Lawrence: If Subpoenaed By Grand Jury, Will Donald Trump Take The Fifth? | The Last Word

HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU, JOY.
>> HAVE A GOOD ONE. >>> SPECIAL PROSECUTOR ROBERT
MUELLER APPARENTLY BELIEVES THAT A CRIME OR CRIMES MAY HAVE BEEN
COMMITTED BY DONALD TRUMP OR DONALD TRUMP JR. OR JARED
KUSHNER OR MICHAEL FLYNN OR PAUL MANAFORT OR ANY AND ALL OF THOSE
PEOPLE OR OTHER PEOPLE WORKING IN AND AROUND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN
FOR PRESIDENT, AND THAT IS WHY, AS "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" IS
REPORTING, THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR IS NOW WORKING WITH A
GRAND JURY TO HEAR EVIDENCE ABOUT HIS INVESTIGATION.
THAT GRAND JURY HAS SUBPOENA POWER.
THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR DOES NOT. THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR CAN ASK A
GRAND JURY TO ISSUE SUBPOENAS FOR DOCUMENTS THAT HE WOULD LIKE
TO EXAMINE. THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR CAN ASK A
GRAND JURY TO ISSUE SUBPOENAS FOR WITNESSES TO COME IN AND
TESTIFY TO THAT GRAND JURY UNDER OATH.
IT IS THE GRAND JURY THAT TECHNICALLY WIELDS THOSE POWERS,
BUT THEY ALWAYS DO SO U UNDER T GUIDANCE OF A PROSECUTOR WHOSE
REQUESTS GRAND JURIES USUALLY FOLLOW ROUTINELY.
THIS GRAND JURY IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST THREAT EVER FACED BY
DONALD TRUMP OR ANYONE ELSE NAMED TRUMP OR MARRIED TO A
TRUMP. WHEN JARED KUSHNER IS SUBPOENAED
TO TESTIFY TO THE GRAND JURY, AS HE SURELY WILL BE, HE WILL BE
TESTIFYING UNDER OATH. WHEN DONALD TRUMP JR. IS
SUBPOENAED TO TESTIFY TO THE GRAND JURY, HE WILL BE
TESTIFYING UNDER OATH. AND WHEN DONALD TRUMP BECOMES
THE SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE SUBPOENAED
TO TESTIFY TO A GRAND JURY IN AN INVESTIGATION TARGETING HIM, HE
WILL BE FORCED TO TESTIFY UNDER OATH.
PEOPLE ARE NOT THEMSELVES WHEN THEY ARE SUBJECT TO AN INTENSE
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND A GRAND JURY.
NO ONE -- NO ONE IS PREPARED FOR THAT.
NO ONE IS USED TO IT. SOME PEOPLE MAKE THE WORST
MISTAKES OF THEIR LIVES UNDER THAT PRESSURE.
OTHERWISE SMART PEOPLE CAN MAKE THE WORST MISTAKES OF THEIR
LIVES UNDER THAT PRESSURE. NOT SMART PEOPLE ARE GUARANTEED
TO MAKE MISTAKES UNDER THAT PRESSURE.
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, THE FIRST AND ONLY PRESIDENT TO BE
FORCED TO TESTIFY TO A GRAND JURY UNDER OATH DID THE
STUPIDEST THING HE'S EVER DONE IN HIS LIFE.
HE COMMITTED PERJURY TESTIFYING TO THAT GRAND JURY.
HE KNOWS IT WAS THE STUPIDEST THING HE'S EVER DONE IN HIS
LIFE, STUPIDER EVEN THAN THE CONDUCT HE WAS TESTIFYING ABOUT.
I'M SURE HE WISHES HE COULD HAVE THAT MOMENT BACK, BUT YOU DON'T
GET DO-OVERS WITH GRAND JURIES. YOU HAVE ONE CHANCE TO TELL A
GRAND JURY THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE
TRUTH. AND WHEN YOU GO INTO A GRAND
JURY WITH SOMETHING TO HIDE, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO MAKE A
MISTAKE, AND IT WILL PROBABLY BE A BIG ONE.
AND IT WILL PROBABLY CHANGE THE COURSE OF YOUR LIFE, THE COURSE
OF YOUR PRESIDENCY. ROBERT MUELLER IS GOING TO GIVE
PRESIDENT TRUMP ONE CHANCE TO TELL THE TRUTH TO A GRAND JURY.
DONALD TRUMP WILL HAVE ONE CHANCE TO DO THE THING THAT HE
FINDS MOST DIFFICULT TO DO, TELL THE TRUTH.
THE ONLY PRESIDENT IN HISTORY WHO LIES ABOUT HIS INAUGURATION
CROWD SIZE AND IS CAUGHT PUBLICLY LYING EVERY SINGLE DAY
OF HIS PRESIDENCY, THAT PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE GIVEN
ONE CHANCE BY THE BEST PROSECUTORS IN THE COUNTRY TO
TELL THE TRUTH. DONALD TRUMP HAS NEVER HAD A
STRONGER INCENTIVE TO FIRE ROBERT MUELLER THAN HE DOES NOW.
