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Is on the low side here. he was investigated thoroughly by an inspector general who i will have to tell you was not an acolyte of the trump administration by any means. he was very independent. and mccabe was fired. so, i mean, everybody is going to say, at least in the trump camp, that this guy is tainted and cant be believed. i see lindsey graham is already calling for a congressional investigation of this interview with "60 minutes" tonight. we havent heard the last of this. i think he has cr...

There was a majority of the cabinet who would vote to remove the president. >> thats correct. >> bill: byron york, i know you saw it last night. we heard some of the headlines at the end of last week after hearing more of mccabes story now, what do you think? >> it really is a stunning revelation and it is more evidence that rod rosenstein really did discuss wearing a wire to secretly record the president, really did discuss whether the 25th amendment could be invoked to remove the president, an...

Mccabe faces a lot of controversy for allegedly making four different not accurate statements to federal investigators. people on the trump side are going to say mccabe has his own credibility problems, but then again, when you look at some of these career law enforcement folks in the doj, they at that time, may have been acting out of a genuine concern for the count country. so it really depends on how the american people reads his credibility. i think a lot of that will be on display when this...

Crime. if they were encouraging, if they were assisting, if they were aiding and abetting wikileaks in the criminal obtaining of hacked e-mails, that would be a crime. the facts matter. i dont think, especially when you are dealing with the likes of corsi and stone, who may have serious credibility problems, we dont know all the facts. thats where the prosecutors are relying on the texts and e-mails, because they are easier to believe than oral testimony. >> an important point. how much weight c...

Committee believe that michael cohen is a liar, that he has credibility problems, but that e same time he is going to appear -- >> i want to stop you there. michael cohen is a liar, he has credibility problems. many would say that for many reasons because he has lied, he has said it. many also know the president has lied and he has credibility problems. when do remembers see this ends badly or do they see a way out of this and that trump will be some great president they can hank the hang their ...

Stories like this arent the result of reporters doing careful detective work. the story was fro fecia professd by a source. you start with a media company and sometimes the stories are rejected because of credibility problems. the dumping ground for these stories has been buzzfeed. it gets covered by the rest of the media to then report the story that they would not otherwise put their hands on with the caveat that reported by yobuzzfeed. this is an indictment of the entire media. rob: buzzfeed ...

The report would even involve mueller, according to a new "washington post" report. joining me now, former federal prosecutor doug burns to sort all this out. doug, welcome to you and good morning. >> thank you. >> can you explain to us the importance of why muellers name should have been mentioned in those e-mails requesting a comment, if the story was about michael cohen? is that not something that peter carr, the spokesperson, should have assumed? >> well, the key to understanding this and un...

Personally. but the two persons we have talked to are fully 100% read into that aspect of special counsels investigation. >> allison asked the right question that. answer should have made people accepting the story as gospel nervous. but it didnt. then soon thereafter, his co-author appeared on msnbc. jason leo polled. he has his own credibility problems. erroneously reporting in 2006 carl rogue was about to be indicted and leo polled contradicted what cormier said. watch. >> you havent seen the...

Obstruction of justice. thats a major threat to the presidency. >> the report says that its not just michael cohen who makes an allegation along these lines. they have backup evidence, text, e-mails that they say back up this allegation. >> thats right. with the usual caveat that we havent seen the documents and it doesnt sound like the buzzfeed reporters have either. this is what you need if you are muellers team. they have not done so in any of their filings so far. michael cohen is a guy with...

There are a number of federal statutes that may apply if its established that donald trump directed michael cohen to lie to congress. we already know that lie to congress by michael cohen was the crime of false statements. thats what he pleaded guilty to. >> we talked about this before, danny, this isnt just michael cohen saying it. according to this buzzfeed article they have corroborating evidence. the special counsels office wouldnt just take michael cohens word for them? >> never. michael co...