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Before a grand jury, that person is called by the district attorney. theres only one sipd putting on a case. the district attorney. >> exactly. this is not like a regular trial. you have an adversary process and the prosecutor leading the grand jury through the procedure. and the prosecutor shouldnt ethically do so or present charges unless that prosecutor is convinced that those charges are warranted. and the asks the jurors to return those charges. and occasionally, a grand jury will say no. w...

Your application in a hearing for all the world to see. that is part of the training. this is why this is so -- to my experience. this type of sloppiness you dont see. not a banner day for the fbi. >> it maybe thats the training. but one criticism of feis all along has been its not an adversary process. you have the prosecutors relying on the fbi. going to this court to get the authorization for wire typing and bugs and all that. what makes it so worrisome when you have some sort of misconduct, ...

For all the world to see. that is part of the training. this is why this is so antithetical to my experience in the fbi. this type of sloppiness you dont see. not a banner day for the fbi. >> it maybe thats the training. but one criticism of fisa all along has been its not an adversary process. you have the prosecutors relying on the fbi. going to this court to get the authorization for wiretapping and bugs and all that. what makes it so worrisome when you have some sort of misconduct, malfeasan...

Impeaching trump. did the case against impeaching trump just get better. >> no question it got better. legally we know there will be no more indictments from the special counsel. but, be weary. this will be a one-sided report. it will draw every conceivable inference against the president. they did not hear exculpatory evidence. the witnesses against the president were not cross-examined. thats why i called for the attorney general not to release the report immediately but, first, turn it over t...

Sure theres no classified information, nothing that could compromise national security before its released, not only to congress but before its possibly released to the public. special counsel robert mueller hes been deliberate since he took over the investigation in may of 2016, to keep this thing from leaking. many would say hes done a great job. we still dont know exactly whats in the report. some legal experts, as you can bet, theyve been speculating. >> the witnesses against the president w...