It took Trump's lawyers 4 HOURS to prep him for 2 questions for Mueller-interview.

[DetlefK]

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/two-questions-four-hours-cnn-panel-mocks-trumps-scattershot-preps-mueller-interview/

“In an informal, four-hour practice session, Mr. Trump’s lawyers were only able to walk him through two questions, given the frequent interruptions on national-security matters along with Mr. Trump’s loquaciousness, one person familiar with the matter said,” the WSJ said.

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“The president has pressing responsibilities for national security,” he said. “It’s tough to make that time. On the other hand, presidents have done it in the past. That particular tidbit is delicious and it seems like an outtake from within the loop. There’s the absurdity and believability of high office — two questions in four hours.”

Chris Cuomo was more speculative, asking if people truly believe that Trump spent four hours studying for something he doesn’t want to do.

“With regular breaks for presumably tweeting as well as national security,” Avlon said. “Here is the point, first of all, he is totally loquacious, he is not focussed. Two questions derail him for large periods of time? Sure.”

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I guess, that's why he wants to answer the questions in writing and from afar.

[chelsea0011]

1. Had difficulty with name and residence?

[winstars]

2. Maybe he did the back nine during this prep???

[Fullduplexxx]

3. Removed for being wrong

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4. innocent people absolutely need to be prepped.

not that that's what's going on in this case....

[fescuerescue]

14. Innocent people have to be prepped

And guilty people even more so.

[Shrike47]

7. Yes, they do.

[jberryhill]

9. That's absurd

I suppose you believe that innocent people should not ask for an attorney when they are questioned by police either.

People behave in all sorts of different ways that come out looking odd when reduced to a transcript of questions and answers.

People will do things like make sarcastic statements, not separate speculation or opinion from fact, nod or shake their head instead of giving verbal responses.

Attorneys are certainly prepped to take maximum advantage of common ordinary things that people say when asked questions.

Of course, in this instance, Trump is not anywhere near normal, and not anywhere near innocent, but the notion that "innocent people" don't need preparation for a witness appearance is just incorrect.

[Fullduplexxx]

10. Ok thanks for setting me straight

[FakeNoose]

5. If the questions were answered in writing

... how could they ever prove that Cheeto wrote the answers? I'll guarantee you the answers wouldn't be written by him, they'd be written by lawyers and professional PR people.

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16. he'd have to sign them, and be responsible for them. same with his tax returns, which

i'm sure donnie didn't prepare, but for which nevertheless he is responsible.

[eShirl]

6. He won't STFU long enough to learn anything.

[genxlib]

8. If he thought the first two questions were tough

Wait till he gets to the one about the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow

[SWBTATTReg]

11. RUMP is too lazy, even by his own standards to do anything too tiring...

How many golf trips has he taken so far? Hum...

[Gothmog]

12. Trump is unfit to be POTUS

[fescuerescue]

13. That in of itself might be part of the strategy.

How much you wanna bet that the interview itself, whenever it happens, will be interrupted by "national security matters".

I can easily see how Trump would orchestrate that it would actually take 4 hours, to answer 2 questions.

[LiberalFighter]

15. It was total bullshit that pressing national security issues needed attending.

[SeattleVet]

17. Amazingly, the first question only took a few seconds!

"Do you swear that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole....oh, what the hell! Forget it! Let's just go on to the next question."