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It does sort of immesh himself more with paul manafort. before we get to the trial that is much more related to russia, that is when he is going to step forward? i dont think so. manafort wanted trump to think about what lay ahead. and the next trial is going to be a lot about russia and ukraine. >> frank, imagining to be what it would look like to see someone pardons in this circumstance, what do you think? >> well, knowing mueller and how he operates and thinks and how his team runs, i have to...

Mueller, do you think those political boundaries exist? >> well, if you ask me after the election be a different answer than before the election. remember, he is in the final months of a republican majority. for all intents and purposes, he is most likely not going to enjoy that come january, not only this congress has to think about, but the next congress he has to think about and the effect this behavior would have on the election. open up a gusher for the republicans and they might lose the s...

Daniels. the president directly involved. a lot of statements made about how the cases that have been brought so far are tied to mueller specifically or come out of muellers investigation. this is one of those cases that dont have anything to do with the president. >> yeah, and we should note the timing here is, this is going on in late october of 2016. >> exactly. two weeks before the election. >> the payments that he made, the question was the position taken by people around this defending the...

The boundary would be political. and i think what would stop him from doing that is the same reason he hasnt gotten rid of mueller, do you think those political boundaries exist? >> well, if you ask me after the election be a different answer than before the election. remember, he is in the final months of a republican majority. for all intents and purposes, he is most likely not going to enjoy that come january, not only this congress has to think about, but the next congress he has to think ab...

>> no responsibility person on television, no responsible so-called journalist should be advocating for people to destroy evidence in a serious federal investigation. >> i dont think we will see him prosecuted. federal prosecutors give people a wide berth on first-amendment related conduct so unless there is something more specific to link it up this is what we categorize as awful but lawful conduct. >> listen, if he is advocating for muellers witnesses to obstruct justice maybe mueller should s...

Television, no responsible so-called journalist should be advocating for people to destroy evidence in a serious federal investigation. >> i dont think we will see him prosecuted. federal prosecutors give people a wide berth on first-amendment related conduct so unless there is something more specific to link it up this is what we categorize as awful but lawful conduct. >> listen, if he is advocating for muellers witnesses to obstruct justice maybe mueller should speak to him and ask where the i...

>> no responsibility person on television, no responsible so-called journalist should be advocating for people to destroy evidence in a serious federal investigation. >> i dont think we will see him prosecuted. federal prosecutors give people a wide berth on first-amendment related conduct so unless there is something more specific to link it up this is what we categorize as awful but lawful conduct. >> listen, if he is advocating for muellers witnesses to obstruct justice maybe mueller should s...

It was destroy evidence which is a violation of the witness tampering statute. >> no responsible person on television, no responsible so-called journalists should be advocating for people to destroy evidence in a serious federal investigation. i dont think that we will see him prosecuted. a federal prosecutors give people a very wide berth on first amendment related conduct, so unless there is something more specific to link it up, this will be what we often categorize as awful but lawful conduc...

Thats just the kind of thing that helps as a courtesy matter knowing mueller. when you know the other lawyer, then you can have trust in what they say. im worried about whether or not that exists given the things that giuliani has said during the campaign, whether or not the people in the mueller team feel like he actually has the credibility to be trusted when hes speaking on behalf of the president and the administration and the campaign. >> michael moore, good to have you with us. thank you s...

General coming in or someone else, we dont know, but what we should know is that bob muellers watching all of this. bob mueller is a master strategist. he spent a successful career thinking of next moves. and this is a trip wire for him. this is an indicator for him. just as in the terrorism world you look for trip wires and indicators that an attack might be imminent. hes looking at this and hes planning. and i would venture a guess hes got what ill call a prosecutorial parachute, whats that? i...