Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20181213:00:12:00
Now, what president trump's lawyers would say is, look, the justice department tried this against john edwards when he had a mistress he was trying to hide and they went to trial, and there were five counts on acquitted one on mistrial. so they would say, look, you know, why should the president be subjected to prosecution when this didn't work under john edwards? but here's the thing, the whole question about whether a president can be indicted or not is an open question. no judge has ever ruled on it. but the prevailing opinion of the justice department is a president cannot be indicted. so ...