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Seeking? >> well, i think these four individuals are going to be in a very different position than prior investigations of trump officials. because, first of all, there will not be a basis for executive privilege because this was political activity, misuse of the office by donald trump, and all of their activities are involved in the political realm. but more importantly, theres no -- the former president cannot claim executive privilege. so even though donald trump has said hes going to claim p...

Of unsatisfactory performance and conduct unbecoming. there are no recommendations for criminal action. they have referred the information to the d.c. u.s. attorneys office as well as department of justice to be used am their broader investigation here. and all of the hundreds of court ca cases that are are still ongoing. >> appears theyre being deliberately nonspecific here. >> yes. >> about what the cases are. we know based on video evidence of some of the things officers were up to. >> we did...

Judge brown jacksons ruling on november 25th, basically wanted an expedited appeal process with the d.c. u.s. court of appeals. theyre now saying that we dont want you to rule, so as you said in your prologue here on your show, theres a little inconsistency in the department of justices position. they have a tiny point, but its overridden by the practice and procedures that they followed the last 150 years. >> and also, this, of course, comes against the backdrop of how republicans have been tre...

Around anymore. the d.c. u.s. attorney is unlikely to pursue these matters. so theyre really left with going to the courts and saying help us enforce our subpoenas. problem there is it just takes time. even judge moving very quickly is going to take at least a couple of weeks before ruling on this and then you might have an appeal. >> can i just press you on that. listen to what a democratic member of congress told us a few weeks ago. this is when yet another witness didnt show up. here is what ...

People red. this was something that i think people can wrap their heads around. i also worked with michael atkins atkinson. we overlapped for ten years in the d.c. u.s. attorneys office. i can tell you, hess highly regarded as a thoughtful, circumspect, ethical prosecutor and a really adept investigator. thats why you see so many detailed footnotes in his report. i think, frances, at its core, why this may resonate in a way the mueller report didnt is because at its core, what we have is money t...

Know, he is taking note of this tropical storm/hurricane down in the caribbean heading toward puerto rico. he said yesterday taking money from tsa and fema in the middle of hurricane seasonal could have deadly consequences. ainsley: just seems like common sense to want to know who is coming into our country. the president says he is not heartless. he just wants to make sure that rapists, killers, that drugs are not coming across our border. and look at some of these sanctuary cities. look at mon...

Whether that scares the trump administration or not. im joined by jason johnson, politics editor for the roof, caroline polisi who represented george papadopoulos and knows about this probe and glen kirchner who knows a thing or two about bob mueller having worked directly for him at the d.c. u.s. attorneys office. great to have you all here. glen, your view of the sig sif cannes and simply indications of the attempt to get muellers deputies to shut up to not speak even in a careful private sett...

With the investigative committees, but the other force in the second half of this football game, if you will, this very serious one, is you have the southern district, the eastern district of virginia. the new york, the d.c. u.s. attorneys office and main justice who have received handoffs, if you will, from robert mueller who -- ive got to say this, neil, the biggest star in this whole scenario is robert mueller. in 22 months he didnt go after anybody, he went after the truth. he was an umpire ...

I want to bring in elliott williams, the department of justice. and glen kirschner, former legal analyst and united states attorney for the southern district of california and 230r78er u.s. attorney and deputy assistant attorney general and a a assistant at the "washington post." "the washington post." a lot of firepower and experience in the various institutions that are tasked now. as a former fdny prosecutor. >> d.c. u.s. attorneys office, tell me glen, how you make sense of this timing and p...

And glen kirschner, former legal analyst and united states attorney for the southern district of california and 230r78er u.s. attorney and deputy assistant attorney general and a a assistant at the "washington post." "the washington post." a lot of firepower and experience in the various institutions that are tasked now. as a former fdny prosecutor. >> d.c. u.s. attorneys office, tell me glen, how you make sense of this timing and particularly the point nick said about the fact there are as a ma...