo is exactly about what president trump is now describing, a demand to investigate the 2016 election. is that not what he said? >> yeah, he did. what mulvaney did was not only an admission but a confession. you know, its simply stunning that he would put it out there. i mean, look, i think a lot of this nonsense and this incohere...