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The election happened. youre saying in a broad sense if youre saying you want to keep someone off fox news, this is a story in the ether thats fundamentally about the president as a political figure. >> right, it just shows that the purpose of the paint was not just personal, right? that was the john edwards defense. this shows this is really about keeping the story out of the public or denying the story in public. so i think its good intent evidence in that regard. >> theres also -- i am curiou...

This is his fbi director. he is accusing tho in his own administration, in his government of actually being corrupt. its stunning. >> its amazing. when you see it, you covered the story for a long time, it truly is amazing. >> it is. the other thing that you have to wonder here is, we have been hearing about pardons all day long. donald trump is obsessed with pardons. this is nothing new. first of all, its someplace where he has power unchecked. he can do it. the other thing is, we know that he ...

It into a conspiracy theory. i was struck by one question there when he was asked who is to blame for this? who is behind this? if in fact there were spies in his campaign, which we are told by multiple u.s. officials there were not. he says, i hope not, when asked if president obama was directly involved in it. so this is classic donald trump throwing a lot of things out there, trying to validate, you know, what is already in the ether there. but he is doubling down on the fact that he is calli...

But also just with everyone. so you see, as julia mentioned, that rosenstein is giving up a little bit of ground here and there, which is remarkable when you think of what the president is actually asking his justice department to do and accusing them of. and so when we get to the point, whenever that is, when mueller wraps up his investigation or, say, after the midterm elections as some trump confidants believe, when the president then finally makes the changes at the justice department that h...

That i mainly mean rudy giuliani -- is a strategy. it is basically a way to try to manipulate public opinion, especially with the presidents base. but also just with everyone. so you see, as julia mentioned, that rosenstein is giving up a little bit of ground here and there, which is remarkable when you think of what the president is actually asking his justice department to do and accusing them of. and so when we get to the point, whenever that is, when mueller wraps up his investigation or, sa...

It is basically a way to try to manipulate public opinion, especially with the presidents base. but also just with everyone. so you see, as julia mentioned, that rosenstein is giving up a little bit of ground here and there, which is remarkable when you think of what the president is actually asking his justice department to do and accusing them of. and so when we get to the point, whenever that is, when mueller wraps up his investigation or, say, after the midterm elections as some trump confid...

So those kinds of appearances of corruption and sort of compromising foreign policy i think if youre a democrat is not, you know, a direct argument you want to make. it is in the ether about this white house. >> is the special counsel interested in this meeting? >> absolutely. there is a bigger investigation into foreign influence. we have done these reports, specifically in this case, the man by the name of george nader, where he was pulled off a plane, fbi met him, special counsel pulled him i...

Its not in any federal laws. theres two office of legal counsel memorandum. the first written in 1973 in the midst of the nixon impeachment and then with the clinton impeachment. what they say, due to the separation of powers, the department of justice feels as though a sitting president cant be indicted while in office. thats not to say that criminal charges couldnt be brought after he leaves the office. >> shepard: you wonder, is the idea to get the ordinary ty into the ether, the collective t...

Troubles for the president. >> yep. >> whats your take on that in terms of how that reflects what you hear from those in the white house? >> look, this president, as you know, is famously nonconfrontational when it comes to interpersonal interactions. so there is a big difference between what the president says to rudy giuliani about his performance and what the president then says to other people about rudy giulianis performance, and this is how he tends to conduct himself in terms of conveying...

I felt like i really needed an answer from him. >> it was a long shot, michelle thought, another pointless appeal broadcast into the ether. >> hes probably living the high life again somewhere in the mediterranean. >> this time was different. this time the mark weinberger story found extended shelf life on the internet where more than a year later on december 9, 2009, the right pair of eyes finally found it. >> so i receive a strange call to my phone, was a friend. he told me, monica, mark is no...