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Court is going to rule on this issue, but, clarence thomas, however, has raised doubts about the constitutionality of that federal law. >> charles: thiit is a temporary appointment though, 200 and some odd days? >> thats right. 210 days only, unless the president, in the meantime, nominates the permanent replacement for the a.g. in that case, the acting attorney general can stay in that position until the senate deals with the nomination. >> charles: hans, the notion that matthew whitaker was cr...

The mueller probe, anything that a dea agent does, he has the executive power. there are very, very few republican senators who actually buy that guf. so you see the situation, and i think it is a bit sad when you have democratic senators raising issues about good government and republicans running and hiding and you have the house democrats about to take control saying you know what? if the republican senators in charge on that side of the capitol wont do anything about it, maybe were going to ...

Presidents consecutively, george w. bush, barack obama and now donald trump campaigned on the notion that the united states is overextended abroad and should retrench and the boys should come home. that sentiment on the campaign trail works, but behind the resolute desk it makes a lot less sense. we have been of the that these three presidents have been con convinced of the foolishness of their campaign rhetoric, but at some point thats not going to work. a headstrong president like this could b...

The congress, which they rely on here, and, in fact, the succession clause and act of the statutes also would seem to trump it. so we can make a lot of lawyers arguments, but we have a denial of senators right to do their job. >> does that mean for you to win, and i respect your point, youre referring to the office of legal counsel, which is smart and influential, but doesnt have the same power as a court. for you to win, does that mean that office they have to be wrong in 2007 and part of the a...

Interpretation analysis but overlooked a couple things. it blurred the lines. they were looking to support a decision that had already been made. the really important fact i think here is regardless, again, of the legality because while thats important, i dont know that were going to have time to see this play out in the courts. >> what do you mean? >> his appointment is temporary. its 210 days. although, once they appoint a nominee, my understanding is he can stay acting during that time. thing...

Wearing uniforms branded with badges from deployments in syria, afghanistan and iraq, ten american soldiers dangled their legs off a concrete ledge, spitting out sunflower shells and tobacco juice as they waited the better part of a thursday morning wait for example a forklift to arrive. president trump is scheduled to head to his florida club to spend time with his friends and family there. today marks his 667th day in office and while hes visited his own properties, some 210 times, he has yet ...

Knowledge of these e-mail dumps that were coming. and at one point he said no. and i asked him later in the interview, and he said yes, he admitted that he did. so i think thats a pretty clear case of perjury on the part of roger stone. so i think that hes probably at some point, i would expect that hell face a perjury charge. >> in one of his tweets today, the president also claimed that robert mueller is, quote, protecting hillary clinton, the acting attorney general matt whitaker has previous...

Justice officials have been weighing in on the question of whether whittakers appointment was constitutional mainly because he hasnt been confirmed by the senate. because the attorney general is a principle officer he would require senate confirmation. the justice department in a 20-page memo to the white house today says this is constitutional. this is valid. and they offer a variety of different justifications for it. stick with me because this is something of a legal rabbit hole. they say the...

There, a series of bad stories, we resurfaced everything bad he said about mueller, but all of the sources we talked to said he is going to support this, hes in no rush to pick someone, and he has him there 210 days if he want it him. >> sara, it looks like mueller and his team are moving quickly now that the midterm elections are over. what are you hearing about his next steps? >> the big thing we are waiting for is whether there will be additional indictments surrounding the roger stone case. ...

Appointment is valid, and it is highly technical, in the weeds. it is a legal argument about why it is constitutional. it has nothing to do with whether he needs to recuse because of what he said about mueller, and their basic argument is, look, theres a vacancies act that provides for this. if you have been at the justice department at a high enough level for 90 days, you can stay there for 210 days. even though it is a principle officer, it is a serious position that requires senate confirmati...