Days after the FBI raided the hotel room and offices of Michael Cohen, President Trump’s attorney and fixer, the president granted a full pardon to I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, who in 2007 was convicted of perjury, making false statements to the FBI and obstruction of justice in connection with a special counsel investigation. The timing […]
Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s weekly politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. micah (Micah Cohen, politics editor): For your consideration today: Should President Trump agree to be interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller? Obviously, we’re not lawyers or legal analysts, so we mostly want to focus on the politics of that question. But let’s […]
Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s weekly politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. micah (Micah Cohen, politics editor): There’s a lot going on, including tons of speculation about who might get the boot from President Trump next. On Tuesday night, in fact, The New York Times reported that Trump tried to fire special counsel Robert […]
The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast team reacts to the news that the FBI raided the home and office of President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. The crew debates how serious the raid is for Trump and what the implications could be for special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. You can listen to the episode by clicking the […]
Over the weekend, President Trump tore into special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. So the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast crew games out what would happen if Trump actually moved to fired Mueller. The team discusses possible congressional responses, public opinion and the effect on the midterms. According to Nate Silver, […]