Mueller Corrects the Record: What Does This Mean and What Happens Next? (with Neal Katyal)

It's Complicated

Renato Mariotti

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2019

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Renato and Patti discuss the recent Buzzfeed News report that indicated there was substantial evidence that Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress as well as the public statement by Mueller that the article is inaccurate and calls for Congress to investigate this and other matters. They are joined by former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal.

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0:00.0	M-S-S-W Media
0:08.5	This week there was
0:09.5	There was widespread speculation after a report from Buzzfeed News stated that
0:15.2	Donald Trump directed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about
0:21.0	the timing of the Trump Tower Moscow deal, which was ongoing during much of his presidential campaign.
0:28.0	Some members of Congress suggested that they wanted to investigate this matter before the
0:34.9	investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller was completed. But Mueller
0:39.4	quickly issued a statement that the buzzfeed news story mischaracterized the evidence he had.
0:47.0	Since Mueller statement, Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani has made a number of bizarre comments about this matter.
0:55.0	Why did Mueller issue the statement?
0:57.3	Should Congress still investigate?
0:59.7	And what do we make of Giuliani's statements?
1:02.8	Let's get on topic. Welcome to On Topic, a weekly in-depth look at a topic that helps us understand the week's
1:21.0	news.
1:22.0	My name is Renato Mariati. I'm a former federal prosecutor, a practicing lawyer, and a CNN legal analyst.
1:30.0	And I'm usually joined by my friend Patty Vasquez, a WGM radio host, who will come through, I believe,
1:36.4	during part of today's podcast.
1:39.0	But for now I'm going to bring in my friend and former acting solicitor general Neil Kautial who's been on
1:45.3	this podcast a couple of times already talking about a number of different subjects
1:51.0	the Supreme Court and the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh,
1:55.0	Neil is argued over 30 cases before the Supreme Court. And then he also spoke at length
2:00.6	about a number of issues, including whether or not a sitting president can be indicted.
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