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David Gergen: “You know, they will treat this as a weak opening move by Mueller. You know, if the first thing he brings in is something…”

On the recordOctober 26, 2017
You know, they will treat this as a weak opening move by Mueller. You know, if the first thing he brings in is something that's unrelated to the president, none related to the collusion in Russia charge, you know, that makes it easy for them to say, we told you, it wasn't much here.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen explains how the White House could downplay charges that are unrelated to the president.

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