THIS IS THE STRONGEST MESSAGE YET THAT ROBERT MUELLER IS
COMING AT DONALD TRUMP OR THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE OR THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN IN A DEADLY SERIOUS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IN WHICH
HE ALREADY SUSPECTS THAT CRIMES MAY HAVE BEEN COMMITTED.
BUT DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT HAVE ONE ALLY IN WASHINGTON WHO IS
PREPARED TO HELP HIM IN ANY WAY WITH ROBERT MUELLER'S CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATSTIGATION. HE MAY HAVE SOME ALLIES LEFT ON
THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES THAT ARE ALSO RUNNING
INVESTIGATIONS. BUT TODAY, MITCH McCONNELL'S
REPUBLICAN UNITED STATES SENATE SLAMMED THE DOOR ON ANY
POSSIBILITY OF PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRING ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF
SESSIONS AND REPLACING HIM WITH A RECESS APPOINTMENT DURING THE
SENATE'S AUGUST RECESS. A RECESS APPOINTMENT ALLOWS THE
PRESIDENT TO INSTALL AN ATTORNEY GENERAL WITHOUT A CONFIRMATION
HEARING OR A CONFIRMATION VOTE. SO TODAY WHEN MITCH McCONNELL
CLOSED DOWN SENATE BUSINESS AND SENT EVERYONE HOME ON WHAT LOOKS
LIKE THE AUGUST RECESS, HE TECHNICALLY LEFT THE SENATE IN
WHAT THEY CALL PRO FORMA SESSION SO THAT NO RECESS APPOINTMENT
CAN BE MADE DURING THE SENATE'S RECESS WHICH IS NOT A RECESS
THANKS TO THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY LEADER WHO HAS SLAMMED
THE DOOR ON THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT'S POSSIBILITY OF
INSTALLING A NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL THROUGH A RECESS
APPOINTMENT AND THEN HAVING THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL FIRE ROBERT
MUELLER AND SHUT DOWN THAT INVESTIGATION AND SHUT DOW DOWNT
GRAND JURY. MITCH McCONNELL MADE SURE THAT
THAT GRAND JURY WILL LIVE THROUGH THE AUGUST RECESS AND
BEYOND. ALSO IN THE SENATE TODAY, TWO
DIFFERENT BIPARTISAN BILLS WERE INTRODUCED WITH DEMOCRAT AND
REPUBLICAN SPONSORS OF EACH ONE THAT WOULD PROTECT SPECIAL
PROSECUTOR ROBERT MUELLER FROM ANY ATTEMPT TO FIRE HIM.
WE HAVE AN INDICATION TONIGHT THAT ROBERT MUELLER'S GRAND JURY
IS GOING TO HEAR TESTIMONY FROM A POSSIBLE GROUP OF WITNESSES
THAT HAVE NEVER TESTIFIED TO A GRAND JURY BEFORE.
VOX IS REPORTING THAT AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRED FBI
DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY, QUOTE, ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE FBI
ANDREW McCABE TOLD SEVERAL OF HIS HIGHEST RANKING MANAGERS OF
THE BUREAU THEY SHOULD CONSIDER THEMSELVES POSSIBLE WITNESSES IN
ANY INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER PRESIDENT TRUMP ENGAGED IN
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. MANY GRAND JURIES OVER MANY
YEARS HAVE HEARD MANY FBI AGENTS TESTIFY AS INVESTIGATORS ONLY,
PRESENTING THEIR FINDINGS AS INVESTIGATORS TO THE GRAND JURY.
THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD HIGH-RANKING MANAGERS OF THE FBI
TESTIFY AS WITNESSES TO A POSSIBLE CRIME COMMITTED BY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. USUALLY THE TARGET OF AN
INVESTIGATION TESTIFIES LAST TO A GRAND JURY.
BY THAT TIME, THE GRAND JURY KNOWS MORE ABOUT THE CASE THAN
THE WITNESS DOES. PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHEN HE
TESTIFIES, WILL BE WONDERING WHAT ALL THOSE HIGH-RANKING
MANAGERS AT THE FBI TOLD THIS GRAND JURY.
DONALD TRUMP WILL BE ALONE IN THAT ROOM.
THIS IS UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE YOU EVER GO THROUGH AS A POSSIBLE
WITNESS OR DEFENDANT IN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
ALONE IN THE ROOM. NO LAWYERS.
NO TRUMP LAWYERS WILL BE ALLOWED IN THAT GRAND JURY ROOM.
DONALD TRUMP WILL BE IN THAT ROOM ALONE.
NO ONE CAN HELP DONALD TRUMP IN THAT ROOM.
IT IS UNLIKE ANY ROOM HE'S EVER BEEN IN, IN HIS LIFE.
AND IN THAT ROOM, ALL ALONE, DONALD TRUMP MAY HAVE TO MAKE A
CHOICE, A HISTORIC CHOICE. HE MAY, ON THE ADVICE OF HIS
LAWYERS, HAVE TO BECOME THE FIRST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY WHO
TAKES THE

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