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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsImagine if Mueller starts flattering Trump with compliments during the interview.
"I know, Mr. President, Sir, you've gotten a lot of flak about this investigation, but I can assure you that we want to wrap it up as fast as possible. Your victory was one of the biggest in US-history and it's important for our country to get back to normal."What happens if Trump gets comfy and starts regaling Mueller with his tales?
GetRidOfThem
(869 posts)This is the right way to approach a future docucomedy or SNL sketch....
samnsara
(17,572 posts)...and trump will roll over for his belly to be scratched.
machoneman
(3,955 posts)Interviewers on Mueller's team will have well rehearsed questions in hand that were thoroughly researched. Yes, they will at times totally depart from a serious line of questioning to flatter and distract Trump...before quickly switching back to the real issues. These and other tricks will be used to disarm especially an expected combative subject in order to get to the real truths.
Here's a helpful link about Federal investigations. Note the techniques they use to get to the subject like an early morning raid where they aren't fully awake or aware. In Trump's case, I do hope they schedule his testimony late in the day (sundowners / Alzheimer where they aren't sharp) to confuse him.....into accidentally get him to tell the truth!
http://www.burnhamgorokhov.com/criminal-defense-resources/federal-criminal-process/federal-investigations-what-everyone-should-know
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Meanwhile he is oblivious, it makes me wonder what he is being shielded from.
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)They seem basically incompetent to me.
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)dchill
(38,324 posts)Vinca
(50,172 posts)Farmer-Rick
(10,072 posts)Nothing real serious but it always amazed me how people would spill their guts if you pretended to be their friend. To the point of implicating themselves in (minor) crimes. Who needs torture, most people will tell you all you need to know if you pretend to like them.
OnDoutside
(19,908 posts)better reaction by treating people with respect.
Farmer-Rick
(10,072 posts)It's done to get people to admit to something they did Not do.
Despite what tv shows are constantly trying to convince us of. Beating people up or water boarding suspects will Never get you the truth.
OnDoutside
(19,908 posts)taught military how to defend against interrogation techniques like waterboarding, when he was in the USAF, and also iirc blew the whistle on Bruce Jessen who wrote the terror interrogation manual under the Bush Administration.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,163 posts)Trump would sing like a canary.
nuxvomica
(12,366 posts)"We don't know who's behind this whole Russia thing but we do know he's some sort of mastermind genius type, somebody with a really good brain and definitely not obese or with small hands."
SayItLoud
(1,696 posts)DetlefK
(16,423 posts)"No puppet! No puppet!"
SayItLoud
(1,696 posts)Yes, who did you vote for?
Sam McGee
(347 posts)Trump has never encountered anything like this before. Never.
He is accustomed to either (1) controlling the situation, or, (2) having Roy Cohn at his elbow to control the situation.
He's never been in front of the people/person who nailed John Gotti, who nailed one organized crime figure after another, who nailed Russian mobsters, who nailed crooked bankers . . .
Making the subject of the interrogation comfortable, playing to his weaknesses, setting up traps are all part of the process. Trump's shit is weak. And they will have it all on video.
Remember -- I don't have a link to this story, will try to find one -- years ago some of Trump's lawyers gave a deposition in a case against him. They revealed that, after dealing with Trump for a short while, they established the practice of having two or more attorneys meet with Trump because he lied so readily, changed his story from minute to minute, they needed at least one more person in the room to keep track of Trump's bullshit.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,260 posts)and his lawyers aren't smarter than Mueller and his team. Donnie's continuous criticism of the intelligence services has led me to believe they are working overtime to assist Mueller and his team to look into the correct closets of impropriety. This could be a watershed moment for our Democracy.
Fingers are crossed and breath is being held.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)where's Ben & Jerry's...they need a no collusion flavor.
writerJT
(190 posts)He will probably do what most Special Counsels (and Independent Counsels like Starr) have done and hand it off to members of his team that specialize in the areas they want to explore. Mueller will be there but probably more in an observational capacity.
But your point is interesting and a good lawyer will try alignment as a tactic to loosen up the witness. Trump is dumb enough, and narcissistic enough, to fall for it.
The Conductor
(180 posts)Ever see a real police interrogation? Not the fake high tension junk on TV shows or in movies; the real deal with a real suspect. The interrogators entire job is to get into the head of the suspect, say whatever will bring them out, whatever will keep them talking. A really common ploy is to tell the suspect they have some kind of very strong evidence - real is better, but made-up is surprisingly OK. Then they say something on the order of, "We know you didn't mean for things to go this way, and this is your one chance to get your story out and on the record so everyone knows that. Amazing how often that leads to the suspect spilling everything you could ever know about them, right down to their mother's shoe size.
The FBI already has good evidence, and Trump's vanity and arrogance would be an access point to everything he knows. And the FBI people are the best interrogators in the business; smart enough to act dumb and let a suspect hang themselves with their own testimony.
writerJT
(190 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,897 posts)And what lovely golden locks
I bet with your healthy stature...
you must weigh under 239lbs.
You're the best witness we've ever had,
the smarterest !!!
PatrickforO
(14,516 posts)Apparently Cheetoh is very easily manipulated, but only for short periods. He tends to support the ideas advanced by the last person who spoke to him. But then if someone else says something different, he will be on a whole new track.
He doesn't really HAVE any vision. He truly does manage by chaos, play people against each other, and is easily flattered.
You know, if there is still even a small modicum of justice in this oligarchy that used to be a republic, Trump will go down, and will take pretty much the entire GOP with him. This Russia thing is getting bigger every day.
unblock
(51,974 posts)well, to a point. i strongly believe everyone deserves good legal advice, even vile people accused of despicable crimes.
on the other hand, i rather suspect that donnie's lawyers are not merely giving the good legal advice everyone deserves, but are also aiding and abetting abuses of the system, if not outright crimes.
that said, i don't envy anyone trying to convince donnie to just shut up and only say "i don't recall."
it's rare to see someone so readily, obviously, and easily manipulable, especially in national politics.
i foresee lawyers saying "we need to take a quick break for a few minutes".
*a lot*.
Johonny
(20,685 posts)he's the same way in front of a lawyer as he is anywhere else. He lies pointlessly. Talks in loops. Contradicts himself... getting Trump to talk about himself is easy. It's not clear Trump's lawyers are going to let him anywhere near Mueller though.
hvn_nbr_2
(6,481 posts)For anyone old enough to remember Columbo.