Does Mueller Have a Plan for Trump?

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 18 May 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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White House lawyers have claimed that Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation, will not indict the president, regardless of his findings. If that’s true, then what is the purpose of his inquiry? Guest: Michael S. Schmidt, a Washington correspondent who covers national security and federal investigations for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:02.5	This is The Daily.
0:09.4	Today, White House lawyers say special counsel Robert Mueller
0:14.0	will not indict the president, no matter what he finds.
0:18.8	If that's true, one year into the investigation,
0:23.0	what's it all for?
0:25.5	It's Friday, May 18th.
0:34.5	Mike, tell me about this meeting between lawyers
0:37.5	for the special counsel and attorneys for the president.
0:40.5	So last month Rudy Giuliani comes on as the president's lawyer.
0:47.5	Somebody has to defend the president, and that's my job.
0:50.5	He's going to bring an end to the investigation.
0:52.5	In his mind, right?
0:53.5	As part of that, he goes in and meets with Mueller and his investigators
0:58.5	to talk to them.
0:59.5	The biggest question being an interview.
1:01.5	Will Trump sit down with Mueller for an interview,
1:04.5	and that could be the end, at least in Trump's mind?
1:06.5	And the reality is, that's my job.
1:08.5	My job is not to lean over and let him beat the hell out of us.
1:11.5	That's what was going on before I got here.
1:13.5	It's my job to make the case for the president of the United States.
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