..please?

I was trying to analyze a piece of news. Why else would Trump imply an exchange?

Might this not shine a light on his strategy? Is that not worth contemplating?

and he's looking for a little "mercy"..

I don't know if that is the word I'm looking for. Also, I don't think Mueller would have any dialogue with Trump until he is subpoenaed

That's why I wondered why they were implying an exchange.

Bingo.

Like the bully who has been caught and is about to get his comeuppance.

Oh, please don't hit me, please please.. you're really a nice fella. I didn't mean it. really I didn't please, oh please..

for Mueller to be contacting or responding to Trumo as he is a target of the investigation. Maybe Trump and lawyers are attempting to imply impropriety on Mueller's part.

Like he did the FBI Director?? Sounds very unethical.

He is far too smart and ethical to allow Trump to mess around with him.

one panelist said that attorneys on opposing sides of a case are commonly in contact. Another seemed to object, saying something like this is might apply with lawyer-to-lawyer, not prosecutor-to-lawyer.

From watching Law and Order, I assume there might be the barest of contacts on technical matters. And certainly any communication between investigator and potential defendant while the investigation in sunder process prior to formal interviews would be of only the most technical matters.

The question, then, might usefully be rephrased like this: Why does Trump's lawyer imply a cordial exchange beyond the technical?

My original speculation might be right (so Mueller can be portrayed as betraying Trump, angering Trump's base and frightening the Congress and Senate away from impeachment) but I also like choie's idea that he's implying Mueller is compromised.

I just had another: Maybe his lawyers are trying to carefully monitor where Mueller's investigation is at every stage so that Trump will know when to fire Mueller or demand he limit his investigation to non-financial matters.

guess is there is not and Cheeto's lawyers are counting on that. They want gullible people to believe that Mueller actually responded, much the same as Comey supposedly told him he was not the target. No way in hell did Mueller respond w/ anything other than "email received". That is the extent of the back and forth and sufficient to fit into the legal definition, if there is one.

"Oh look, I got another note from Bob. He wants me to send him all my files on Russia. He's such a big fan of mine."