Here's a sentence that I didn't think I'd ever write: You know what's fun about the Trump administration? I know it doesn't seem like there'd be much, but it's incredible how these people refuse to ever keep their mouths shut.

They are in the middle of a massive, potentially presidency-ending investigation, and rather than battening down the hatches and keeping quiet, as literally any lawyer in the world would advise them to do, they can't help themselves from constantly talking about the scandal. To that end, yesterday, as we learned of Paul Manafort and Richard Gates' indictments and Trump advisor George Papadopoulos's decision to plead guilty and cooperate with Robert Mueller's investigation, the Trump camp went into a disastrous and unconvincing attempt at spinning the story. Particularly eye-roll-worthy was the administration's attempt to pretend that Papadopoulos had no real role on the campaign.

Now considering the fact that Trump himself had previously praised Papadopoulos to the Washington Post editorial board, that claim is obviously a lie. But that was the position the administration staked out... For all of half a day, before Carter Page went on Chris Hayes's show and revealed the truth.

Now Chris Hayes is a great journalist and interviewer, but if Carter Page can't handle an interview on MSNBC, I can't imagine how he'll fare against Robert Mueller and a team of investigators whose entire careers are built around getting people to say things they don't want to. All Chris Hayes had to ask was "were you on email chains about Russia with Papadopoulos?" and he revealed the truth. I don't know how you watch this, and not come to the conclusion that these guys are in big trouble. If I were them, I'd start practicing my perp walk.

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