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Theres perjury. but it is not a trap. >> ken, i do not have the legal expertise you have, but in my 45 years of research, i always found the best way not to get caught lying is to not lie. >> well, first of all, certainly michaels correct about the technical use of the term perjury trap, but newt gingrich is a history professor, not a lawyer. he was using it descriptively in mr. trumps personality type. he is the king of hyperbole. that personality type and his stubbornness about it are really n...

Getting limits put around as bill clintons lawyers did the manner and place and duration of that kind of questioning. >> so michael zeldin, ken brought up the key point, can special counsel robert mueller force the president to answer questions? how does that work? >> he can. he has the power of grand jury subpoena and he can compel the witness in this case the president to appear. theres nothing in the law i found that reflects on the possibility that there needs to be some sort of threshold wh...

Down with him it will be very pointed questions and it wont take that long to get to what they want to get to. so long as the president is answering. >> well, lets see, guys. were actually out of time. but lets see if this is the beginning of a negotiation or perhaps the beginning of what could be a long, drawn-out political fight that we will all watch. ken and michael, great to have you with us, guys. i appreciate it. alyson. >> super bowl update, ear muffs, john. the city of philadelphia prep...

♪ so "the new york times" reporting this morning that the presidents lawyers are concerned he could incriminate himself or be charged with lying to investigators if he meets with special counsel robert mueller. presidents long-time supporter newt gingrich shares that concern. >> and i think the idea of putting trump in a room with five or six hardened, very, very clever lawyers, all of whom are trying to trap him, would be a very, very bad idea. >> dont put him in a room with smart people be...

Besides the point. the truth of the matter is they would be much better off, not with standing kens counsel to the president which is correct, the president has to learn how to stay on message, which in this case is on the truth. but they would have been -- they would be much better off to take a lesson from ronald reagan who in the iran contra-testimony did not exert executive privilege, did testify, did cooperate, gave his personal diaries over and suffered the consequences of being interviewe...