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You can impeach somebody for anything. if you want to talk about obstruction as a matter of criminal law. i say, lets say for purposes of argument, lets assume the worst about president trump and he was guilty of an underlying crime and he fired comey because he didnt want comey to get to the bottom of it. if thats all they have, its not criminal obstruction of justice. i dont know of one supreme court case that would support that interpretation. there are a handful of appellate course cases ove...

That you know are coming. and heres the thing about the word "russia" people are no longer being precise. the word to a democrat equals automatic guilt for donald trump and automatic collusion and automatic obstruction. the word "russia" can also mean that president trump was frustrated with james comey because he would never say in public what he said in private that trump is not under investigation. and that is understandable for the president to have that sentiment. of course you want that oc...

Donald j. trump. what started as concerns of russian collusion has morphed into an obstruction of justice narrative because trump fired someone who he was constitutionally permitted to fire for any reason. in federal investigations, the government has limitless budgets, subpoena power and an army of prosecutors on its side. so targets should not be chosen or eliminated on the basis of their political views, nor because theyre considered big fish whose prosecutions could pay big time in big caree...

I would ask everybody who comments on the other networks and acts like it is obstruction to read the arthur anderson case where the supreme court in a 9-0 vote talked about what was needed for something to be corrupt. >> laura: ari fleisher, look, this seems to be very conveniently timed. we do have the new ig report which we hear is going to be released any minute now and watch them release it tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. i hope thats not the case. but this is what the niems reporter on this issue of ...

We all heard the case about how he was doing it like a mafia figure. the fact of the matter is that trump has unfettered pardon power but he cant use it corruptly. and you know, and michael cohen, but all the crimes, obstruction, lying, et cetera, campaign finance, goes list by list. thats exactly what that cast of characters looks like -- >> laura: you agree that article 2, section 2, clause one -- >> he can fire comey but not for corrupt reasons. >> laura: youre saying the pardoning of dinesh ...

Viewpoint. and dinesh mentioned that the prosecute in question was known for going after indian american targets. he is prominent in the indian american community himself. and its important to remember its not the department of convict whoever you can to help your friends. its the department of justice and prosecutors are supposed to exercise their discretion and that is exercised every day in not bringing convictions like this. and one of the reasons he had to plead guilty was he was being thre...

To mccabe the memo was there to write down, this may not have been about hillary clinton, there may have been russia interest going on here. >> a game of telephone tag. but even if thats the case, rudy giuliani hinted at this. its not obstruction of justice. he can fire him for whatever reasons he wants. but unless there with corrupt intent. your reaction to this wild swirl before this ig report comes out and before they decide theyre going to charge mccabe. >> i spent 21 years in washington and...

Is out there. it seems like mccabe is getting ready for himself to be prosecuted. but why do you think thats out there now? >> the times has a history, we know, of leaking things in a certain way before an unfavorable news story is going to come out. i dont think this is any exception. but also keep in mind any story thats really sourced by mccabe or that has to do with a memo written by mccabe, youre not talking about a very credible source according to the latest oig report. i wouldnt worry ab...

He knew he didnt have anything to hide on the russia issue. on the point about obstruction. a bloomberg reporter addressed it. >> there is a lot of concern about this obstruction investigation based on our reporting were hearing that there could be a risk of obstruction here. obstruction in an impeachment sent. you get into interpretation and into intent. >> laura: im not sure whether she is a lawyer or not, saul, but again, this is just rank speculation before this ig report drops which we are ...