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Statements clarifying nothing and larger sense of chaos surrounding. a source familiar with the situation telling cnn the team is "calling it one play at a time. its as if the players are executing the plays on their own." joining us to talk about it cnn political analyst best-selling author and investigative reporter carl bernstein. the third point in giulianis statement was about the presidents firing of james comey. giuliani wrote that the dismissal of director comey was clearly within the pr...

The united states wants him to do to help undermine and discredit the mueller investigation, the stormy daniels investigation, where they come together. the object of the president of the united states who has lied on a scale that no president in modern times that anybody has heard of about all things big and little, but particularly about this investigation of his conduct and the question of russian collusion and the coverup that has been going on in the white house, whether its an obstruction ...

This, the president of the united states, hes trying to satisfy what the president of the united states wants him to do to help undermine and discredit the mueller investigation, the stormy daniels investigation, where they come together. the object of the president of the united states who has lied on a scale that no president in modern times that anybody has heard of about all things big and little, but particularly about this investigation of his conduct and the question of russian collusion ...

Function as extortion. paul: yeah, what about that point? >> well, look, if youre an individual member of congress you cant say i demand this and i demand that. paul: justice has the right to withhold document ifs they are directly relate today criminal case and gentlemen perked -- jeopardize the case. >> it may be but hasnt been so far in the stuff thats came out so far. im not sure i buy that. the system is based through people knowing through elected representatives and when they act collecti...

Russia hoax, the leisure scheme to clear hillary clinton and reem donald trump, fox news legal analyst. this whole issue of allowing the president to talk to mueller, rudy said, theres not a lawyer in the country that advises that. >> mueller has proven he cannot be fair and neutral and objective. why would you subject your client, the president, to somebody who has every intention of being unfair to you? my recommendation would be, if mueller will not accept answers to a limited number of writt...

5-4 with anthony kennedy joining the. >> i think it will be bigger than that. i do not think john roberts lost let him get away with that. this is not going to be a party vote as it were. >> is that because of the precedent where bill clinton had to testify. >> yes. nismon they do this. >> with the documents. >> exactly. theyre going to assert the entire strength of the court. and listen, the judiciary is under attack by this president. they have an institutional responsibility and an institutio...

The country and when you hate the president of the united states as i am now convinced he does, then you believe you can do anything and when the attorney general -- cost just because god made you all-powerful? the power comes from voters. that the only place it comes from. >> he does not understand it because as a careerist and someone who has never left government for a minute to speak of of any note, government is all he knows and for him, the most important thing is the next job. i can assur...

And then if he doesnt comply once he is held in contempt, then thats when you move for an article of impeachment. brian: congressman, could it be that some people have theory rised for some reason they are doing a delay of game, four corners offense to some type of delay to some type of date? what would they be waiting for? why would they delay? >> if the election gist nancy pelosi the speakers gavel, can you bet your bottom dollar the democrats are not going to want to get to the bottom of any ...

Stonewall, stonewall, trickle some out. we say well, maybe do contempt and trickle some more out. if you remember the nunes memo people like rod were saying we cant do a nunes memo because that will devastate american national security it had nothing to do with that it informed american people about some of the conduct of people in his department. we have a right to this information. and i think that there does need to be consequences. and i think what he did really just underscored the contempt...

It bulletproof or a question -- is this still an open legal question as to whether that is enforceable? >> the subpoena power that mueller has is absolute. he could subpoena the president of the united states. there is press -- press dent when ken starr gave him one and he volunteered to cooperate which was a much different case, which four hours made more sense as opposed to 49 different topics but it is not that it is not bulletproof or not, the question is whether or not the president has the...