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He said absolutely it is the former president putting his finger on the scales. does that to you constitute witness tampering? >> it certainly appears to. it is someone who, you know, is sort of waving out there that if, you know, if im president in the future, ill pardon you, someone who could be, you know, right now thinking i need to do the right thing, i need to state the facts and plead potentially guilty to the criminal actions i have, if they think that there is a way in the future to get...

The president said that they scrapped these individuals, which is not true. in the past presidents have followed this cautious line not to talk about the ultimate responsibility of matters under investigation. in the military this is called command influence when a superior officer basically says what he thinks the conclusion should be, and it is sort of like the red queen of alice in wonderland, that you get a sentence first and a verdict afterwards. >> jon: meantime, you know, the administrati...

Mess much. there were allegations of prosecutorial misconduct. we had the presidents lawyer making these allegations. we also had overt command influence from president trump. take him out of pretrial confinement even though, allegedly, he had threaten to have witnesses killed. so the trial was a mess. and we got to remember, he was acquitted. except on the one charge. so were left with a -- a question of the uniform code of military justice is a law passed by congress. its not the white houses ...

And procedures. i recently have been on a commit looking at sexual assault in the military, and when general mccafferty mentioned undue command influence, that was charged when president obama said something about we have to take these cases more seriously and the military did. well, why isnt president trump being charged with the same sort of undue command influence for everything he has done in this case and several others? >> general, ill reflect on what jill is saying there and i want to add...

There were allegations of prosecutorial misconduct and allegations against the judge. we had the presidents lawyer and bernie care ig making these allegations and we have overt command influence from president trump taking him out of pretrial confinement, even though he had allegedly threatened to have witnesses killed. so the trial was a mess. and weve got to remember he was acquitted, except on the one charge. so were left with a question of the uniform code of military justice is a law passed...

I recently have been on a committee looking at sexual assault in the military. and when general mccaffrey mentioned undue command influence, that was charged when president obama said something about we have to take these cases more seriously. and the military did. well, why isnt president trump being charged with the same sort of undue command influence for everything he has done in this case and several others? >> general, reflect on what jill is saying there. and i want to add to this, someth...

I have introduced many caourt martials. many turned out to be viable and the right action was taken. there were many, frankly, that turned out not the way i wanted them to turn out. the important part, and i think admiral kirby backed me up on this, once you turn them over to the military justice system, you stay out as a commander. its something called command influence and that didnt happen in this case. there were commanders, in fact, the commander in chief, who kind of put himself in the mid...