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>> there were bills introduced already to impeach the president. we dont have to wait to see how the movie turns out, weve seen it. >> if there are legitimate reasons to -- if he invokes the fifth amendment and if he -- if mueller unveils evidence, if he tries to fire robert mueller, there may be legitimate reasons for impeachment, but for democrats this is not a campaign issue. it will become one for republicans, but it is not a campaign issue. >> there is a new monmouth university poll that ca...

Because he doesnt stay on top of it. >> hes attacking mueller in the investigation every day, to no avail, by the way. in the abc poll a few weeks ago, 69% of americans said they had confidence of mueller looking into the collusion issue, 54% into the noncollusion business issue. thats hes attacking rosen, hes attacking the fbi. he knows that. >> we keep making this mistake and it gets back to my big theme in gas lighting america. we think donald trump needs to fight on facts because were used t...

Counsel. >> its not a question involving the special counsel. >> it has implications with the special counsel. i refer you to the presidents personal attorney. >> heres an important point. there is no reason to believe this list of 49 questions that was acquired by the "new york times" that that was a list the president is comprehensive. muellers investigators shared them with the presidents legal team in early march to discuss the terms of a presidential interview. presidents lawyers reportedly...

Spinning all this we want to say the facts are out, even if theres indictable offenses, fundamentally they understand this. they understand its a political game. >> i think thats why were not seeing anything beyond whats been reported in the news in the questions of from mueller. a lot of people were disappointed they werent looking at some of trumps business deals or the potential financial leverage russia could have on him. thats been hashed out in the news and a lot of legal expers say muelle...

The recent news not that hard to see the themes. not that hard. >> hes staying within his mandate which is important at this point. the strategy of trump trying to discredit contract investigation he keeps saying financial crimes, porn star, hes going crazy. these questions show hes absolutely not. >> thats perfect example of part of the strategy. the other part is you have a narrow bailiwick. its implicit in all the people around the president. of course, hes committed other crimes. theyre like...

Directing his legal team, youre telling me you would advise him not to sit for an interview with robert mueller? >> thats correct. >> and then what would happen? i mean, in the case of bill clinton if im not mistaken, his testimony in that deposition in the paula jones was ultimately competented. your client bill clinton declined to voluntarily sit and then he was subpoenaed. is that right? >>, thats not right. he was subpoenaed in another proceeding. president of the united states though has a ...

On that piece in the west who broke that story i was just reading. carol, what did you learn about what sounds like quite an intense meeting between the presidents lawyers and mueller? >> yes, this was an interesting meeting that seems to keep producing interesting news. it was march 5th. the presidents then lead lawyer and colawyer sat down with mueller in his office to basically talk about whether or not they were going to do the interview. a lot of things happened. some of which weve already ...

Think they play very well as overreaching. >> and it seems, david, we are hurtaling now, were hurtling toward some confrontation as you said. theres going to be a fight. if the president says no, mueller then sends a subpoena. it goes to a court. this is where things get very serious. >> we are. its important to remember, this is an inherently political process. theres some debate about this. the legal expert whos i find persuasive dont think the sitting president of the united states can be cha...

Show than a top flight litigator or criminal defense attorney. he was the one that wrote down this list of questions, top picks that were now seeing. is that correct? >> yes, i think theres been a lot of confusion about these questions. >> agreed. >> they were not provided by muellers office to trumps lawyers. what happened was, the march 5th meeting sets in motion a lot of anxiety, one trumps lawyers know that maybe mueller is game to subpoena the president. which would be a big deal. akin to t...

Richard nixon, is subject to it. that means having to answer to a subpoena. at the end of the day, mueller has strategic considerations but he has the legal draw on trump as it were. he may have to take it to the supreme court. trump may try certain arguments. but mueller is right. it also makes the point, chris, people are sort of taking these questions as the current state of play. this was a month ago. what they really is are is the end of the road. theyre the point when the negotiations went...