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Whatever mueller comes up with, the presidents known criminal exposure -- not necessarily known political exposure, but his criminal exposure has always been higher in the southern district of new york, because thats where the statue said he did commit a crime. the statute of that crime runs until after the end of his first term. hes going to face some kind of jeopardy at that point you have to believe. >> chuck, three former prosecutors from sdny said the president can certainly be indicted, ev...

Say if there is evidence of crimes, the statute of limitations expired at the presidents terms until after the president is out of office. there are also, i need to add to, bret, things that the law does not permit bill barr to reveal. if evidence to a grand jury was given, which did not result in the indictment, that evidence cannot be revealed. if classified materials were shared to a grand jury, whether they produce an indictment or not, they cant be revealed. if federal undercover officials ...

I mean, this was a stunning amount of criminality surrounding effectively everyone at a senior level in the trump campaign in 2016. >> nelson, i mean, the house judiciary chairman adam schiff recently said the counterintelligence investigation looks into whether the president or anyone around him may be compromised by a foreign power. maybe more important than the criminal investigation, as you were talking about. but any counterintelligence investigation, it may go to, you know, the gang of eig...

Theres a debate, i admit, im in the minority on this. i believe you can indict a sitting president. i dont know if you should, and i certainly think if you do, you should seal it. there are department of justice regulations that say you cannot. >> i do love the argument, a president is too busy. >> there are regulations in the department that say you cannot. those are regulations. thats not law. its never been tested. >> the office of legal counsel. >> its a memo and it does go over in the depar...

That says if a policy like that prevents you from getting indicted, the statue of limitations can continue to run. i do believe there indictments waiting for this president. >> ed: have they learned nothing? indictments are coming, he says. >> we have already had indictments, eric, already, and not a single one was for conspiracy or collusion involving a trump official. not a single one. what is most disheartening i think is not just that a former prosecutor like swalwell and a former prosecutor...

Investigation looks into whether the president or anyone around him may be compromised by a foreign power. maybe more important than the criminal investigation, as you were talking about. but any counterintelligence investigation, it may go to, you know, the gang of eight or the intelligence committee members, but that would be classified, wouldnt it? i mean, it wouldnt be something that the public would see. >> it -- it could be classified. there is often a nonclassified summary which is produc...

Responsement even if congress does issue a subpoena a subpoena is not that enforceable by congress. what are they going to do? go to the white house and arrest the president or general counsel? >> no. >> the congress has limited power here. if the white house isnt turning it over they are not turning it over. >> does she understand that? >> she absolutely understands that. she was here when congress impeached bill clinton and he came out more popular. his popularity went up. she is aware of that...

Them, and she said dozens of times i refuse to answer. i refuse to answer. we were in the minority then, the republicans refused themselves to have her answer. were not in that position anymore. we can get the answers from her. she actually in what she was willing to talk about, was quite cooperative. her memory is very deep and extensive, and i think if she has a subpoena hanging over her, i think we can find out a lot about this candidate, these businesses, the transition, and the administrati...

Is, i dont know what im doing? thats a defense. which is different than, im here to commit, melissa, an overt act as spattpart of a conspiracy. those are different things. >> those are very different things. and i think this is a group of individuals especially well suited to launch an ignorance defense. that said, there are some telling tidbits that have come out over the course of this investigation that lean more toward a concerted effort to do things that would help out dad rather than just ...

Reinvestigation of martin luther king jr.s murder. so there are countless examples where with the courts permission, where those types of reports have gone out. >> doj policy is not to indict a sitting president. we can all debate policy, precedent, but thats the policy. if thats adhered to, trump wins re-election, the point that congressman swalwell was just making, he could then be outside the statute of limitations. so its possible, unless theres a change in the law, he could avoid being char...