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A look at the days news and headlines. Lot of legal experts say he wins one in the district of columbia. Keep in mind in the last election in 2016 only 4 of district of columbia voters voted for donald trump. Not good odds in the district of columbia. Bill something were watching. Kellyanne conway Senior Counsel to the president from the white house. Good morning to you. I have a long list. Another slow news day here. Bill i have a long list. Paul manafort, how closely is the president watching this trial that begins today . We havent discussed that in quite a while. I would note for your audience, bill, that the judge has very strictly instructed no mention of Paul Manaforts role in the Trump Campaign, no mention trump, russia or collusion. This trial obviously centers on matters that have nothing to do with the campaig ....
Bill, what do we need a special counsel for? bill: can you answer that? i agree that a normal prosecutor outside the authority of a special counsel could have prosecuted this case. but that would have been a waste of resources in my judgment given the fact that the special counsel s office in connection with the mueller probe has discovered all this information and does have the authority to the broad authority under the rosenstein grant of authority to move forward with this prosecution. so i think it would be a waste of resources and time to simply have allocated this to another office and so, you know, but i totally agree. bill: has a prosecutor that didn t have a special counsel designation could have brought this. the special counsel law, has it gone too broad? well, i think it s a question of who you ask. if you re on the law enforcement side probably say maybe not. ....