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taylor green. some have denied this ever happened. matt gates is under investigation in an alleged sex trafficking investigation. he has denied all wrong doing, he has not been charged. but according to the testimony we heard in the hearing today, matt gates was asking for one of those from the beginning of time for everything he has ever done kind of pardons. and, you know, that could be an interesting thing for prosecutors who are still looking at him and are still going to have to d...

I think in many ways our institutions are under assault, both externally, and that is the big news here. Russian interference in our election system. And i think as well, our institutions are under assault internally . Internally from the president . Exactly. In high gear add in the meantime, jeff sessions, the Attorney General, and his deputy interviewed eight candidates, the acting director of the fbi, andrew mccabe, john cornyn, alice fisher who was in the Justice Department years ago. Judge ...

You believed there would be hundreds and hundreds of people that would resign from the justice department? >> i think it would be pretty damning what would happen. this was reminiscent of had archibald cox was fired. president nixon ordered his attorney general to fire cox. he refused to do it he ordered his deputy attorney general to do it. he refused to do it. when finally robert bork did it, it was part of the agreement among the three of them, the attorney general and the depp testify attorn...

Eight of the tapes. ag specif eight specific tapes of conversations either in the presidents office or on his to telephone. >> nixon refused on a saturday night, october 1983, he ordered his attorney general to fire his prosecutor. the attorney general was appalled and he said "no" and resigned. i pi >> i picked the phone, he said hey, he wanted me to fire cox, i am not going to do it. constitutional drama obey a presidents order to fire the special prosecutor. and then the next person whos the ...

Too, was not willing to do it. so the deputy attorney general also resigned. >> he said well, youre commander in chief is ordering you to do this, i dont know what added to the discussion. he said well, who else was around? >> i said bob borkus here, he was the last one that was eligible to do it. >> the commander in chief finally found someone willing to carry out his orders. cox was fired. >> i asked all the people in the department to stay. so ended what would become know as a saturday night ...

Is there historical parallel for this? >> one of the things we dont want to have happen, and this has become partisan. look at the newsreels in 1973, and president nixon wanted to stop the investigation. it wasnt just enough to fire cox, and he failed. he had to backtrack. there was so much public outrage, and it wasnt left wing outrage. it was complete national outrage at this, that he actually stepped back and appointed a new special prosecutor. so the opposition to what trump does, if he does...

Is there historical parallel for this? >> one of the things we dont want to have happen, and this has become partisan. look at the newsreels in 1973, and president nixon wanted to stop the investigation. it wasnt just enough to fire cox, and he failed. he had to backtrack. there was so much public outrage, and it wasnt left wing outrage. it was complete national outrage at this, that he actually stepped back and appointed a new special prosecutor. so the opposition to what trump does, if he does...

Order. >> reporter: nixon takes a gamble and orders his attorney general to fire cox. >> reports that attorney -- to fire the special watergate prosecutor arch bald cox. >> reporter: refuses and resigns in protest. >> for me to have acquiesced in his being firing. >> reporter: he too refuses and resigns. before the night is done though, the u.s. solicitor general filling in as attorney general agrees to fire archibald cox. still nixon is hardly immune to it all. nine months later, nixon on the v...

And when did he know it. >> it was non-partisan and often quite young prosecutors oat the doj who faced incredible pressure and ultimately indicted people with over 30 crimes related to watergate. we turn to one of the prosecutors and one who recommended impeaching nixon. nick ackerman and elizabeth holtzman. elizabeth, what was the turning point going towards impeachment? >> well, the turning point was actually when president nixon had archibald cox fired. and the attorney general of the united...

Rosenstein and others what are the parameters of the recusal that we could not have been able to get a clear answer. >> richard nixon, the president wanted to fire -- 1973 wanted to fire cox, independent counsel at that time. he told the attorney general to do so. he committed himself to the congress not to do so. he had to resign. did the same thing, the deputy attorney general. he had to resign. he was fired actually and had to go to the judge to get anybody to do it. what would happen this ti...