Kasie Hunt: The President Hasn’t Made a Secret of the Goal of His Attacks on the Press

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HUNT: “The President hasn’t made a secret of the goal of his attacks on the press. The goal of his attacks on the press is to set up a situation where people believe him over the media. And where if there is a negative story — I mean he essentially told this to journalist Leslie Stahl and related this story. The reality here is, regardless of these attacks, regardless of what they're doing now, we still have a job to do. Reporters still have a job to do. There are a lot of unanswered questions. Accepting Robert Mueller’s conclusion, David, as you point out, he found no conspiracy, and what actually happened —”
SCARBOROUGH: "Hold on. Again, I’m sorry — the lawyer in me has to say every time you say that: With the Russian government."
HUNT: "With the Russian government. Fair enough."