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Allege any crime, but not going to exonerate him, but we are all left in this strange place that we have to figure out. >> laura: thats why so many people right now are hung up on prosecutors. i know you are a former prosecutor, a lot of friends that are former prosecutors. patrick fitzgerald turned many peoples lives upside down until the supreme court came and overturned convictions. we have conrad black, look what they did to him. i am glad president trump did the pardon.pe a lot of prosecuto...

But because we cant charge a sitting president, we are not even going to decide, we are not going to perform the calculus, the analysis to decide if those acts amount to a crime. so, the report itself doesnt accuse the president of committing a crime. thats thing one. and thing two, remember, attorney general barr and the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein both looked at what mueller came up with and said this doesnt constitute a crime, there should be no crime of obstruction. so, in theory,...

Around criminal activity, around grift, around misbehavior and misdeeds at a certain point, democrats have to do something about it, particularly as voters want something done about it. its not enough to talk around the symbolism but at some point voters are going to want to see tangible action. naacp just voted to impeach trump. what are the democrats going to do about it and are they going to be on the same page. thats important to think about going forward. >> before we go, for jennifer and m...

Sarah coin is a former federal prosecutor and former u.s. assistant attorney for the eastern district of new york. good to have both of you here, if we look at this clearly, robert mueller clearly stated the president could be indicted after leaving office. whats the statute of limitations on something like this? >> its five years. basically, he is correct that the president can be indicted after he steps down or isnt re-elected. >> but what if he is re-elected? >> all this conduct is from 2017....

In the mueller report, it is theoretically possible that a prosecutor could look at that and determine there was a prosecutable case. >> is there a statute of limitations on those possible crimes? >> so, i think that there is and it would be something that the u.s. attorney, the conduct, the obstructive conduct took place in d.c. so a u.s. attorney here in the district of columbia, which is part of the justice department, the u.s. attorney reports to the attorney general so you would have to hav...

A former president of the council to check together with hungary what they can improve for the rule of law and how they stick to that principle and if this process is running badly they will be excluded so you just parted from one committee to another how much more evidence do you need look at the challenges against and very repeated allegations from respected human rights groups in the un about the serious and continue erosion of basic rights and hunger is government 2 years ago un special rapp...

Untruthful in his written responses, and that he was -- has not been exonerated on obstruction. is the president celebrating too soon? >> well, that obviously needs to be -- be seen as what happens in terms of next years election. i think if -- if the president is re-elected then there is a question about, well, does the statute of limitations run out if he serves another four years and director mueller did not have a precise answer for that, so i think that is still to be seen, but clearly the ...

What i want to say specifically, for example, the statute of limitations on charging the president after he leaves office for lets say obstruction is five years and should the president win re-election, then thats going to run out. and he would then be immune from being held accountable for niece crimes. >> youre assuming no more crimes afterward. >> just using that. im not actually assuming that, but right. even assuming that, and so theres a problem there. and because mueller wouldnt even say ...

He said that michael cohen and rick gates were credible. that was essentially a careful prosecutor saying that if i could call the president credible, i would call him credible. >> yes, thats one of the things about this particular hearing. with the limits robert mueller accepted from the justice department, his answers had to be interpreted more than they might otherwise. what was your reaction at the beginning of the judiciary hearing where you heard him say he was going to accept the limitati...

And how did that play in that framework? >> lets talk about the president today. the president was gloating on twitter and on the white house lawn this afternoon, but mueller testified that among other things the president welcomed russian interference, lied about it, his encouraging wikileaks was problematic, that he was untruthful in his written responses, and that he was -- has not been exonerated on obstruction. is the president celebrating too soon? >> well, that obviously needs to be -- be...