yeah, i think you could argue it. both of the clips you just showed, lawrence, are right, congressman buck is absolutely right on january 21st, 2020, president trump assuming he loses, he will not have immunity from prosecution at the federal level. so that s one route, january 21st. the second route is jill points out state prosecutors could still indict. now there is this office of legal counsel opinion that is being talked about that mueller is talking about. that s a federal opinion. that s about federal prosecutions but in our constitutional system, we also have a separate set of prosecutors, state prosecutors that aren t bound in any way, shape or form by the office of legal opinion. i expect the president were he indicted by a state prosecutor to make the same kinds of arguments that he s been making all along, he s immune, he s the king and so on and i think that those arguments will get somewhere when it comes to the
it. both of the clips you just showed, lawrence, are right, congressman buck is absolutely right on january 21st, 2020, president trump assuming he loses, he will not have immunity from prosecution at the federal level. so that s one route, january 21st. the second route is jill points out state prosecutors could still indict. now there is this office of legal counsel opinion that is being talked about that mueller is talking about. that s a federal opinion. that s about federal prosecutions but in our constitutional system, we also have a separate set of prosecutors, state prosecutors that aren t bound in any way, shape or form by the office of legal opinion. i expect the president were he indicted by a state prosecutor to make the same kinds of arguments that he s been making all along, he s immune, he s the king and so on and i think that those arguments will get
impeachment phonies. sean spicer, hello and welcome back. what is your take on the vote that happened initially, had a number of democrats? now they were just short of what about 100 the other day. what do you think? it went down 332-95. al green the congressman that put this in introduced it on january 21st. this is not a serious effort. it was done the day trump was sworn into office. it is clearly politically motivated. the democrats are trapped. they know it s a good talking point for their base. at the end of the day they recognize nancy pelosi more than anyone recognizes they will clearly lose the house of representatives and probably guarantee the president s reelection if they continue to
the president is the only person in the united states that is, according to the justice department, precluded from being indicted. so this is very important, very significant and it demonstrates in my view that on january 21st after the election, if he does not run successfully, they will empanel a grand jury in new york. we do know that robert mueller is about to testify on capitol hill in less than a week from now. do you expect the details of this will be brought up during that hearing or should they? absolutely. not only should they, they absolutely will. this shows direct context and meaning into his statement. if he could exonerate the president, that he would so state. he cannot do so. prosecutors don t walk around handing out certificates of exoneration, we have to be a little careful with that statement. it further shows the clarity and focus with respect to his personal involvement with respect to this campaign finance violation, which is a felony and
velasquez during her tour at the facility on friday the place has been without heat since january 21st. they have to work with their coats, their gloves, covering their heads, that it was the cold weather, the temperature was reporter: new york reported the detention facility was experiencing staffage shortages and forcing the warden to shut down visits for an aweek. daryl patterson is the defender for new york. they haven t been convicted of crimes. they are entitled to have daily access to their attorneys. reporter: this woman s husband is an inmate at the jail. she says she has been calling every day and can t get in touch with him. she asked us to disguise her identity for fear of retributionty by the staff. i was told the facility was on shutdown. i called back on tuesday to find out what was going on and they