are talking about in very, very upset ways. they ve never seen a president who behaves like this. and they question his emotional stability and his temperament and whether he s really suited or fit for the presidency. and that s an underlying element of what we re going through as we approach what may well be a constitutional crisis. i ve been wanting to get your response to this, carl. newt gingrich saying technically the president of the united states cannot obstruct justice. what do you think? that s it s nonsense because the president of the united states in the case of richard nixon was there were articles of impeachment passed by the house judiciary committee accusing him of just that, obstruction of justice. he would have been found guilty of obstruction of justice by a trial in the senate of the united states. he s playing wrong and not just for the first time. is the president getting angrier?
certainly, don, not what she was expecting when she decided to take the number three job at the justice department. laura, let s talk about the house speaker newt gingrich weighing in. listen to this. technically, the president of the united states cannot obstruct justice. the president of the united states is the chief executive officer of the united states. if he wants to fire the fbi director, all he has to do is fire him. laura, this is coming from the man who voted to impeach president bill clinton for obstruction of justice. so what gives here? perhaps the word he meant instead of can t is shouldn t try to obstruct justice. to suggest that the president of the united states is somehow immunized from all criminal conduct or allegations against him would be entirely false. yes, he has the absolute prerogative to fire an at-will employee who serves at his pleasure and that was the fbi director james comey. however, he does not have the bandwidth in order to fire for an unlaw
this investigation. certainly, don, not what she was expecting when she decided to take the number three job at the justice department. laura, let s talk about the house speaker newt gingrich weighing in. listen to this. technically, the president of the united states cannot obstruct justice. the president of the united states is the chief executive officer of the united states. if he wants to fire the fbi director, all he has to do is fire him. laura, this is coming from the man who voted to impeach president bill clinton for obstruction of justice. so what gives here? perhaps the word he meant instead of can t is shouldn t try to obstruct justice. to suggest that the president of the united states is somehow immunized from all criminal conduct or allegations against him would be entirely false. yes, he has the absolute prerogative to fire an at-will employee who serves at his pleasure and that was the fbi director james comey. however, he does not have the bandwidth in order
go irish! see that? yes! i m gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. with the president writing that he s under investigation and campaign figures being told to preserve documents and the president s lawyer lawyering up, there s no terms for a legal team. newt gingrich, first seen praising robert mueller and now disparaging robert mueller. is now weighing in on what special counsel mueller is investigating, namely whether the president is guilty of on instruction of justice, not that he denies the crime, he denies that any president ever could. presidents of the united states cannot obstruct justice. the president is the chief executive of the united states, if he wants to fire the fbi director, all he has to do is fire him. newt gingrich accused president clinton of obstruction of justice.
the united states cannot obstruct justice. the president of the united states is the chief executive of the united states, he wants to fire the fbi director, all he has to do is fire him. is there any truth to that? there is no truth to that. it is true that the president is ahead of the executive branch and can make personnel decisions, but he s suggested to other parts of the constitution. article 2 mandate that is the president takes care and the law is faithfully executed. he needs to enforce the law and cannot fire anybody for any reason. he could not fire someone because of race or religion, that would violate the constitution. newt gingrich is being disingenuous and the president is not above the law. it is suggested that he s h