President on obstruction. Going to assert executive nevertheless, the president misled a rally last night that privilege not to protect conversations that were designed the report did exonerate him. To advise the president , but to he also said he knows a lot avoid the release of information that will be inconvenient or about wind and bragged about how smart he is, which is exactly embarrassing for this president. What smart people generally do, i think thats the fight were going to have. We will see if that happens. Right . The Trump Administration has moved to eliminate all of what we know so far is we are told the white house has not seen the report yet, that is obamacare, invalidate it really. And that would impact millions what we are told by the white house. We are also told its possible of americans with insurance as well as with preexisting that barr will not show the conditions. The president has claimed that report to the white house before he will protect people who have submitting it to congress. Preexisting conditions. Instead, what he would do is but now he has actually not said maybe identify areas where he ever how he plans do that. Believes executive privilege he also he plans his plans could come into play without the white house actually having to have endorsed the plans the exert it. So well have to see what path plans hes endorsed in the they take. But i agree these could be real past wow, somebody very elite issues to discuss coming up. Wrote this. Congressman himes, thanks so would allow potentially huge much for being with us. Thanks, john. The mayor of chicago has a message for Jussie Smollett, pay increase in premiums with those with preexisting conditions. Up. Can the empire actor be forced overnight they blocked a move to get around the standards put in to pay for the investigation into this alleged hoax . Thats next. Place by obamacare. We have a lot to talk about with healthcare and beyond. Joining us is michael smerconish, host of smerconish as well as david challian, cnns political director. We will add Susan Glasser as soon as we can. Technologically. Michael, let me start with you. In terms of the president , i guess shifting the conversation from the still yet to be seen Mueller Report to healthcare, how do you think thats going over . I think hes involved in a very aggressive attempt at inoculation. And the i temattempt is convinc thunderclap his base that they know everything they need to know on if your day doesnt unfold as predicted. Unfold this. New neutrogena® makeup remover single. Those 300 pages based on the four pages they saw from bill and remove 99 of makeup. Barr. Its twofold. Its not only that hes 100 rain or shine. Conflating no collusion with no neutrogena®. Conclusion about obstruction, i think i said that right, but
also its a dual approach where the Big Drug Companies dont see they see us as profits. He, with Sean Hannitys assistance and facilitation in were paying the highest Prescription Drug prices that lengthy interview on in the world wednesday night, theyre seeking to rewrite the origin of the so they can make billions . Americans shouldnt have to choose between entire probe. Theyre seeking to convince people that its all about the buying medication and buying food for our families. Socalled dodgy dossier, its its time for someone to look out for us. All about this illicit relationship between agents strzok and page, and you never congress, stop the greed. Hear any reference made to cut drug prices now. Papadopoulos whos tip really was the beginning in july of 2016. But you know what . The reason i say i think its effective is it really requires serious attention and readin to ferret out all the mistruths that are being offered. And theyre offered in such rapid fire and they sound so convincing. And then we look like a bunch of nerds sitting around picking through slowly one by one and saying thats not true, thats not true. But frankly the facts are not on their side. Its a shrewd political lay
by the attorney general to put i got it those four pages out and in this what . What . L. A. Bookers book apartments and vacation homes vacuum the president is filling it and filling it with things as easy as hotels. Ridin scooter that are flatout misleading. L. A. Baby l. A. Baby in some cases he claims total be a booker youre welcome. Exoneration. He was not exonerated on at booking. Com obstruction, not at all. Brushing only reaches 25 of your mouth. Youre welcome. And on the idea of collusion, listerine® cleans virtually 100 . Yes, the evidence was not enough helping to prevent gum disease and bad breath. To prosecute on either never settle for 25 . Conspiracy or cooperation but we always go for 100. Dont know what the level of communication there was. Bring out the bold™ so it is clear what hes trying to do there. Less clear to me, david, is what the president is trying to do with healthcare, because while i think hes trying to inoculate himself with the Mueller Report, to an extept hes trying to inoculate himself on healthcare. Lets listen to what he said at the rally last night. Remember this because its very important. And im speaking now for the republican party. We will always protect patients with preexisting conditions. Always. Always. David, he likes to say the words preexisting conditions, but as far as i can tell, he has
never not once in his own words explained people with preexisting conditions equal to the rates of other people when the republican plans hes endorsed in the past specifically allow those rates to be increased. Right. Youre totally right on the policy. Also, as the president knows, it is currently law of the tloolan protect people with preexisting conditions and his administration through the department of justice filing earlier this week wanted to uphold a court ruling that would completely gut the entire law. So his administrations stance at the moment is to get rid of the law of the land right now that does, indeed, protect preexisting conditions, as you know, not have a replacement. Here michael was spot on when he was talking a moment ago about the president playing to his base here. Chicagos mayor has a new i have spent the last two years plus of this administration ever demand for empire actor jussie day looking for where is the smollett after all of the
