Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180201:11:20:00
He has to stick to the four corners of the legal mandate and you can only ask questions about crimes. and lying to "the new york times" is not a crime. misleading "the new york times" is not a crime. and so there's a school of thought that donald trump should say hey, look, i don't need to answer questions to you about what i said to the "times" or not. it's not obstruction to lie to the "times." so that is, that's playing out. that very question you just asked is playing out right now. in back and forth between the president's team and bob mueller's team. >> but mack, prosecutors i understand...