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Tonight. were just hours away from the first democratic debate of the 2020 presidential race with senator elizabeth warren coming in hot and with a target on her podium. welcome to "the lead," im jake tapper. we begin with the politics lead, quote, does it ever stop? that question coming from president trump after finding out that special counsel robert mueller is being forced by congress to testify publicly on july 17th in what may be the most anticipated testimony of the trump presidency so ...

>> laura: now, congressman meadows mentioned foxs told subpoena was a friendly subpoena. now mueller would only appear t under a subpoena and would stick to the four corners of the report. but that is not what adam schiff is saying tonight. watch. >> i dont think the special counsels office considers this a friendly subpoena. he was to testify but nonetheless he will respect the subpoena. so we expect all of the membersl of our committee will have an opportunity to ask him questions. >> laura: i...

Mueller if he went beyond that statement. >> laura: now, congressman meadows mentioned foxs told subpoena was a friendly subpoena. now mueller would only appear under a subpoena and would stick to the four points of the report. but that is not what adam schiff is saying tonight. watch. >> i dont think the special counsels office considers this a friendly subpoena. he was to testify but nonetheless he will respect the subpoena. so we expect all of the members of our committee will have an opportu...

Foiled at this point. you had the barr representation of a report, now mueller is fighting with him, they cant get the key witnesses. so she cant get those numbers notched up to where she feels comfortable launching a formal impeachment inquiry, because number one, she doesnt have the votes, and number two, the american public cannot decipher between opening up an impeachment inquiry and an actual impeachment vote. two different things. >> there is the argument that once you open one, it becomes...

This was not the case when the report was committed. so mueller i imagine as the behest of the left gives them what they need to jump-start the calls for impeachment. but nothing has changed in the report. the only thing that changed is mueller decide something create chaos and havoc, as if two years investigating the president show no obstruction or collusion are not enough. but thats what mueller did. muddy up the waters and charge up the left. >> that investigation if we had had confidence th...

To make his case. if we thought the mueller investigation was over with -- with robert muellers announcement that he was stepping down and closing up shop, that is not the case. the mueller investigation is going to be open for some time both by democrats who want to explore more thoroughly what they found and also apparently by the attorney general who is looking back at the origins of investigation. this story is not nearly over yet. >> elliott, when barr says that mueller could have reached a...

Are echoing throughout congress. this was not the case when the report was committed. so mueller i imagine as the behest of the left gives them what they need to jump-start the calls for impeachment. but nothing has changed in the report. the only thing that changed is mueller decide something create chaos and havoc, as if two years investigating the president show no obstruction or collusion are not enough. but thats what mueller did. muddy up the waters and charge up the left. >> that investig...

This was not the case when the report was committed. so mueller i imagine as the behest of the left gives them what they need to jump-start the calls for impeachment. but nothing has changed in the report. the only thing that changed is mueller decide something create chaos and havoc, as if two years investigating the president show no obstruction or collusion are not enough. but thats what mueller did. muddy up the waters and charge up the left. >> that investigation if we had had confidence th...

Rosenstein and i felt it was necessary for us as the heads of the department to reach that decision. >> is he right? >> well, he told us when he gave the hearing in front of congress that it was his baby now and reminded everyone that mueller worked for him. certainly, yes, he could -- maybe he could have reached a conclusion but he would have been violating the essence of that policy and the olc policy said which is not to indict a sitting president. now mueller made clear that you could invest...

Ramification, lets bring in bret baeir. i know one of the most important things when youre a journalist covering a story like this, if theres daylight or a discrepancy between two principles and in this case, as catherine pointed out, and i saw your first reaction was, barr said this, now mueller is saying this. are you hearing anything else about this in washington? >> the department of justice is saying that it was clear that mueller and his team told them and told attorney general barr in thi...