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I think this is such an extraordinary matter that courts would move as quickly as possible. now, the parties would still need reasonable time to brief it and get to the court, but i think this is the kind of thing that would move as quickly as humanly possible in the courts. >> i agree. >> i think on the mueller side its already briefed. >> i agree. >> i think dreeben has briefed this and theyre ready to pull the plug if the president resists. which the new lawyers have to realize that. >> its i...

This and theyre ready to pull the plug if the president res resists. which the new lawyers have to realize that. >> its interesting, in the reporting from the "washington post," we learned that these 49 questions were not questions -- these were written down, according to the post, by jay sekulow, the presidents own attorney. so if the president is critical of these things leaking down, if jay sekulow is the one who wrote down these 49 questions, its not as if they were leaked by robert mueller,...

Talking negatively about kelly, leaking information like this in an attempt to undermine him, because they dont have the confidence in him this they used to. >> its interesting to read the comments being attributed to kelly here. a lot of peoples public perception, in public, its set off, people will say kelly is the stabilizing influence, kelly is the adult. we have heard all these public characterizations, but to hear the conversations that he himself is engaging in, and people are talking abo...

Ronny jackson was captain at that point. both captain kuhlman and captain jackson complain about the other to subordinates and seek alliances from them. the inspector general described an opinion among white house medical unit staff that, quote, captain jackson undermines captain kuhlman because he desires to be the physician to the president and hes less concerned about effectively leading the white house medical unit. thats finding one. finding two. command climate. overall unit morale on a sc...

Characterizations? >> thats right. think back to all the editors have you had and bureau chiefs had you if you went to them and said i have been unable to prove or disprudisprove salacious fact. you would have had a chilly response. they wouldnt say quick rush to the air and broadcast this. in the absence of any major bombshell from the book itself we have heard stories before, the request for loyalty, for example. some of these other back and forths. >> bret: not in his words but we heard the s...

Who have read it. is that there is not a lot new there. there are a lot of new characterizations, opinions of the president that he is untethered to the truth. comparing him to a mob boss. we have heard it all now for a couple of days. in terms of what a lot of people were expecting, in terms of bombshells, evidence, potential legal problems, not much. and, in fact, comey says that while he thinks that the president has been unethical in some of his dealings, he doesnt know that it rises to the ...

Family first and he has young children. he wanted to spend time with them which i think its very admirable. he has worked hard. there was a lot of things he wanted to accomplish and it was nice that president trump also said that he would be leaving with a legacy of accomplishment. i am quite curious to see what he is going to do next. and who will in fact take his place. >> dana: one thing he said as he is not going to run for president. >> jesse: hes had a very interesting career. he came up a...

You are scrutinizing. hopefully this will resolve those issues, and we can limit our questions to the things that are most pertinent. >> so the idea is these documents substitute for questions. in lieu of questioning the president about these moments in time, the documents, which you said are e-mails and contemporaneous memorandums as well as characterizations of things that happened? >> correct. let me be clear, chris, this is not a proffer. this is not the presidents first-hand version of even...

Memorand memoranda that show key moments in the presidents tenure that you are scrutinizing. hopefully this will resolve those issues, and we can limit our questions to the things that are most pertinent. >> so the idea is these documents substitute for questions. in lieu of questioning the president about these moments in time, the documents, which you said are e-mails and contemporaneous memorandums as well as characterizations of things that happened? >> correct. let me be clear, chris, this ...

Porters decision to resign. >> can i first say about the second statement that john kelly released, it wast started off by saying he was shocked by these revelations. he also said the words i stand by. he said he stands by the previous statements he had made about rob porters character, even after the photos surfaced, even after these details came out. he said that he stood by the characterizations that he had given of porter and the man that he had known prior to these allegations. the other th...