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Particularly cleared things up. basically what he said was mueller handed it to us and we decided when we know earlier this week mueller explained he thought this was a matter for congress, that the doj rules prohibited hem from reaching a conclusion or at least from acting on an indictment. as laura said he thought it was unfair to move forward with a conclusion when they couldnt act on it. there is really a difference between the two of them. this is why people want mueller to testify to help ...

It opens a door that busby doesnt want to. if this happened, the only people buzzfeed could have been talking to her within the mueller team. which means that under the doj rules and the guidelines inside, they would have to open the leak investigation. right inside the mueller team. once that opens, like mueller, it goes anywhere. did andrew weissmann do this customer and what happens? buzzfeed may have done themselves a disservice. they are not journalists. hes not a journalist, hes a fake it,...

Republican seats on the senate side gives him more freedom. hes threat mitt romney, susan collins, sitting senator and lamar alexander basically saying we hope that the investigation -- none of them said that whittaker should be recused. >> its up to the attorney general, the acting attorney general to determine who gets that report. does it go to congress? does it go to the public? >> the important thing about the recusal rules, even if hes not required by law, the mere appearance of a conflict...

Already for papadopoulos for his betrayal, they perceived, after he struck a plea deal for not being a cooperative witness, for not giving information they needed. michael flynn, in contrast, is somebody who i think pled guilty before george papadopoulos, and you have this notion of, well, we want him to still be there. the delay of sentencing tells you they have a need for this person and that hes a fruitful cooperator, not just giving information or a blow hard in different ways. hes somebody ...

The special elections. and they think, well, maybe if there is a threat of impeachment of the president, that could get republicans energized. >> which is what devin nunes was trying to do at that fund-raiser where we have the audio. ill play that in a moment. first i want to get your reaction from the fox news sound last night. rudy guiliani went on for this interview on fox last night, and then he made an argument that there would be a violation of doj rules by mueller if he doesnt wrap it up....

Would agree to the request to bring bannon back to the committee? >> remember, when steve bannon refused to answer questions he just said im not answering them. we had a vote to compel him to come back and answer questions. that vote went down because the republicans opposed it. peter stzoks situation, the fbi rules and he cannot answer questions that involve an ongoing criminal or counter intelligence investigation. the 500 page report from the ig criticized directors comey for doing just that ...

In 1992 a grand jury in the iran contrau case came out just days before. >> in the final days of the campaign the last thing george bush needs is a reminder of the arms for hostages deal with iran. >> a former indictment places bush at a key meeting. >> that was a huge deal. nowadays a key from mueller is that he does have to follow those doj rules or norms if you want to call it that which would appear to include the 2012 memo. because the rules that give mueller his power still say he has to n...

The head of the executive branch? lately many critics of this president say yes. >> it is, i think constitutional to indict a sitting president. >> the bottom line legal issue is the president is not above the law. >> in my view, a sitting president can lawful be indicted, to say that a president cant be indicted is to say that the president is above the law. >> those are two opinions from two current members of congress. but these questions will not be resolved by anyones personal opinion. what...

Do those authorities mean? is that the end of it? were those doj rules meant to stop mueller from ever going beyond that memo? what would the author of those original doj rules say? i mean that would be interesting to find out right now. the man who wrote those rules and who served as barack obamas top lawyer at the supreme court, arguing over 30 cases, winning an obamacare case, serving as acting solicitor general, he is here tonight. former acting solicitor general under president obama. thank...

Because gun violence and gun legislation is the single fire wall issue i believe for the republican party, and as the children from parkland have been so eloquently stating, if we cant change their minds, we need to change their seats. >> chris hurst, thank you for being on the beat tonight. >> thank you for having me. up ahead, a very big question for a very big guest, could bob mueller if ever consider the indictment of a president. ill talk to the man who actually wrote the rules governing ...