Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

Fox News Host's Reasoning For Why It Would Be Foolish for Donald Trump to Sit Down With Robert Mueller Is Surprisingly On Point

Fox News Host's Reasoning For Why It Would Be Foolish for Donald Trump to Sit Down With Robert Mueller Is Surprisingly On Point
Fox News Outnumbered host Dagen McDowell speaks with guests on August 6, 2018. (Fox News)

Can't argue with that.

Monday, Fox News Outnumbered host Dagen McDowell sat down with Judge Andrew Napolitano and other guests to discuss the possibility of President Donald Trump sitting for an interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller as part of the Russia investigation.

Napolitano, like most other legal experts, advised against Trump agreeing to an interview under oath.


McDowell concurred, but for an interesting reason. She first asserts interviewing the President is a trap he cannot avoid. She stated:

"From the outside looking in doesn’t it look like increasingly that the Mueller team is setting a trap for the president if he decides to speak with them?"

And the spring for that trap? McDowell suggests Trump is incapable of speaking to Mueller without committing perjury.

How in the world could he ever cooperate and sit down with Mueller for an interview knowing that if you tell one lie to Bob Mueller, he will move to file charges?"

But guest Jessica Tarlov offered another option for the President. Trump could sit for the interview and not lie. She stated:

He could not tell a lie, that's always an option here. There have been so many lies from the beginning."

Watch the exchange here:

Tarlov went on to list some of the statements Trump made related to the Mueller investigation that proved untrue or were contradictory to other statements the President made.

Like the evolving story of the Trump Tower meeting where Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner spoke with at least one Russian government operative. Or the related story of Trump Jr.'s false statement about the meeting, dictated by the President on Air Force One.

Or the changing story of the payment made to Stephanie Clifford—a.k.a. Stormy Daniels—and the proposed payment to Karen McDougal. Or the inconsequential but no less prevalent lies about inauguration crowd sizes or winning the popular vote.

The President's moral character even led to 7 religious and civic leaders in Washington DC petitioning for Trump to have his liquor license for Trump International Hotel revoked. They also cited statements made by the President which proved untrue.

McDowell is correct in stating that lying under oath or as part of a criminal investigation is discouraged. And her assertion that Trump would inevitably perjure himself has some merit.

Various organizations tracking Trump's public lies while in office now put the total over 4,200. These count only official statements, speeches and Twitter posts.

Following McDowell's on-air assessment of the President's honesty, Twitter users had much to say on the matter as well in the following tweets.

Some echoed Tarlov's suggestion that Trump just not lie.

While others found in insightful that a host on Fox News thinks the President cannot tell the truth under oath or as part of a criminal investigation for even a short period. Sources state the Trump interview would be one to two hours long at most and include written questions.

Some found it especially telling when someone else managed to not perjure themselves after 11 hours.

The President's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, stated again on Monday that he advised Trump to not speak to Mueller. Giuliani did not specify if the President's legal team thinks Trump will inevitably commit perjury.

More from People/donald-trump

Joanna and Chip Gaines
Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images

HGTV Stars Respond To Backlash From Christian Fans For Casting Same-Sex Couple In Their New Series

Back in 2016, home renovation and lifestyle power couple Joanna and Chip Gaines faced accusations of anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry. The criticism stemmed from their attendance at a Waco, Texas church that preached against LGBTQ+ equality and basic human rights.

At the time, the couple owned and operated Magnolia Homes, a remodeling and design business in Waco, Texas, and their HGTV program Fixer Upper was a hit. After the show ended in 2018, the couple created their own Magnolia Network in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery in 2020 to create original content and air other home and lifestyle programs.

Keep ReadingShow less
screenshots from video of JD Vance at Disneyland
@janekleeb/X

JD Vance Called Out For Hypocrisy As He Visits Disneyland With His Family Amid Boos

On Saturday, one-time vehement Trump critic turned MAGA Republican convert Vice President JD Vance went on vacation to Disneyland in blue state California, despite Disney World in red state Florida being closer to Washington D.C. and in the middle of MAGA territory.

The administration of MAGA Republican President Donald Trump is currently engaged in a face-off with California over occupying forces sent by Trump to Los Angeles, which is about 50 miles from Anaheim where Disneyland is located, making Vance's choice even more questionable.

Keep ReadingShow less
Donald Trump; Joe Biden
Mandel Ngan/Pool/Getty Images; Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Joe Biden Calls Out 'Liar' Trump Over His Claims About Biden's Use Of Autopen For Pardons

Speaking to The New York Times, former President Joe Biden called President Donald Trump a "liar" over claims that Biden's pardons are "void" because they were done by autopen, a conspiracy theory heavily promoted by Republicans who've already suggested many times that Biden was not mentally fit while in office.

In the final hours of his presidency, Biden issued a series of preemptive pardons, including ones for his relatives, all members of the House committee that investigated the January 6 attack—such as former Congresswoman Liz Cheney—and several of Trump’s most prominent adversaries, including General Mark Milley and Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Keep ReadingShow less
Nancy Mace
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Rep. Nancy Mace Gets Brutal Reminder On X After She Tried To Praise Trump For 'Rebuilding' The U.S.

South Carolina Republican Representative Nancy Mace was fact-checked by an X Community Note after she tried to praise President Donald Trump for "rebuilding" the country, when she herself voted against President Biden's 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

The IIJA authorized $1.2 trillion in funding and the increased federal spending in recent years has improved U.S. ports, roads, parks, and other services in a country that civil engineers have long said spends too little on infrastructure.

Keep ReadingShow less
black Lamborghini parked in front of a boutique
Danilo Capece on Unsplash

Surprising Things Poor People Learned When Dating Someone Rich

There are life lessons learned through adversity. Some of them are actual survival skills while others are about managing expectations and disappointment.

But some people face very few hardships in their lives due to the power of money.

Keep ReadingShow less