Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein Hush money can speak loudly. But this week confirmed that words, as spoken by President Donald Trump and those in his orbit, don’t necessarily say something meaningful. The topics in question span from matters of health to matters of basic fact to matters that will play out in courts of law. Trump’s own lawyers — from Michael Cohen through Rudy Giuliani – have only added to the confusion and contradictions, with the Stormy Daniels matter front and center. A week that began with a backlash against words aimed at the White House press secretary ended with something approaching an admission, when Sarah Sanders was asked by ABC’s Jonathan Karl about "what appears to be a blatant disregard for the truth." "We give the very best information that we have at the time," Sanders said Thursday. The problem, it seems, is that the "very best information" is coming from a source who has proven less than reliable: the president himself. (Sanders didn’t quibble with the premise of Karl’s question.) People close to the president are voicing concerns that Robert Mueller’s investigation is having an impact on the business of the presidency. It’s hard to see, though, how the president’s own words are making his job – to saying nothing of Mueller’s — any easier. The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks "Flint still doesn’t have clean water," comedian Michelle Wolf said as she ended her set at the White House correspondents' dinner last weekend. ... Link to the full article to read more