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Happened when they called on the possibility of the 25th amendment. if you read the excerpt from mccabes book and one of the things that we have here is whether you like or hate mccabe, he has notes. he has contemporaneous notes and theres others to whom he briefed and told the same story and also rosenstein is going to come out with an account. >> he was sanctioned by the fbi for lack of candor, literally not being truthful. and fired. >> one does have to take that into account. >> absolutely. ...

People they perceive are enemies. >> hes accused -- the inspector general concluded he misled investigators about his role authorizing information to "the wall street journal." does he lack credibility? >> i agree hes got a credibility problem. the lies he told to the inspector general were serious. he did that under penalty of perjury, and there may be consequences for it. as josh says in the real world of criminal cases and trials, you almost never get a witness whos purely one thing or anothe...

Lie. thats a strategy the white house employed, just to destroy people they perceive are enemies. >> hes accused -- the inspector general concluded he misled investigators about his role authorizing information to "the wall street journal." does he lack credibility? >> i agree hes got a credibility problem. the lies he told to the inspector general were serious. he did that under penalty of perjury, and there may be consequences for it. as josh says in the real world of criminal cases and trials...

He has within a year of his sentence, he can move for a reduction in that sentence under the federal rules if he cooperates. so it is not over until its over. and a very heavy sentence like this could wind up basically putting him in a position where he has no choice but to tell the truth. >> i want to say now, when you look at this win for mueller on three points which allows him to throw book back at paul manafort, and you combine that with the very tiny clues we got in other proceedings about...

Blackface. good evening. >> good evening, brianna. >> so if all three top democrats resigned, how difficult would that be for virginia democrats? >> it would be difficult, but we have to make sure the people of virginia have voice also. from my viewpoint, with the governor, he complicated things. when the governor first came out or the pictures first came out, i did not immediately say he needed to resign. i wanted to hear the rest of the facts. he instantly had a credibility problem which leads...

There is a problem in their past, a mistake in their past, is self out themselves in the campaign. so they can get it out in the open. is that something you agree with? is it possible with our politics? >> i think the governor had the benefit of the doubt to a alarm degree this time. a lot of folks didnt say anything. they waited to see what would happen next. when he did with the second press conference that gave him a huge credibility problem and it is making it look like this issue is now big...

What is your reaction to that press conference? >> disaster. disaster. look, he had an egregious and offensive and awful error of judgment when he was in his 20s, and that was bad enough. and that was enough to cauost h his job. now he has a huge credibility problem. you saw the statement. you read it from yesterday. it was a very, very thorough acknowledgment, admission. and to come back today and say, you know, actually, that wasnt me. i mean, who can believe that? and beyond which, as i said ...

Sense of balance, even though i was sitting. that day signaled to me that this would be a completely different orientation to communication, to facts. >> thank you guys for being here tonight. i will see you on monday. >> sean! >> it was a head-shaker. >> former press secretaries say it was the day spicer sacrificed his credibility. >> to call a special briefing and the first thing you go out there and do is attack the press for the coverage that was accurate. and right off the bat, you have a c...

Credibility. >> they are not wrong. michael cohen has lied. >> he has acknowledged that. the white house has a massive credibility problem. this is why when you have -- its very rare -- >> the white house, as far as i know, have not acknowledged that they have lied about anything. >> correct. i think thats -- they have acknowledged sometimes errors. very infrequently. so this is why when i had a lot of people around the white house and around the president saying to me today, why is everyone not...

That if they dont get everything right. >> just from a reporting standpoint, explain for people out there what happens now to -- for those buzzfeed reporters. are they -- they go back to the people they talked to, they try to -- >> speaking generally, people will go back to their sources and try to re-establish trails and look at what they have and what they dont have. ben smith, is a very smart, aggressive reporter. im sure he has his reporters doing that. one thing i think is really important ...