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And the -- that one case where the president cannot be charged with a crime. >> okay. but the -- could you charge the president with a crime after he left office? >> yes. >> you believe that he committed -- you could charge the president of the united states with obstruction of justice after he left office? >> yes. >> ethically? >> im not sure because i havent looked at the ethic standards but the olc opinion says that the prosecutor while he cannot bring a charge against a sitting president non...

Evidence in the mueller report, and were finding more and more instances where this just isnt the case. and its starting to look like, you know, having desperately tried and failed to make a legal case against the president, you made a political case instead. you put it in a paper sack, lit it on fire, dropped it on our porch, rang the doorbell, and ran. >> i dont think you reviewed a report that is as thorough, as fair, as consistent as the report that we have in front of us. >> then why is -- ...

Mcgahn, is that correct? >> thats what the report says, yeah, the report. >> but in fact its completely appropriate for the presidents staff especially his counsels to take notes during a meeting, correct? >> i rely on the wording of the report. >> well, thank you, director mueller, for your investigation into whether the president attempted to obstruct justice by ordering mcgahn to lie to protect the president and then to create a false record about it. it is clear that any other person would b...

The -- i had served two terms as fbi director. >> the answer is no. >> the answer is no. >> greg jarrett describes your office as the team of partisans. as additional information is coming to light, theres a growing concern that political bias caused important facts to be omitted from your report in order to cast the president unfairly, in a negative light. for example, john dowd, the presidents lawyer, leaves a message with michael flynns lawyer on november 2017. the edited version in your repo...

For a charge of conspiracy with russian interference in the 2016 election. is that fair? >> thats fair. >> was there sufficient evidence to convict president trump or anyone else with obstruction of justice? >> we did not make that calculation. >> how could you not have made the calculation? >> well, the olc opinion, office of legal counsel indicates we cannot indict a sitting president and one of the tools that the prosecutor will use is not there. >> but let me just stop. you made the decision...

Prosecutor is not the representative of an ordinary party to the controversy. but of a sovereignty. whose interest in a criminal prosecution is not that it shall win a case but that justice shall be done and that the prosecutor may strike hard blows but not at liberty to strike foul ones. by listing the ten factual situations and not reaching a conclusion about the merits of the case, you unfairly shifted the burden of proof to the president. forcing him to prove his innocence while denying him ...

Sentence. weve been watching this over the course of this week, for signs that any sort of pardon effort might be coming from flynn. today we got a pretty good sign. the presidents first tweet of the day praising flynn for hiring this great flu lawyer. a presidential thumbs up for mike flynn. the president has so far not pardoned anybody in connection with the russia scandal but it does feel like those are the train tracks being laid down in the flynn case. watch this space. stay with us. the fl...

As you know, flynn recently fired his longtime lawyers instead hired a new lead lawyer, a regular on fox news where she calls robert mueller the real crook and the fbi the real crime family and says that flynn never should have pled guilty and the judge in this case doesnt know what hes doing. because of flynn hiring that lawyer, theres been a lot of speculation that flynn might have hired that new lawyer because hes trying to persuade the president to give him a pardon. this isnt the kind of la...

Attribute it to trump because he doesnt know whether trump knew everything that dowd was saying, and he declined to interview dowd because of the attorney/client privilege. but basically, here it is. the witness, michael flynn, knows all this stuff about trump, and dowd is saying give us a heads-up, meaning tell us what hes going to tell mueller to protect all of our interests, and remember what a good man we think you are, and the pardon is dangled so that, in effect, flynn will be playing both...

Liz his busy trump hotel conference schedule to go to the special counsels office and commit felonies allegedly by lying to the fbi. we have not heard from that guy since he was indicted six months ago, but here he is. he has lawyers representing him even though he doesnt plan on being here to face trial. and that odd turn comes at the same time as several other sort of unsettling developments over the last couple of days. in the case of this guys business associate, in the case of michael flynn...