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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt took Trump's lawyers 4 HOURS to prep him for 2 questions for Mueller-interview.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/two-questions-four-hours-cnn-panel-mocks-trumps-scattershot-preps-mueller-interview/...
The president has pressing responsibilities for national security, he said. Its tough to make that time. On the other hand, presidents have done it in the past. That particular tidbit is delicious and it seems like an outtake from within the loop. Theres the absurdity and believability of high office two questions in four hours.
Chris Cuomo was more speculative, asking if people truly believe that Trump spent four hours studying for something he doesnt want to do.
With regular breaks for presumably tweeting as well as national security, Avlon said. Here is the point, first of all, he is totally loquacious, he is not focussed. Two questions derail him for large periods of time? Sure.
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I guess, that's why he wants to answer the questions in writing and from afar.
chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)winstars
(4,220 posts)Fullduplexxx
(7,860 posts)Last edited Tue May 8, 2018, 11:46 AM - Edit history (1)
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(52,208 posts)not that that's what's going on in this case....
fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)And guilty people even more so.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I suppose you believe that innocent people should not ask for an attorney when they are questioned by police either.
People behave in all sorts of different ways that come out looking odd when reduced to a transcript of questions and answers.
People will do things like make sarcastic statements, not separate speculation or opinion from fact, nod or shake their head instead of giving verbal responses.
Attorneys are certainly prepped to take maximum advantage of common ordinary things that people say when asked questions.
Of course, in this instance, Trump is not anywhere near normal, and not anywhere near innocent, but the notion that "innocent people" don't need preparation for a witness appearance is just incorrect.
Fullduplexxx
(7,860 posts)FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)... how could they ever prove that Cheeto wrote the answers? I'll guarantee you the answers wouldn't be written by him, they'd be written by lawyers and professional PR people.
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(52,208 posts)i'm sure donnie didn't prepare, but for which nevertheless he is responsible.
eShirl
(18,490 posts)genxlib
(5,524 posts)Wait till he gets to the one about the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow
SWBTATTReg
(22,114 posts)How many golf trips has he taken so far? Hum...
Gothmog
(145,169 posts)fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)How much you wanna bet that the interview itself, whenever it happens, will be interrupted by "national security matters".
I can easily see how Trump would orchestrate that it would actually take 4 hours, to answer 2 questions.
LiberalFighter
(50,912 posts)SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)"Do you swear that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole....oh, what the hell! Forget it! Let's just go on to the next question."