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Of course, he was an appointed person, but the bigger lesson thats a nonpartisan one is that we should elect people in executive capacity who have experience running the unwieldly piece of government, who have administrative experience, who have political experience. that stuff matters when youre making decisions about corporate finance and real peoples ability to get ahead in this country. therefore, ill have a very difficult time, even if hes a democrat who can raise up the place of people out...

Attorney/client privilege? >> it doesnt sound like he is because the trifs were accused md, if were not active, compass sieve in that respect, and hes saying hes not. fauls trl. hes doing things like going on fox news and, i dont know, showing text me say fwarjz, if hes not talking to the president in an executive capacity, what privilege would possibly extend to you? none. >> sara, it seems like hes blurring the lines between being the presidents personal attorney and then being sort of a serva...

Motivation for this appointment. are you as disconcerted by this as they are? >> only by a matter of degrees less so. look, he could have appointed jared kushner to be dni and he chose not to. john ratcliffe, i will say this, i served with him, perfectly capable of running an organization and serving in an executive capacity, be it coordinating intelligence agencies. hes a former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of texas. very capable. what weve seen on display though is hes willing to pla...

Where michael cohen was not being forth coming without specifying what he wasnt forth coming about. and so it is not just lanny davis who is taking issue with the southern district, but it is also guy petrullo who worked there on two stints and worked in an executive capacity and quite upset about the strident tone of the southern district m memo and upset with how they characterized his willingness to coo coooperate and here we are now with the three-year sentence. >> and phil rucker, the washi...

>> whats his face, excuse my brain fart, i was on an early morning flight this morning from a foreign country. chris christie, thats todays whats his face in my mind, was being talked about in my mind for a chief of staff job. his name keeps getting floated for anything. >> hes been in public office and handled a variety of different things in an executive capacity, so he could be a good chief of staff, but i dont think anybody could be a good chief of staff with trump, because he doesnt listen....

We need to make sure the politics doesnt take over the presidents time. its a balancing act between politics and government. >> anything to read into on the timing? making the announcement as he is leaving for the army and navy game on a saturday. youve already had the mueller document dump on friday and then the staff shakeup and announcements on friday morning. the mueller document dump friday afternoon. then saturday he says this. >> i think this is the timing cannot be better. i hearken back...

From the united states above and beyond his salary, or when he sevens a payment from another state, those are both violations of the domestic emoluments clause. >> what constitutes a payment to him, if he is currently not running the trump organization? >> well, if he receives any gain profit or advantage from the payment, thats a violation of the emoluments clause. look, what the clauses were designed to do was to show th that -- to make clear that the president must put the interest of all oth...

Isnt it? >> it is. to that point, which is a different point, i would say its a real problem because, again, ive been in executive capacity. your hands, at the end of the day, are going to be driven by what the legislature does or does not do. and you better find a way to work with them because at the end of the day they can, again, stymie your efforts or move forward. it is a real problem from the standpoint of him advancing his legislative agenda. whats, again, allegedly going on between the p...

If that had been the case, she wouldve given that information to the investigative bodies that wouldve been in charge of dealing with it, but thats not what tonight seems to have done. at the very least, she has a lot of questions to answer. it will be interesting to see whether she claims executive privilege which would indicate the president had some discussion with her or someone in their executive capacity. >> bret: we have reporting that there is some involved, intelligence that does not de...

United states. if that had been the case, she wouldve given that information to the investigative bodies that wouldve been in charge of dealing with it, but thats not what tonight seems to have done. at the very least, she has a lot of questions to answer. it will be interesting to see whether she claims executive privilege which would indicate the president had some discussion with her or someone in their executive capacity. >> bret: we have reporting that there is some involved, intelligence t...