charges against him were president trying to expand abruptly dropped without beyond his base . What is he doing today that i explanation. When he does pay the city see that hes making a move to back on just purely what the actually broaden his appeal . Taxpayers have fronted, in that and the story of this presidency is that there isnt much of memowrite, im that. And so this weekend, when when sorry and im accountable for what ive done. All right. Joining us now is joey jackson, hes a criminal defense attorney he did get good political news from his attorney general in and a cnn legal analyst. And josh campbell, former fbi that fourpage summary, there whereas a moment of what is donald trump going to do with supervisory special agent. And cnn Law Enforcement analyst who is on the ground for us in this moment. Chicago this morning. I think where he had clues all joey, can the mayor of chicago week long. But i think we got our answer do that . Loud and clear last night in michigan at his rally. Can a suspect have to pay restitution in the form of 130,000 to a city that, you know, the mayor believes was duped . All right. Heres how this goes. Restitution is commonly something that is used in a criminal case but its part of any plea disposition. Zblch susan. What do i mean . Thats what i wrote in my in the event that you cost the city money for anything, the city through the district
piece. Attorney, here the county most would have said they are attorney has a right to ask for bringing the country together of that back. As a condition of the plea they that long and divisive would say restitution amount is x. Investigation. Remember when clinton was in the here they did not to do that. What they did is he forfeited senate trial after of this the 10,000 off of the 100,000, fight, his white house aides had a no gloat rorul gloat rule. Did his Community Service. But 10,000 is not enough. We get it. But on the process. He can his Community Service that can he e we didnt know about. Two days worth. Donald trump has gone the said hes a good guy, opposite route. Its not a surprise to anyone represents the community well, which by all accounts is true. Whos been watching him, but it was never conditioned upon that rally last night was really the plea. A demonstration is that trump to the heart of your question. Now the mayor stepping outside even more than feeling of that plea arrangement is now vindicated, i thought he seemed sending him a letter through his in a very vengeful mood still. Attorney saying pay up. I dont believe that theyll get a dime for this. And, again, remember the skeep theres not a provision in the law that provides for criminal defendants in a case to have to of th scene of that rally in michigan pay back because theyre falsely crucial to his reelection reported. But youre calling something chances could be could he repeat a plea agreement. With a plea agreement you have to admit guilt. The unlikely feat of winning thats the opposite of what he did. Exactly. Michigan which he won by 10,000 what im saying is you can get restitution through a plea votes. Agreement. To the extent that this is not hes under water by 15 points in being called a plea agreement, michigan pits dont think there was really a plea agreement, but were a lot of swing voters that would have heard anything that would have caused them to take they were not transparent in as
another look at President Trump much as conveying that to us and it wasnt put in that 130,000, last night. I dont think theyre going to get it. And he didnt admit guilt. I dont think that this letter while its good Public Police sit publicity, i dont think theyll consistent see any difference see the light of day on that between donald trump post money. Josh, the president yesterday muellernd donald trump plea announced theres an fbi investigation looking into this case. What have you learned . Well, there are a lot of questions that we still have when it comes to what the mueller. Zblrg one of the other things was this funding for the special president did. And what i suspect, if you go back and look at his tweet that he sent out essentially saying olympics. The trump budget by name and that the fbi is reviewing this definition the president signs case, it was sent at 6 34 in the off on had included 17 million in government funding cuts for morning and folks that ive been talking to inside and outside the Special Olympics. Law enforcement, no one believes the president comes out that the fbi was updating the yesterday and says this, president at 6 34 in the morning on the Jussie Smollett case. What people suspect is that he michael. Ive been to the Special Olympics. Was probably parroting something i think its incredible and i that he saw on the news. Just authorized i funding. I heard about it this morning. And this is obviously concerning because the president of the i have overridden my people. United states isnt just any passive observer of the news, he were funding the special is in control, essentially, of olympics. It was astounding, michael, the Justice Department and the
