MEDIA: Get on this already. "I've wanted to keep it down" is another Lester Holt moment for Trump, and I can't find any media coverage of it. The man just admitted to trying to "keep down" the Mueller investigation, which no jury in America would much distinguish from "obstruct." 
2/ I've seen only one person in the media discussing this, and incredibly their claim is that "I've wanted to keep it down" means Trump wanted to—wait for it—avoid talking about the Mueller probe publicly. Are you kidding? How many times did he call it a "witch hunt" on Twitter?
3/ Grammatically, "it" undoubtedly refers to "the situation"—that is, the Trump-Russia investigation.
And "I've been saying [it's a witch hunt] for a long time" couldn't possibly be followed by a sentence ("I've wanted to keep it down") that contradicts its predecessor directly.
And "I've been saying [it's a witch hunt] for a long time" couldn't possibly be followed by a sentence ("I've wanted to keep it down") that contradicts its predecessor directly.
4/ In other words, while I do respect the 1% or so of you who say that Trump was talking about trying to "keep quiet" on the Russia probe, the writer, editor, and professor in me—who lives on (and through) words—just can't accept that as a reasonable or even valid interpretation.
5/ The money quote is at 10 seconds in.
