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Office of president of United States and will preserve, protect and defense the constitution of the u. S. Except where nobody gets killed or robbed. His point is basically that a crime is a crime is a crime, correct . Exactly. I think you see through georges tweet a commonality, again, between he and i. Even though we come from very different sides of the aisle, but a common belief, a core belief in the rule of law in america. And thats a belief that Rudy Giuliani himself shared as a prosecutor....

This case before you move full steam ahead? >> lets just back all the way up to the mueller report. which clearly, in the report, although mueller did a very bad job explaining that he had found, he had found that there was, in that case, an effort by the president to obstruct justice. so that is fact one. we have also held hearings on the emoluments issue. >> ed: hang on, but you say he saw cases that could have been obstruction, but cant let that stand. bob mueller did not make a decision on o...

And steve kornacki, thank you as well. president trump asked for a favor, moments later the president of ukraine mentioned he stayed at a trump hotel. as "the washington post" put it this could be the other ukraine problem. joining me now is david ferrenthal, what did you find? >> you found the president of ukraine say the last time i was in new york i stayed at your hotel. and you have leaders saying president trump i like your golf course, your hotels. its a way that leaders see his properties...

Venue where the talks were taking place, that this kind of thing, recent, understandable by the public, may have true consequences? >> reporter: i think its all a risk that it could have true consequences. i think most people dont know sort of whats going to -- whats going to sort of catch fire, what could catch on, what could turn into a bigger story than it actually is. i mean, the fear here is that, you know, theres been concern about these emoluments issue for a while and people staying at t...

Risk that it could have true consequences. i think most people dont know sort of whats going to -- whats going to sort of catch fire, what could catch on, what could turn into a bigger story than it actually is. i mean, the fear here is that, you know, theres been concern about these emoluments issue for a while and people staying at the trump hotel in washington, but maybe as democrats or investigators or reporters start digging deeper into these other properties, that theres more threads that ...

The public, may have true consequences? >> reporter: i think its all a risk that it could have true consequences. i think most people dont know sort of whats going to -- whats going to sort of catch fire, what could catch on, what could turn into a bigger story than it actually is. i mean, the fear here is that, you know, theres been concern about these emoluments issue for a while and people staying at the trump hotel in washington, but maybe as democrats or investigators or reporters start dig...

Attorney general of maryland came in the courtroom and when he saw that panel he literally slapped his hand against his forehead in disbelief and his colleague from d.c. said to him, you know, keep your head up, keep your head up. it was pretty clear they were facing a very tough road to hoe here. and i really do wonder if the action on this emoluments issue may now move to the house of representatives. because they do have subpoena power. and even if the white house may be able to obstruct thos...

Then you have the emoluments issue, about whether or not the trump organization is benefitting from his presidency. you have the personal charity about whether or not they were commingling funds. and now the inauguration committee. these explosive new allegations with ivanka trump right in the middle. what are those? what do they mean? i have a reporter who has been breaking the news, next. ...i just got my ancestrydna results: 74% italian. ...and i found out that im from the big toe of that sex...