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Than she does. but ultimately, the leverage may not be there. what they need to find is they need four members of the senate who are republicans who will demand a fair trial so to speak for the american people. they need to be looking at folks like mitt romney and susan collins. >> see if they can get -- >> to see if they can really get them to pull some leverage here. but ultimately, everything is about the election, which is less than a year away, and thats going to be the ultimate check on th...

Curveball for trump. democrats on the house judiciary committee telling a federal court that they want former white house counsel don mcgahn to testify so they can decide, quote, whether to recommend additional articles of impeachment. that obviously would be a huge development and signals how seriously democrats are treating obstruction by this white house. i talked to chairwoman maxine waters about that just last night. >> what we see is a continuation of them not responding to subpoenas, them...

Their favor, that don mcgahn has to potentially testify. what is your reaction to that development and how significant is it? >> well, there is nothing in the constitution that says they cant include additional articles of impeachment if additional evidence comes forward giving them a basis for doing this. i think perhaps the reason theyre highlighting this now is to have a response to the dojs position was essentially that don mcgahns testimony was moot at this point because it didnt affect the...

Corruption. but also about the obstruction and this crazy conspiracy that hes had with russia that leaves him meek, like some sort of doll when hes in helsinki. i think that were in for some rough waters. but i like the direction. i think theres been a tectonic schiff against the president and i think thats what were seeing here, his desperation. there was a remark today an senator mccains memorial service about how character is destiny. well, if you have no character, your destiny has to be a t...

>> leah, let me get your reaction to as well both the comments that jeff sessions job is safe until the midterms, some interpreting that as somewhat of a veiled, so to speak, if i can use that expression, but also not calling the mueller probe illegal. >> right. so i dont even see it va vailed threat. i see it as a direct threat. we know that donald trump has been making very explicit threats to jeff sessions, in expressing his unhappiness with sessions refusal to put himself back into the russi...

Then fbi director jim comey, if he moved on the attorney general, he would have that same kind of scrutiny. the president, is he removing jeff sessions, should it disrupt the russia investigation or not. should they become a, gee, will they let the mueller investigation carry on or not. >> how does the decision to fire an attorney general, politically speaking, on one hand, as we heard from robert, have its own ramifications, legally speaking how can it fit into the big picture of obstruction of...

White house isnt equipped to handle the onslaught of investigations that may be coming. its still if democrats win the house, without either the staff or the strategy to handle those investigations. with me now, robert costa, national political reporter for the "washington post," richard painter, former federal prosecutor john flannery, and harvard university professor leah wright rigger. robert, let me begin with you, the president calling the mueller probe illegal, what are you hearing about t...