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Time in american history. but more broadly i felt as i reflected on those years that both bill and hillary showed contempt for the rule of law. >> you say in the book that you interviewed both at the white house, but, you say that that does not remember more than 300 times over the course of the interview. you also say that you consider charging hillary clinton. >> we did, and we thought about it very carefully. when the monica lewinsky phase broke we were in the midst of considering an indictme...

To the american business community because my hope is that -- that an ordinary ceo has more respect for rule of law than donald trump. in fact, he has nothing but contempt for the american judiciary, for the rule of law and for the principles of democracy that are so threatened because of his chaotic and erratic administration. and i asked judge kavanaugh directly about these attacks on the american judiciary in the confirmation hearing. i was deeply and gravely disappointed by judge kavanaughs ...

Danger of the mueller investigation. are you scared that you could go to jail? >> im not. i know what i did and im not worried about any of that. that doesnt mean they wont try to create something. >> but some say that mueller has been successful. he has indictment of manafort. he has a plea deal from cohen. he has papadopoulos sentenced. you know, hes got a litany of close associates of your fathers under investigation. >> all for things that happened way before they were ever part of any campa...

A perjury trap. is there a perjury trap? >> there should not be and i dont think that there will be one. but once again, from my own experience, and there are these eerie echoes in the present of what happened 20 years ago, as i write about in the book. write about in the book. because we had to ask the president of the united states, bill clinton, five times to come before the grand jury voluntarily. and eventually we subpoenaed him. we did not want to do that, but we were forced to do that. an...

>> all for things that happened way before they were ever part of any campaign. so if they get manafort on a 2006 tax charge, you know, again, i understand that they are trying to get my father and theyll do anything they can to get that. >> well, the mueller team, of course, has been resolutely silent about practically everything, something my next guest knows a great deal about. ken starr was the independent counsel in charge of the clinton probe that led to the house of representatives impeac...

>> in the book, "contempt: a memoir of the clinton investigation," you say you chose that title in part because you believe that bill and hillary clintons legacy is a contempt for >> if you believe that, do you believe that of president trump as well? >> the jury is out, but i do not like what the president says about our justice system, and i have said that. ive written that in "the washington post" over a year ago. i dont think he should be criticizing the attorney general of the united states...

Washington post" over a year ago. i dont think he should be criticizing the attorney general of the united states who i believe is an honorable guy. whether you agree or disagree with him, i think hes a person of integrity, and i think thats inappropriate. what we do know is the president of the united states, bill clinton, was actually held in contempt by a federal district judge, and thats what gave the book its name. the only president in the history of the country, unfortunately, or i should...

Actors? >> total. steve: do you. >> i do. michael horowitz is a person of great integrity. steve: is he looking at strzok and page and all these names in the news. >> stay tuned. but there are checks and balances in place. its one of the things that as i describe in the book we didnt have with the independent counsel statute. we are actually in a better place. ed: good luck with the book. >> thanks, ed. ainsley: congratulations. steve: brand new its called contempt. thank you, sir. >> thank you....

Justice investigation ongoing into this president? >> you bet. its not even a thread. it itself could well be a separate count of obstruction of justice. thats one of the many things that manafort is staying silent about. again, though, they -- theres a possibility they could maneuver him once his jeopardy is removed. once all the charges have played out, they could force him to talk in a grand jury. he could say i refuse, send me to jail, under contempt. if they, do that jail sentence is in add...

Read all over the internet, quote, i regretted the whole thing. >> yeah. >> a quote from you talking about the clinton investigation. the full quote is i regretted the whole thing but it had to be done. what element of the clinton investigation do you regret today? >> well, first of all, i think it would have been better for the nation it goes without saying for the president to have been truthful in the first instance and not to have committed perjury. he has apparently just unlimited belief in...