The Trump Administration and its lawyers are all-but acknowledging that the President would commit perjury if he were to testify like any normal witness. They're not making the usual "the president is too busy with affairs of state" claim (how can they? He watches 4 hours of TV a day!). They are saying unless we impose strict limits on how you interact with this guy he will almost certainly commit a serious crime.
ADDENDUM: This is pretty much what I was trying to say:
ADDENDUM: This is pretty much what I was trying to say:
Trump’s lawyers keep talking about Trump being interviewed by Mueller as a “perjury trap.” But that’s not an actual thing. It’s like calling a barn filled with hay “an arson trap.” It’s only a “trap” if you’re an arsonist. https://t.co/z3it5fTAud— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) February 25, 2018
