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Joe Lockhart: But the political question is the optics of the President of the United States tying the courts up for the next year or…

On the recordMay 15, 2018
But the political question is the optics of the President of the United States tying the courts up for the next year or two to cope himself from going in and telling the truth to the prosecutor are very bad political optics.
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Joe Lockhart

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Lockhart comments on the negative political implications of the President delaying legal proceedings.

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