MARKWAYNE MULLIN: Remember, there was a sweetheart plea deal that was struck in 2009, way before Trump was even considering to be in office, under the Obama administration TAPPER: No. It was 2008. The US attorney at the time was a guy named Alex Acosta. He was a Bush appointee. He went on to become Trump's secretary of labor MULLIN: Who was in office at the time? TAPPER: George W Bush MULLIN: No. 2009 was when the case came out, and Obama was in office at the time TAPPER: Not true