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Whos could be in legal jeopardy. last summer according to "the washington post," the president even asked advisers whether he can pardon aides, family members, even himself in connection with this probe. recently, the president has appeared to dangle, thats the key word now, the possibility of a pardon for cohen. in an unexpected move days after the fbi raid on cohen, trump pardoned scooter libby, the former aid to you dick cheney convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in 2007. one of t...

Message. whether that is the intention behind it, whether they are looking to send a message. ive also seen this is a message to comey because of a connection comey had in terms of the libby case. i think all of the above could be true. i do think that the president, you know, was very conscious last year when he discovered that he had pardon power and what that meant, which he didnt really process until after the joe arpaio case, according to my reporting. the president was really enthralled by...

The other. >> do you buy it? >> im not sure the press secretary has a tremendous amount of credibility. no, i dont buy it at all. i think that this is, this is a tra travesty of justice. what were seeing now is as its unfolding, we dont want to see that trump is hes gone ahead and done this. its really disgraceful. >> jim comey was involved in the libby case. the deputy attorney general at the time. he appointed the special counsel who investigated the case. is it coincidence that this pardon fo...

Ayesha. >> i wanted to ask about the pardoning process. it seems like we have had these three pardons. they all were somewhat high-profile or gotten media attention. how is the president deciding when to take action on a case, i mean with arpaio, he hadnt even been sentenced yet. the libby case was very old. how are you deciding when to take action on these cases? and can a normal person who feels like they have been unjustly convicted, can they get their case to the white house? i mean there is...

Unparishtive of what i did for his son. i should have left him in jail. finally, on sunday, trump went after marshawn lynch of the raiders for sitting during the national anthem there he is. trump tweeted great disrespect. the next time the nfl should suspend him for the remainder of season. attendance and ratings way down. for more im joined by susan page is with a bureau chief for usa today. libby case is at the washington poechlts and jason johnson is politics editor for the root and msnbc po...