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Conflicted group of people ive of seen. the attorney general made a terrible mistake when he did this and when he recused himself, or he should have certainly let us know if he was going to recuse himself, and we would have used a -- put a different attorney general in. >> theres a lot to sort through. joining us now is jeffrey toobin, ann milligram, josh dean and josh campbell. first of all, jeff, what do you take away from what the president said and how he said it? >> it was one of the most r...

This is not something that -- not something that comes lightly here. this u.s. attorneys office, in particular this public corruption unit has prosecuted a number of people that have applied to democrats and democratic offices. they investigated the new york city mayor and new york governor andrew comeau and they received guilty please in connection with people associated with them. this is not an office thats known for only going after public -- i say that because so often these days people are...

Know, witch hunt land anymore despite the presidents earlier comments. were in a different category, and its moving forward on a different track, and i think thats important for the presidents supporters to understand. >> theyre all trump appointees, though. the witch hunt argument, the witch hunt is being run by trump appointees as well. rosenstein selected mueller to -- >> but rosenstein is independent in a way that jeff berman is not. if he gets pressure, well see what he does, of course. hes...

Morning and initially the word was that the person who okayed this warrant, who okayed this fbi raid was the u.s. attorney for the southern district jeffrey berman, whos a donald trump appointee, also a republican. youre saying that donald trump was not involved, can you explain? >> in the u.s. attorneys manual, which is kind of the guide book or field book about how special counsels are supposed to carry out special investigations, one is to engage with the u.s. attorney and from there the u.s....

Presidents tells. when he says that, its very well people may be telling him that. i know a lot of advisers who have been urging him to be more aggressive. but that also means thats something im thinking about. thats something i would love to do. so far hes been able to restrain himself, but when he talked about that red line in the interview to "the new york times" that mueller crossed, if he looks into his business or his familys, and going after michael cohen, his personal attorney, who is, a...

Legally valid search warrant, there was knoll illegal about this. the president says they found no collusion whatsoever as we have talked about on this program. the issue of collusion is still open. the president says democrats or just about maybe a couple of republicans as tom winter has pointed out just a couple minutes ago, that is not actually the case. some on muellers team has v done the democrats. jeff berman, they are republican here. another example, perhaps, nancy and zeke, of the pres...

And he said, well, some people are telling me maybe i should fire him. anyone who is a trump watcher knows thats one of the presidents tells. when he says that, its very well people may be telling him that. i know a lot of advisers who have been urging him to be more aggressive. but that also means thats something im thinking about. thats something i would love to do. so far hes been able to restrain himself, but when he talked about that red line in the interview to "the new york times" that mu...

In a way that jeff berman is not. if he gets pressure, well see what he does, of course. hes a more direct trump appointee. so the fact that he is pursuing this with the approval of a federal judge i think is important. >> all right. ashley parker and jennifer rodgers, thank you for starting us off. coming up, steve schmidt is here to react to tonights breaking news, including the presidents description of the raid as an attack on our country. plus a big development in the mueller investigat...

These individuals along those lines? >> well, its not different from what weve seen before. he doesnt like investigations that touch on him or his associates or his family, or his dealings in any way, shape or form. its probably not a great idea to be blasting folks this way because it lays the foundation that he doesnt like investigations and might do something to stop them. important to note, maybe its already been discussed, but everyone involved, if the reporting is true, particularly the pa...

Personal attorney, they have connections, one of them has a connection to him and the other attorney who has interviewed with the president has a connection to rudy giuliani the former new york mayor and close adviser to the president. were told that two attorneys now who are in private practice are jeff berman, who works with the giuliani law firm and ed mcnally who is a partner at the marc kasowitz firm, they met with the president for this position. its pretty rare and rarely done and so its ...