Monday on MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House,” host Nicolle Wallace asked if President Donald Trump will become a role model for criminals.
During a discussing on Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani‘s saying Trump will not testify for Robert Mueller, Wallace said, “I have a weird question, though, for you. Are there criminals out there who will point to the president and say, ‘Well, you know, the president’s lawyer said he wasn’t under oath—'”
Panelist Paul Butler said, “Already happened.”
Wallace asked, “Are there criminals who are going to model the president’s conduct while under federal investigation, and make it harder to solve crimes?”
Butler said, “Of course. So the irony is that now law and order Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani are the leaders of the don’t be a snitch movement.”
He added. “Mueller has backed up everything that Cohen has said with forensic evidence like those tapes that Cohen made of Trump, e-mails, texts, and eyewitness testimony.”
Wallace said, “It’s unbelievable. I can’t believe we’re talking about blackmail and the president basically running something you usually hear from gang leaders, don’t snitch. I heard from a source close to the investigations that the reason the SDNY cases seem or feel more aggressive, they’ve named the president as directing this conspiracy is because of faith and history of having and knowing their evidence.”
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