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The president, because among other things you said he should not fire jeff session. >> right. >> he should not fire robert mueller. and don mcgahn, we understand, has been crucial in holding the line on that. it may be because of don mcgahn and don mcgahn only that robert mueller wasnt fired one year ago, and same thing with jeff session. so are you concerned with the absence of don mcgahn might mean? >> yes, of course. i think mcgann has been a source of imposing the rule of law on the white ho...

If the president fires jeff sessions, it looks to be about the russia investigation. that should prompt yet another investigation by mueller into obstruction. so i dont think thats what the president wants, which hopefully will make him think twice about it but the fact that members of the senate who previously said they would not approve another attorney general are turning around on that just shows where these folks are right now. they are just not willing to stand up to trump after they said ...

Office proved very functioning and very vital. >> so professor dershowitz -- go ahead. let me ask this question. you can answer how you want. i think sometimes youve been misunderstood in your defense of the president, because among other things you said he should not fire jeff session. >> right. >> he should not fire robert mueller. and don mcgahn, we understand, has been crucial in holding the line on that. it may be because of don mcgahn and don mcgahn only that robert mueller wasnt fired one...

President trumps suspicious activities and decisions, including the presidents firing of national security adviser michael flynn for lying to the fbi, james comey after the president asked james comey to back off the investigation of michael flynn. the presidents attempted firing of jeff session and the presidents attempted firing of special prosecutor robert mueller. the attempted firings were both strongly opposed by don mcgahn, according to multiple reports. for each of those incidents mcgahn...

Sessions is the result of a furious lobbying campaign from president donald trump who, for the past ten days, has been venting his anger at sessions to any senator who will listen as one gop senate aid put it. donald trump reporting to "politico" raised the prospect of firing sessions last week in a phone conversation with senator lindsey graham and lindsey graham simply pressed the president to hold off on that until after the midterm elections. lindsey graham last year said there would be holy...

Lawrence, that the president said he didnt like flippers? hes known flippers for 30, 40 years and he doesnt like flippers. it was in a completely different context, but the fact that he is as reported personally lobbying senators to flip on senator sessions speaks to a larger issue here. senator sessions, to his mind, should never have recused himself from oversight of the mueller probe, which would not have been necessary had the president not fired the fbi director, jim comey. and in what you ...

Vocal defender of the president on television speaks to, after 18 months or so in office, his willful ignorance of the role of the attorney general of the united states. again, the attorney general of the united states is not the presidents personal lawyer. it seems as though he is still looking for his roy cohn. in hi department where there is a lawyer, hes hoping someone in his direct employ will be someone in the government who will go out and defend him. not the presidency, but him. and that...

This is all part of his plan to take over in a way that no american should want to live under. and we have to take action to make sure it doesnt happen. and we clearly cannot count on anyone in congress. as you said, the things that people said a year ago sound ridiculous in comparison to what theyre saying now. its a total reversal. and as jonathan said, he didnt like flipping. he thought it should be almost illegal. and now he wants people to flip. its the same thing. i believe the kind of peo...

And his son-in-law both being investigated by the special prosecutor, both want to get rid of the attorney general so they can get someone new in there controlling the special prosecutor. >> lawrence, arent these the same two people who thought it would be a great idea to fire james comey as fbi director? i seem to recall that it was jared kushner who was in the fire comey camp. and if im wrong about that, i will come back and apologize for it. but if it was a bad idea to fire comey, it should d...

At minimum of the special prosecutors investigation, an investigation that jeff sessions has recused himself from. and so here we have donald trump and his son-in-law both being investigated by the special prosecutor, both want to get rid of the attorney general so they can get someone new in there controlling the special prosecutor. >> lawrence, arent these the same two people who thought it would be a great idea to fire james comey as fbi director? i seem to recall that it was jared kushner wh...