right now priority has to be to protect the investigation. number of pieces of legislation pending in the house. that will protect mr. mueller from being removed by the president of the united states. so that investigation can continue so i think we can t ju jump ahead. obviously that statement by mr. cohen is a game changer in that it s a statement from co-defendant or co-conspirator saying the president directed this criminal wrongdoing. very serious. it is serious. the fact you say you know it hasn t crossed the impeachment threshold for you yet. is that for purely political reaso reasons? is there concern of impeachment. just stir up the base. do you prefer and think it will be effective to pith and use what nancy pelosi said. culture corruption. if that were out there, is that more effective than impeachment. i don t know if it s a question of being more effective. the removal of a president of
say obvious. it seems to me they re fighting it for a reason. there s something in there. they might be making a production doctrine, argument, by the act of producing the document you re implicating yourself in a crime. though it seems to me the constitutional argument that they can make here is a little bit weaker. the new jersey legislature has a right to investigate things. they have an obligation to conduct oversight of the executive. under the new jersey constitution actually, not bring up the impeachment word here, but the impeachment threshold is very low. it s just a misdemeanor. it s not a high crime, it s just a misdemeanor. working backwards you can see in order to even find something like that, the legislature has to have broad powers to conduct an investigation here. and simply, they have to turn over these documents. is it do you expect that it will take months and months to resolve and we actually won t
yourself in a crime. though it seems to me the constitutional argument that they can make here is a little bit weaker. the new jersey legislature has a right to investigate things. they have an obligation to conduct oversight of the executive. under the new jersey constitution actually, not bring up the impeachment word here, but the impeachment threshold is very low. it s just a misdemeanor. it s not a high crime, it s just a misdemeanor. working backwards you can see in order to even find something like that, the legislature has to have broad powers to conduct an investigation here. and simply, they have to turn over these documents. is it do you expect that it will take months and months to resolve and we actually won t hear anything from bridget kelly and bill stepian for a very long time? people who know more about this than i do tell me it could be really quick. the state courts might just decide to give the go ahead to the legislature right away. and it could even work its
works on its own timeframe or still be important to us figuring out what happened? i think it is important. obviously there s something in there if they re fighting. i would imagine i shouldn t say obvious. it seems to me they re fighting it for a reason. they might be making a production argument, just by the act of producing the document, you are implicating yourself in a crime. though it seems to me the constitutional argument that they can make here is a little bit weaker. the new jersey legislature has a right to investigate things. they have an obligation to conduct oversight of the executive. under the new jersey constitution actually, not bring up the impeachment word here, but the impeachment threshold is very low. it s just a misdemeanor. it s not a high crime, it s just a misdemeanor. working backwards you can see in order to even find something like that, the legislature has to have broad powers to conduct