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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 limitations that were suggested to him by the justice department in that letter he received this week. >> that hes a patriot and follows rules. even when hes investigating a president who doesnt. as frustrating as that was, we were going to do all w...

Do you know if the statute of limitations will have run out if he serves another term? >> i -- i believe it will have in terms of -- well, if its perjury, for example, if somebody can prove he lied under oath, which he wasnt, or that he objected justice, no, i would not opine on that. >> okay. john, its always a pleasure. thank you so much. >> thank you, don. >> yeah. so lets get the big picture now. joining me now is shimon prokupecz, chris cillizza, juliette kayyem. he is a good guest to hav...

A president serves beyond the statute of limitations? >> i dont know the answer to that one. >> would it not indicate that if the statute of limitations on federal crimes such as this, that a president who serves a second term is under the policy above the law? >> im not sure i would agree with the conclusion. im not certain i can see -- >> the statue doesnt toll, is that correct? >> it clearly doesnt. as the american public is watching this and learning about many of these for the first time, w...

Limitations on some potential charges. its not a an insignificant question. >> its true. and the officer- the justice department office of legal regulations doesnt address this question of what what happens is the statute routes. the statute runs on the obstruction. >> doesnt hit pause because you are in office. >> thats right. and congress talked about taking it up as legislative act. they havent. it was an important point worth making. >> does it move the needle where democrats say we move ahe...

Will be diluted. >> the republicans were wiped out across the board but the white house, what thsay they ar saying is this could have gone worse in this investigation. there could have been charges. there could have been bombshells or momentum towards impeachment and that has not happened. we can certainly argue it will be incorrect, but theyre already out there framing look, time to turn the page. time to move on. >> this reminds me of one small point during the hearing we havent talked about w...

Passionately about the issues not only russian interference but the presidents obstruction of justice and the things the president did to attempt to block the investigation. >> a lot of this was about -- democrats can say it wasnt but it was. this was their case to the american people who did not read the report to hear about the report from robert mueller and decide whether impeachment happens or not np nancy pelosi made it clear its not principles its politics. and whether it makes sense. on t...

Barr and trump with their moronic mantra of no obstruction, no collusion, have set the country back. they derailed us. but this is an opportunity for us to try once again. but even up to the last minute, there are all these desperate ploys from the trump administration to shut it down. >> if mueller does confine himself to strictly whats in the report, that means he will not answer what i think is now -- by now the number one question that people have been saying they want to hear for months now...

Around him. thats why he is a prosecutors prosecutor. he was never going to do what the house wanted him to do. he was never going to do that. he was just -- and he absorbed the criticism from the republicans. neither side got what they wanted. let me just be the depressing person at the table. trump is getting away with it. that is what is happening. >> mueller understands that. see, the thing is mueller understands that. he is allowed to notice politics. so he understood that today could be a ...

Reason, that the statute of limitations will run out. >> the trump people say theres other reasons to win the second term. well see. >> lets bring in ken starr. it occurred to me watching adam schiff and listening to his closing comments, president that the president said about this whole endeavor, in is that he felt it was backlash because he had such a surprise win. you know, all the circumstances that we heard about today, all of this happened during the campaign still would have happened if ...

You never know for sure. >> i was struck by one of the questions, a democratic congressman that talked about bringing indictments after he leaves office and the statute of limitations, that if he gets elected to a second term, they would run out and he would be above the law. your thoughts about that? >> i dont believe that theres any tolling of the statute. because hes president. congress could do that, they could pass a statue to that effect. im unaware of one in existence and i dont believe t...