Turley: ‘Very Dangerous Thing’ for Trump to Sit Down with Mueller

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SCARBOROUGH: "That a president could be indicted, right. And I want to ask you also about a choice that Trump’s lawyers, the president’s lawyers have to make right now. It seems we’re heading towards a showdown on whether he agrees to sit down with Bob Mueller or not. Maybe all of this is negotiations them saying no, we’re not going to sit down could just be a very good negotiating tactic with them knowing that they’re going to sit down. Is -- is there a danger that if they decide not to sit down with Bob Mueller that he slaps a subpoena on them, they challenge it, it goes to the Supreme Court, and I mean, I don’t know about you, I would guess that the court would rule at least 5-4 in Bob Mueller’s favor that he would need to sit down given all of this. But, that being said, don’t Trump’s lawyers risk doing this and actually setting a precedent where the special counsel knows he can go to a Supreme Court that is actually going to rule in a way that’s advantageous to the special prosecutor?"
TURLEY: "Well, I think it does come at a cost. Among those costs is you will prolong the special counsel investigation. It will take time to litigate this issue. It is unresolved. You know the bets are sort of off on how the court will deal with this. I tend to view it — it should be obvious from my last answer — that the president can be forced to speak with the special counsel and is not beyond the power of a subpoena. I think that cases like the bill Clinton case certainly lay the foundation for that. Now, having said that as a criminal defense attorney, I must say most of us would not want the president to sit down with Mueller."
SCARBOROUGH: "Right."
TURLEY: "Most of us would try to game this issue. It’s a very dangerous thing for him to do. You can call Martha Stewart and she’ll tell you all about that."