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Respond to these assertions by the government. and they will go in before the judge and argue. the risk that the government takes is that they got this information likely from those public relations officials who are also witnesses in this case. >> thats what i was going to ask you. is there any evidence of surveillance, does this strike you? >> no. i think theyre cooperating -- almost certainly theyre cooperating with the special counsels investigation as witn the upcoming trials against paul m...

First of all, isnt it on the finite list of things not to do, if youre at home with an ankle bracelet, if youre at home pending trial, to not t in touch with potential witnesses in your case? >> its rule number one. nt get in touch with potential witnesses. you dont talk to them because you could be either -- your bail could be revoked for witness tampering. you could be charged with witness tampering, and the evidence of your witness tamperincan be admitted into trial on the other charges. >> s...

Assertion over twitter. >> not over twitter. theres a 20 page memo sitting t there. theres a20-page memo sitting out there. >> the pardon myself thing, im not assures -- >> its in there. >> in any case its an assertion that hasnt been litigated yet. i do think that if the president were in a position where he did ke that action republican opinion would not be as as it is today. people are very practiced at ignoring assertions by the president over twitter and distinguishing. >> when do y worry i...

Th told me i could pardon himself, i think id hire a new lawyer. >> doesnt seem to be selling to senator grassley. >> no, doesnt seem to have made the sale. you know, this is -- if youre a lawyer, if you do this stuff, if you do this stuff pretty regulayouve watched it for years on the judiciary committee like chairman grassley has, this is a little bit -- i dont know how to say it any other way, this is bizarro law, not real law. do you anticipate -- can you anticipate a world in which they act...

Himself, think id hire a new lawyer. >> doesnt seem to be selling to senator grassley. >> no, doesnt seem to have made the sale. you know, this is -- if youre a lawyer, if you do this stuff, if dohis stuff pretty regularly, if youve watched it for years on the judiciary committee like chairman grassley has, this is a little bit -- i dont know how to say it any other way, this is bizarro law, not real law. >> do you anticipate -- can you anticipate a world in which they actually this? part of wha...

Said its not that clear. 138 put, does the president believe he is above the law? >> certainly no one is above the law. >> for more on the presidents claim, he can pardon himself, im joined by sheldon whitouse, democrat from rhode island. well start with that first claim. can the president pardon himself? >> nobody seems to think so, particularly not the department of justice. thisas been one of a series of five different assertions that theyve made to take us into i guess kind of a legal bizarr...

Questions for you. i started asking them before we were on the air. so forgive me if this feels like rapid fire. first of all, isnt it on the finite list of things not to do, if youre at home with an ankle bracelet, if your at home pending trial, to not get in touch with potential witnesses in your case? >> its rule number one. you dont get in touch with potential witnesses. you dontk to them because you could be either -- your bail could be revoked for witness tampering. you could be charged wi...

Those assertions is designed to say but you cant even really assess it as obstruction of justice because he cant obstruct the law. so he is sing to congressional republicans you cant even impeach him for obstruction of justice. >> shannon: its not like yesterday that people decided there had to be a p.r. component of the political fights they are waging here. that is as old as time. >> correct. i would also note that we are all sort of analyzing and granular detail the contents of the letter, th...

Susan del%io, the resonance from the letter really is not only the idea of operating as a royal, number one, but number two, some drilldowns on that would be he could kill this case at any time, right? thats one of the assertions being made. >> one of the assertions. >> a second assertion is i can fire anybody involved in this process at any time. >> lets not forget why they have to make those assertions. it is a because they do not want donald trump testifying in any shape or form to robert mue...

Confidential source, the fbi informant, as you know, the president, his attorney, and house republicans pushed for and got a pair of briefings on this source from the fbi and justice department. republican congressman trey gowdy sat in as well as devin nunes. last night, trey gowdy spoke out for the first time about what he learned during the briefing. he said, im even more convinced that the fbi did exactly what my fellow citizens would want them to do when they got the information they got and...