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Do something that would continue to divide us. there are lots of things the republicans could do with their subpoena power. impeachment might happen in the house but might not follow conviction in the senate. what you might have is rerun in 1998, 1999 when folks looked at the attack on bill clinton as a partisan. >> and its called impeachment in american history. only two presidents have been impeached. andrew johnson and bill clinton. nixon resigned before he was impeached. and you said this ab...

Going to stand their ground. i dont see anybody in there thats going to knuckle in and want to suddenly be the person who basically obstructed justice by killing the russian investigation. >> just think about whose reputation in watergate with stood the test of time? elliott richardson who said no to president nixon. he was the attorney general. im not firing cox. the deputy attorney general, bill said im not firing cox. and robert bork who fired cox wanted to be on the supreme court and he didn...

Everybody thats in there is a career person. they have all had experience in the department of justice. and i think that all of them are going to stand their ground. i dont see anybody in there thats going to knuckle in and want to suddenly be the person who basically obstructed justice by killing the russian investigation. >> just think about whose reputation in watergate with stood the test of time? elliott richardson who said no to president nixon. he was the attorney general. im not firing c...

Verge of firing deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. but sources tell cnn that may not be enough to satisfy a furious president. he may have special counsel robert mueller himself in his sights. lets discuss now with john dean, nixon white house counsel. so glad any you on to discuss this. welcome to the program. what goes through your mind, john, when you hear our breaking news tonight that the president is considering firing rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general? >> well, he would do ...

Dean, nixon white house counsel. so glad any you on to discuss this. welcome to the program. what goes through your mind, john, when you hear our breaking news tonight that the president is considering firing rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general? >> well, he would do well to remember the history of what happened with richard nixon. in fact, nixon would write in his memoirs he miscalculated firing cox at the time. what he did, he was dealing with an aggressive prosecutor who was seeking ev...

Validate the principle that clinton was not above the law. i will say with regard, even nixon no one claimed during water gate that richard nixon was committing a crime. by firing cox. he had every right to do that. including the right to do that because he didnt like the fact cox was getting close to showing that richard nixon engaged nd criminal misconduct. you can charge once hes removed from office. for a whole bunch of things including orchestrating a conspiracy to obstruction justice. to p...

Being taped by the nsa when he had the various meetings. >> right. i guess i would -- yeah, i would see a point of differentiation between tapping kislyak on a phone outside the white house versus recording him in the inner sanctum. let me get to the bigger issue. you dont see the bigger parallels between this and watergate? and if so, why not? >> i see a parallel in that he fired someone heading an investigation. look, during watergate when i was in the oval office with the president when he ha...

Being taped by the nsa when he had the various meetings. >> right. i guess i would -- yeah, i would see a point of differentiation between tapping kislyak on a phone outside the white house versus recording him in the inner sank tum. get to the bigger issue. you dont see the bigger parallels between this and watergate, if so, why not. >> i see a parallel in that he fired someone heading an investigation. look, during watergate when i was in the oval office with the president when he had to fire ...