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Their own political -- what their own political ambitions are, to make the president look bad. jon: adam schiff in particular is a democrat, a california congressman, who has been particularly tough on the president overall. listen to what he had to say. >> its been clear, you know, from bob mueller that he felt and the justice department feels bound by this office of legal counsel opinion that you cant indict a sitting president. but he has a, essentially, unindicted co-conspirator. the case wi...

And regular folks think wrongly that, hey, ill just tell the court i dont know or i dont remember. they cant prove i remember. wrong. the government can use circumstantial evidence to make it so clear that you do, even if they dont have the actual words of your text message. if they show, as they do with these hope hicks documents there were all these phone calls in which all these players were involved right around the time the payments were made, the hush money payments were made, then this co...

Really a trial lawyers skill. joining me now is shane specter he is a trial lawyer of the klein and specter law firm of which im a member. and at berkeley and penn law, hes taught a course titled how to ask a question. heres my question, how should these committee members be preparing for the hearings? >> well, mike, the first thing is, the members should know the facts. if youre going to ask about the report, youve got to know the report. second, understand the limitations of the hearing. youve...

Convicted of, campaign finance law violations, was directed by the president. he stood up in court and said as much. then the government followed suit with a brief saying yes, we agreed with his version. now we have these documents corroborating, not out right conclusively proving, but certainly corroborating with all these text messages and phone calls, that the president was the head of this alleged crime. theres nothing else to call it except thats exactly what michael cohen called it, and qu...

And yes eve never dealt with tolling or pausing the statute of limitations while a sitting president is in office if the government believes, as we know it does, that it cant indict a sitting president. it is entirely pos b and always been possible since michael cohen pleaded guilty that this campaign finance violation law crime could be what trump faces his greatest threat from, again, not russia collusion, not obstruction of justice, but these tiny campaign finance law. michael cohen is servin...

Set for september. prosecutors have added that charge of child sex trafficking dating back to the year 2000. that allegation of nader bringing a 14-year-old boy to the country to abuse him that year. in todays court hearing, naders defense team signalled they would challenge that charge, the sex trafficking charge on the grounds that the statute of limitations expired. it was in the year 2000 and to go for him to be charged with that crime. the prosecution signalled they believe they have a work...

Website, julian castro.com and check out the whole plan. >> what would you do about the justice department process here? they had the eric garner case for five years before they decided the day before the statute of limitations ran to announce we arent going to prosecute. >> look, i know they wrestled through it with the obama administration into this administration. one of the things i mentioned later in the clip that you played was that the civil rights division of the justice department actua...

For now. of course the statute of limitations will continue to run until some time in 2021. i think one of the big questions is whether this case can be reopened if the president loses the re-election. i think you hit on the big questions for me out of this. its not so much, you know, what we learned about the presidents lying to the public about his knowledge. i think we already knew that. why did the justice department end this investigation? did they end it because the president has immunity ...

Individual number one is donald trump, and the federal prosecutors are basically saying, look, this guy committed a crime. now, theres a department of justice policy that prevents the indictment of a sitting president, but theres nothing to prevent donald trump from being indicted for these campaign finance violations after he leaves office and indeed the statute of limitations doesnt expire until 2021. >> whats the likelihood of either one of those happening? hope hicks getting found to have pe...

Saying, look, this guy committed a crime. now, theres a department of justice policy that prevents the indictment of a sitting president, but theres nothing to prevent donald trump from being indicted for these campaign finance violations after he leaves office and indeed the statute of limitations doesnt expire until 2021. >> whats the likelihood of either one of those happening? >>?" hope hicks getting foundof perjured herself or donald trump the civilian facing actual charges the day after th...