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Sanctions imposed by president obama. thats not a crime. he can do that. he can say that. >> sandra: very important to make that distinction. what about the logan act that points private citizens from interviewing in diplomatic disputes with foreign governments. >> doesnt apply, passed in 1799, and nobody has been prosecuted, largely because its a blatant affront to the first amendment. moreover, kushner and michael flynn for example in having conversations with kysliak arent acting as private c...

Is case law that says that that doesnt apply to an fbi investigation. 1505, it would apply if it was an irs case. doesnt apply when the fbi is investigating, according to the u.s. attorneys manual that governs federal prosecutions there is really not a statute thats designed to address a situation where the president and the director of the fbi are interacting in a way that people might call obstructive. potentially more interesting here, and of course we dont know the facts, and that goes back ...

Once you become a witness in a case, you recuse. >> joyce? >> yes. >> your thoughts. >> so jim knows that its the job of the agents to push prosecutors for charges. and it looks easy to charge obstruction in this case. but when you look at the array of federal statutes that are designed to address obstruction, the statute that you talked about that involves obstructing a federal investigation, there is case law that says that that doesnt apply to an fbi investigation. 1505, it would apply if it ...

>> right. >> and joyce knows this. she has had assistants it happens to. once you become a witness in a case, you recuse. >> joyce? >> yes. >> your thoughts. >> so jim knows that its the job of the agents to push prosecutors for charges. and it looks easy to charge obstruction in this case. but when you look at the array of federal statutes that are designed to address obstruction, the statute that you talked about that involves obstructing a federal investigation, there is case law that says th...

A smaller cut now and permanent and a larger cut phase out in 10 years whats the better option? >> i would do the larger cut. it wont be phased out in 10 years. believe me, it will be made permanent. drop the highest corporate tax rate to 15% right away and it will start the machine rolling. once its there you cant raise it again unless you want to lose every election youve ever looked at in your life. thats the way to go. it will be permanent. now bush w. did the temporary ones and led to the o...

I think that would be a huge mistake. all of this is leading up to saying i do think the administration needs to form a strategy and i know the president likes to be unpredictable, but there has to be strategy and come to congress. clearly the authorization from 2001 doesnt apply in the situation. we are going into another country. against a sitting government. they need to come to congress. i talked to john mccain and tim kaine at the end of last week. they are working on authorization. i dont ...

Make law, to set policy, some of our colleagues are determined to just pound the table in order to stop gorsuch. all they can come up with are facts that have nothing to do with his qualifications as a jurist or his willingness to follow the law. thats why im pleased to stand with my colleagues to confirm him. to stand with my colleagues in following the same precedent we have been following for years. the fact is that a few years ago when the president was changing the senate, there was not a s...

Make law, to set policy, some of our colleagues are just determined to pound the table in order to stop judge gorsuch. and all they can come up with are facts that have absolutely nothing to do with his qualifications as a jurist or even his willingness to follow the law. thats why im pleased to stand with my colleagues to confirm him. i stand with my colleagues in following the same precedent weve been following for years. the fact is that a few years ago when the president was changing the sen...

This point about a first daughter being an advisory role to the president? >> no. i wouldnt say that. i would say this is an important step. this means that her financial affairs will be reviewed by the office of government ethics, which is really important. i think a lot of questions do remain. it is not entirely clear that the laws against nepotism, bringing in family members doesnt apply. >> wasnt that created after kennedy? doesnt that go back to robert kennedy? >> it does. it was put into p...

No warrant needed. just like they can look into your luggage. not only that, whether you give them your password or not, they can make a clone of whats on your device. until recently it was a power rarely used. >> the fourth amendment, even for u.s. citizens, doesnt apply at the border. under case law, that goes back 150 years. >> reporter: but now, thats allows law enforcement agencies to collect data from your phone in a way that would violate the right against unreasonable searches and seizur...