Howard Dean: If Trump’s Legal Team ‘Was Colluding With Cohen,’ They’re in Trouble Too

On Sunday, former DNC head Howard Dean warned that if President Donald Trump‘s legal team colluded with one-time Trump fixer Michael Cohen to lie, then they could be in legal jeopardy too.

Dean’s comments came in response to a question from MSNBC host Alex Witt on Sunday.

“How damaging is this if the president knew that he was lying?” Witt asked.

“Legally it’s not,” Dean replied. “You’re allowed to lie to the public and that’s not a crime. What you’re not allowed to do is lie to investigators.”

He then noted this about Trump’s legal team: “One of the things I find fascinating is how much jeopardy is the president’s legal team in? If the president’s legal team was colluding with Cohen to lie — concoct Cohen’s lies, then they’re in trouble, not just the president.”

Dean then stressed, “This is a really big problem. Look, Trump has no credibility except with those people who sort of believe in him as a religious figure. He has no credibility. Everybody knows that he lies, and the question now is, has he crossed the line legally? And it looks every day that this goes on that he has more and more.”

Watch above, via MSNBC

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