In case you missed it - Kristen Welker got the idiot to admit 1/6 was his idea.

[tinrobot]

After Trump admitted he "didn't respect them," he later added, "You know who I listen to? Myself. I saw what happened, I watched that election, and I thought the election was over at 10 o’clock in the evening. My instincts are a big part of it. That’s been the thing that’s gotten me to where I am -- my instincts."

Welker pressed, "Just to be clear, were you listening to your lawyers’ advice, or were you listening to your own instincts?” to which the former president replied, "Oh, sure. It was my decision. I listened to some people. Some people said that."

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After watching the clip, a smiling Psaki commented, "So, this is interesting, because they've been using this advice of counsel arguments. So, what did you think about that exchange?"

An equally smiling Katyal replied, "S o, Jen, anyone who is any critic of Kristen Welker on 'Meet The Press' who's like, 'Oh, she's not making news,' she just made huge news this morning."

"Because Donald Trump's defense to January 6th has been one basic thing, which, is I relied on the advice of my lawyers, I didn't have bad criminal intent, it is my lawyers who were telling me to do this," he explained. "And she got him through a masterful interviewing, and playing to his ego, to go, ''Oh no, I did all myself.'"

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-jan-6-2665542442/

Interesting how far you can get simply by calling that narcissistic idiot "Mr. President."

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Well, THAT was worth the price of admission . . . . .

[Walleye]

2. You're damn right I ordered the code red

[yonder]

17. Col. Jessup without the chops.

[Walleye]

21. The colonel's threats and insults were much more creative

[Silent Type]

3. That must have been a few seconds people missed. Thought she was gushing

over trump the whole interview from what I’ve been reading.

[Hekate]

4. I really hope all of DU reads this little snippet. Just sayin'

[Hortensis]

5. "Oh, sure. It was my decision."

My husband and I noticed this, but I didn't get excited because I guessed he might have already said it in different ways. He's such a blabbermouth.

Whether this nails him, or helps nail him, though, good job!

[cilla4progress]

25. Ok...balanced view.

I bet you're right, he has said this in other ways and times. Maybe it's the timing, as the legal theories hone in?

[Hortensis]

31. Well, since then NBC evening broadcast news reported it as news --

saying tRump incriminated himself, showing the clip. Then on to next segment.

Haven't turned on any cable discussion today, but first time or tenth over months, can't be good. Poor attorneys.

[Blue Owl]

6. In Dump's gassy bubble, everything is his decision

[Kid Berwyn]

8. His "in-stinks"

Traitor.

[Blue Owl]

14. Bwah!

[Takket]

7. "anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law"

[emulatorloo]

9. Great video for the jury to watch. I figured Trump would incriminate himself at least once.

I bet Jack Smith is developing a really good video clip collection.

[no_hypocrisy]

10. Like a good cross examination:

You get the witness into a comfortable false sense of complacency, easily answering your questions, no anticipation or defensiveness— and then you perform your orchidectomy (removal of testicles).

[erronis]

22. gotta find them hiding under the 'shroom'. Sorry, I couldn't stop myself!

[housecat]

26. This is the moron that thought the first paragraph of a competency test was about his intelligence?

[betsuni]

11. K&R

[highplainsdem]

12. K&R!

[Cha]

13. Bet Jack Smith was watching.

TY

[gulliver]

15. "I listened to some people..." gets him out of it.

No, it wasn't important, but I'll agree it's probably big news. I'm no lawyer, but I think he covered his tracks on that one exceptionally well while still coming off as the lead decision maker.

The worst part of the interview for Trump was when Welker asked him what he was doing on January 6th, and he literally told her he wasn't telling her anything. There she had him flustered.

Trump was exceptionally strong in much of the rest of the interview. Lying constantly, bragging about how great the world was with him as president, selling, of course, but strong. Unfortunately, Trump does understand TV.

[Septua]

30. Yes, he's always in transactional mode...

..talking to the 'base'. But I'm wondering if he's also trying to establish a hint of 'intent' defense. He said he thought he won the election and continues to say it.

I remember hearing legal pundits talking about "truly believing you didn't commit a crime" could be a defense...but there's also the large number of authoritative sources who told him he lost the election and therefore, couldn't use his instinct as a defense.

But Smith hasn't charged him with specifically inciting the insurrection so intent may be irrelevant.

[Septua]

33. "Trump was exceptionally strong in much of the rest of the interview..."

Yeah, I have to agree with the Tiedrich opinion.

you see, there is no “interviewing” Donald Trump. there is no conversation. there is no question-and-answer, no back-and-forth, no give-and-take.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218282772

I went through the entire interview; Trump was large and in charge. Repeated everything he's been saying since losing the election.

I want to see somebody pin him down on one single topic; the un-stolen election or the Presidential Records Act or Hunter Biden or whatever, to the point he gets mad and walks off the set.

[4lbs]

16. As I posted in another thread, I don't watch MTP anymore, and thus missed it,

but if she keeps doing things like this, I might have to start watching again.


From what it appears, she was like Gayle King interviewing R. Kelly those years ago.


When he [R. Kelly] began 'going off the rails' and yelling and screaming, punching at the wind, she calmly just said "Robert. Robert. Sit down, please, Robert. Let's continue." In her "mom" voice, like she was getting an unruly whiny kid to sit back down and eat his peas.

Could be that Ms. Welker was doing something like that with Dumpy the Clown. Massaging his ego to
the point he easily admitted guilt, and undercut his own and may of his fellow defendants' arguments.

[NoMoreRepugs]

18. Slobby will say a TV interview is "theatre" it's whats in my

mind that is the truth.

[Rebl2]

20. Yep

[elleng]

19. *After watching the clip, a smiling Psaki commented, "So, this is interesting,

because they've been using this advice of counsel arguments. So, what did you think about that exchange?"

An equally smiling Katyal replied, "S o, Jen, anyone who is any critic of Kristen Welker on 'Meet The Press' who's like, 'Oh, she's not making news,' she just made huge news this morning."

"Because Donald Trump's defense to January 6th has been one basic thing, which, is I relied on the advice of my lawyers, I didn't have bad criminal intent'

[cilla4progress]

23. Well, I'll be....

Ok, I'm open to watching this play out and withdrawaing my earlier criticism of Welker..

[Autumn]

24. So she had the plan to get him to admit it on TV. Yeah right.

[Attilatheblond]

29. Too bad she didn't have a plan to get him under oath

[ms liberty]

27. This is the only reasonI don't object to him going on rallies and teevee

All the time. He is completely incapable of keeping his mouth shut. He can't stop himself from talking too much. It's entertaining, in a horror show kind of way.

[LisaM]

28. If a tree falls in a forest and nobody is there to see it.....

In other words, this isn't news unless news outlets turn it into news.

[Skittles]

32. yup

and it does not let her off the hook for failing to fact check his constant EGREGIOUS lies