Scott Dworkin:

[triron]

"It’s cute Trump’s lawyers think they can negotiate to have Trump not interview with Robert Mueller in person. They think they can submit written answers instead. Why are they afraid of Donald doing an interview? Oh, because he’s a pathological liar & guilty of conspiracy. Got it."

[Raster]

1. Yes, and lying to the FBI IS A FELONY

[Me.]

2. I Want Him Under Oath

or no interview

[shraby]

8. When being interviewed by the FBI, if someone (anyone) lies to the FBI, it is automatically

a felony.
No ifs, ands or buts.
In fact, they apprise the person of that fact before they start.

[Me.]

10. I Do Know About Lying To FBI

But I still want him to have to show up and swear in person. Also, if he just writes the answers does that still apply. And if he has someone write the answers for him, who's to know.

[NewJeffCT]

3. Cheney and Bush

managed to be able to testify in secret, not under oath and without being recorded at all.

[dhol82]

5. Still dont know how that happened!

I think they held hands for the entire hearing.
Pathetic.

[NewJeffCT]

6. my hope is

that Trump can't resist being on TV and getting bigly ratings.

[dhol82]

7. Yup, that will be our saving grace

He just can’t stop proving he’s a big man.
Bigly!

[PatSeg]

16. Yes

That bit of history is something many people have forgotten. We'll probably never know what transpired in that room. Of course, the FBI wasn't involved. Bush and Cheney met before a 9/11 panel - they weren't under oath and there were no transcripts. They insisted on appearing together, which many people found suspicious.

[not fooled]

26. Well, re chimpy and darth appearing together

how's the puppet gonna appear lifelike if the puppetmaster isn't there to stick his hand up its ass?

[PatSeg]

29. That was the impression many of us had at time

Also, it helped them to keep their stories straight.

[spanone]

4. that way, the lawyers can write the answers.

[Sophia4]

11. Precisely!

[OnDoutside]

9. Is this not PR by his lawyers, to pretend they're doing SOMETHING ?

[Jim__]

12. He also lacks the competence to be interrogated.

He could never stand up to an interrogation by Mueller or anyone on his investigative staff.

[SCantiGOP]

13. If face to face

Mueller will have him nailed in about 10 minutes.
All he has to do is say things like: So, it appears you weren't in charge......Other people were making the real decisions......So you weren't in the loop on this.........Sounds like you didn't really know what was going on...........

Trump will be falling all over himself saying that he was totally in charge, no one has ever been in charge like I was, nothing got by me..

I think if Trump can't avoid a direct interrogation he will take the 5th and claim it was to protect others.

[erronis]

22. How about the "I can't remember" defense? Sessions could school him on that.

[SCantiGOP]

30. And Sessions learned it from the Master

Ronnie Reagan

[getagrip_already]

14. folks - it wouldn't be muehler....

It would be a team of his prosecutors/investigators. Muehler won't actually do the questioning.

It would be too risky. Trump could go on a tear against him personally. No reason for him to be there, the team can handle it.

It would be helpful though if they had a woman, a strong woman, maybe even a woman of color, to poke him and prod him from time to time. That would send him on a tear of epic disaster...

Once he starts talking, you won't be able to shut him up I suspect, especially if he thinks he is helping himself.

Hopefully, the team will meet with psychiatrists ahead of time to plan a strategy sure to open the bile tanks.

[not fooled]

28. Yeah, he could babble maniacally

or he could turn sullen and shut up. You know, the pouty baby.

[duforsure]

15. He's depending on taking it to the Supreme Court

To not be forced there in person. Did he actively try to force their loyalty too?

[Augiedog]

17. His lawyers have visions of him leaving in bigly handcuffs. Although he is obese and likely will

need a double set to meet safety standards.

[struggle4progress]

27. There's no chance he'll leave in handcuffs. While he President, the worst

that happens to him is an "unindicted co-conspirator" label

[L. Coyote]

18. Lying to FBI is a felony and Donald is a notorious liar. What could possiblt go wrong?

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[lark]

19. They are more afraid he'll get frustrated & tell the truth.

The lies are well known and Mueller can easily entrap him with lying to the FBI when he's got the recording of drumpf doing something different than he says. I'm sure that is terrifying them. Even worse would be a totally rattled and frustrated drumpf spilling the beans on something important that Mueller didn't have proof of previously and then he'd have the recording of drumpf admitting this!

[Moral Compass]

20. He is a terrible witness for himself

I read a transcript of one of his depositions that somehow became public during the campaign and he is an atrocious witness.

He contradicts himself and rambles and provides information that hasn’t even been asked for. I would venture to guess that his language skills have been deteriorated markedly since that deposition and now he could probably be counted on to show irritation, confusion, and assert power he doesn’t actually possess since he had a childlike view of what a President is and the power of the office.


It could be an incredible cluster.

[Wounded Bear]

21. His own lawyers won't meet with him one on one...

because they can't trust him. A real interview? With a real prosecutor? Yeah, that's gonna happen.

Trump would incriminate himself in record time.

[erronis]

23. Not that I would ever wish this, but an incapacitation before testifying

but it would not be outside of possibility. I'd really hate for his cheezebugger to get caught in his craw. Fortunately his best friend Vlad has some potions that might work.

[Leghorn21]

24. Oh, LOSER45 will do fine in his lil interview, triron:

&sns=tw via @youtube

[SergeStorms]

25. And he'll be found out...

to be mentally incapable of answering any of the questions asked. Well, come Mr. "stable genius", what are you waiting for?

[Moral Compass]

31. He is a terrible witness for himself

I read a transcript of one of his depositions that somehow became public during the campaign and he is an atrocious witness.

He contradicts himself and rambles and provides information that hasn’t even been asked for. I would venture to guess that his language skills have been cheerier rated markedly since that deposition and now he could probably be counted on to show irritation, confusion, and will probably not remember many key thanks.