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Secrets in one persons hands. this happens to be a media organization where they saw an opening to maybe change that. >> so, jim, let me ask you this. all this dirt that we now have reference to and that cohen made reference to on the tape, does the southern district of new york have all this or does mueller have it or do they have access to it? >> that we do not know. and heres the most important thing here in terms of the legal case. this case -- these cases, these campaign finance cases are n...

Understood that they have to follow the department of justice guidelines but its true there are trap doors in those doj guidelines. that might mean there is a way to indict a sitting president. should the special counsel conclude that the extraordinary circumstances of any particular decision would render compliance inappropriate so the president could inn theory ask deputy attorney general rod rosenstein for a hall pass to ignore that olc memo about not indict ago sitting president and, by the ...

Is still in office, and its generally understood that the special counsel has to follow department of justice guidelines but its also true that there are trap doors in those doj guidelines. trap doors that might mean actually there is a way to indict a sitting president. quote, should the special counsel conclude that the extraordinary circumstances of any particular decision would render compliance inappropriate, he or she may consult directly with the attorney general. so, if robert mueller fe...

Trumps money man for decades and now he is forced to sit with federal prosecutors and answer everything they want to know for as long as they want to question him. can we just ponder that for a moment? can you imagine? now, there is a question about what the end game is. robert mueller is probably going to write a report that will go to congress regarding impeachme impeachment. the southern district is bound by doj guidelines. so no matter what they find about trumps criminality, they cant charg...

To perform its constitutionally assigned functions. the question of whether a serving president can be indicted came up again this week with president trump playing an unindict role in a pair of felonies to which his former personal lawyer, michael cohen, pled guilty. the presidents lawyers would have you believe that the olcs opinion is a hard and fast rule and that therefore, the special counsel robert mueller can not indict president trump while he is still in office and its generally underst...

Federal prosecutors and answer everything they want to know for as long as they want to question him. can we just ponder that for a moment? can you imagine? now, there is a question about what the end game is. robert mueller is probably going to write a report that will go to congress regarding impeachment. the southern district is bound by doj guidelines. so no matter what they find about trumps criminality, they cant charge him with a crime. >> so thats the question. right? this is joyce vance...

Weisselberg. how does that look to an investigator? >> remember, robert mueller forwarded this case to the southern district for an investigation of michael cohen. well, on wednesday michael cohen became a convicted felon eight times over. so a question now is whats the southern districts "enend game? they have managed to prosecute and convict michael cohen. it seems like their target now is the president of the united states, but he cannot be indicted and prosecuted in a criminal case while in ...

Upon to defend himself he would have strong defense to discharge. the object is the ultimate audience is congress. if we are talking possible impeachment maybe this has relevance but as far as whether the president can be charged with a federal crime bob mueller has been clear he will follow and respect department of justice guideline which says you cannot and shall not indicted sitting president. >> reporter: the second part of that whether he can be indicted has never been decided so we have g...

There is this great debate i think its now moot because mueller is going to follow the policies of the doj. that doesnt necessarily help things. the statute of limitations is still out there, he could still bring a charge after the president leaves office. more importantly, he can detail a criminal conspiracy in a report to congress just as the house of representatives might switch parties. >> bret: it brings us back to the fight over the campaign finance law and whether this -- if it all happen...

Davis wanted to make sure we knew. >> this is something that has been debated hotly, a couple of justice department memos from 1973 and 2,000 that talk about this and essentially the understanding is you cant indict a sitting president in most normal circumstances. rudy giuliani has said he has had conversations with muellers team and during that he said theyve aurally acknowledged the doj guidelines. whether that means they agree with them or would seek some type of exemption, if not about indi...