fbi. So when he says that theres an what he tried to do there. He said i authorized the fbi review, that the fbi is funding. He doesnt get to authorize acting here, you would hope that funding. That is actually the case. Congress authorizes and but folks that were talk to, a lot of eyebrows being raised as appropriate eights funding, number one. He said he overrode his people. Far as what he put out there. Theres that issue but then also on the ground we dont yet know no, his people put out his what an fbi investigation would look like. Would they be looking into budget which called for Jussie Smollett and his actions . 17 million in funding. Would they be looking into and now he back tracks, but he the actions of the prosecutors as it relates to this case . Tries to put it off on other so many questions we dont have people and cuts the legs out answered but in a very flammable under from are the secretary of situation. I think the president came and essentially lit a match. But just to be clear, josh, Education Betsy Devos who was trying to defend this all week. We all know the good work of is it true that the fbi is looking into it as the president the Special Olympics, its a said or not . Theyre not saying. Very high profile program. So, you know, obviously standard therefore, i dont believe that practice for the fbi is to secretary devos would have made a move against the funding of the Special Olympics without nier neither confirm nor deny an some form of acknowledgement and investigation. We havent heard either way. Clearance from the white house. There could be a number of ways so my suspicion, and its a they could possibly be involved hunch, is that she probably made if you look at possible wire fraud violations. This decision in consultation so there might be a federal and then once the president saw nexus. But having been in the fbi, just which way the wind was blowing because someone comes to you saying we have information and we want you to look into it, if
on this, sought to ride to the rescue of the program that a local Law Enforcement partner says look into it, technically perhaps his white house approved the cutting of the funding to you might be reviewing what they give you, the information and begin with. David, nobodys taking the facts. Thats a far different characterization than saying the responsibility so now betsy fbi has launched an investigation into a certain devos says i didnt want it, case. And as of right now we have no though she didnt say that in the hearing. Indication that thats the case. Now she says im so glad the there is there is no president got on board and were place, i dont think, for the completely like minded on this. Fbi with regard to the state charges, right . I didnt want. What is the fbi going to do some president says i did not want theyre going to look and see if this. I overrode myself. The state prosecutor, did she whos responsible for having cut make miss steps . This is a local issue. The president deals with federal this . She said she had been fighting behind the scenes for law and issues affecting the country. This funding and she said flat local prosecutors are elected to out that she was not the person do things. So while the president , while other people in the country may feel it was not an appropriate that was responsible or actually disposition, it was strange, made this cut. But she was defending the they were not transparent, the president doesnt have any authority to tell the locals indefensible. Were talking about such a what do. But it sounded like an announcement on twitter. Yes. Youre saying that was not true what the president wrote . Minute noo i dont know whats true, minuscule amount of money when youre looking at the budget what the president s doing or overall. The fact they allowed this not. What im telling you is there no controversy to exist at all is is no place for a federal investigation as it relates to how the state handled the befu charges. The only place for a federal befudd he willing. She says im so happy were on investigation, as josh the same page. Mentioned, is on the issue of they were not on the same page because of the president s own whether he sent Jussie Smollettdoing. A letter to himself that may susan, you talked about what the president was trying to do have been false. At the rally last night and i do mail fraud. Think theres some sound, which to the extent you sent it through the u. S. Postal service, some people find laughable, but thats mail fraud. But investigating a local you could also look at it as the way he talks and the way he is District Attorney because you trying to define himself against dont agree with how they handled the case sounds like other people. Politics to me. The people he calls the elites. Well, the president was vague i want to play the sound when he and didnt explain what he meant so we dont know. Brags about how smart he is. If you look at the case, the president has a vested interest because one of the aspects of this suspected hoax was the fact that, you know, the attackers they say the elite. Theyre the elite, im not. Mention maga country, make well, i have a better education America Great again. Than them. Im smarter than them. Which if youre the president i went to the best schools they thats going continue to fewer rate you. But its this collision of didnt. Politics and Law Enforcement. Much more beautiful. And even if the president feels much more beautiful apartment. Slighted, hes the commander and chief, the nations top cop much more beautiful everything. Essentially as the person in charge of the Justice Department. Even if you feel personally slighted, you have to understand and im president and theyre that words matter. Not, right . When you blast something out on i do not give that an a for twitter and say the fbi is looking into something, if grammar. Well, no. Thats false, what does that do if thats the best the best for the American People their confidence in the system of schools can do, im not giving justice . Just one very quick thing that an a for grammar. Because the illinois Bar University of Pennsylvania Association sense a scathing has always been a little bit letter about how the states
attorney handled this. Chagrinned that donald trump is through the repeated misleading and deceptive statements to the such a prominent alumnist. Public on illinois law and you dont see them showing him circumstances su circumstances surrounding the smollett dismissal, the states attorney has failed in her often. The president often uses a fundamental ethical obligations version of this riff in his to the public. Whats going to happen to her, rallies. At one point last year i joey . Thats huge. What happen