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We should do our part through the diplomatic tool kit in order to try to bring that outcome back. >> i want to bring in a journalism ph.d. student. >> thank you for being here. im a student here. youre two years older than me and i dont have my stuff together to be president. so what advantages does your age grant you to being the next president and what limitations does it offer and how you overcome those? >> thank you. maybe i should start with limitations. i get that as anybody would walking ...

Pressure to an unrelated crimes to gain the witnesses cooperation and that witness is not being cooperative and truthful. >> what about the southern district of new york? the one thing that cohen did say was the suggestion that he is cooperating witness in the southern district investigation. >> i hear that and im concerned for a number of reasons. if people really think the southern district of new york investigation is going to continue as sort of the stocking force for the perpetuation of the...

Pardons, which if done by a president corruptly, would be a crime. under existing department of justice policy, a president cannot be indicted while in office. i think thats wrong, but you need to be able to indict a president to stop the statute of limitations from running. i noted more than a year ago, that one of the problems with the department of justice pal about indicting a president, is it would give a president who might want to retire and go back to south florida and play gov, incentiv...

>> i think the assinswer is yes and the departm the policy. i think they have not focused on the issue of a statute of limitations running while a president is in office. >> thank you so much for being here. paul butler will be back later. cynthia, always good to talk with you. >> and david corn, thank you. well take a deep dive into the 17 investigations involving trump world. up next alabama congresswoman terry sewell will be here to talk about democrats big move to protect our democracy. ...

Limitations on reach. >> right. >> jackson and r. kelly and the r&b world, white, black, green, yellow, creed or color, you appreciate their music. >> it says where we are as a nation when in order for people to get outraged, even if you look at the dates of the allegations hes faced, they were almost -- some of them were 20 years ago. >> yeah? >> why is it took a documentary for us to get enraged? why is r. -- >> cull tur shift? >> all of those allegations that were made were made a long time a...

He was not charged with that. is there any scenario where he was charged later or is this an omission that they dont have eight formal conspiracy case of mueller? >> this is where we are running up against the limitations of these kinds of activities, which is we dont necessarily have crimes that cover them. if hes acting as a russian agent and change ing the platfo of ukraine. this was one of the crimes that he was sentenced for. you know to spell all those things out, this is why i think that ...

Is there any scenario in which he is charged later or is this basically an admission that they dont have a formal conspiracy case, mueller? >> erin, i think this is where were running up against the limitations of these kinds of activities, which is we dont necessarily have crimes that cover them. if hes acting as a russian agent and changing the platform on ukraine. you know, the best thing we have is the foreign agent registration act, which he was actually charged under. this was one of the c...

Of justice and makes sort of and thats the residing guidance. and how curious your opinion on that. >> it mainly dealt with whether a president could be put on trial. even in the more recent opinion or could you just indict him to statute of limitations? it was repudiated in a filing in the supreme court. so i think it would be open to reconsideration. and here is the last thing wrong with it. it gives the president an incentive to run for reelection to escape justice by having statute of limita...

Statute of limitations? it was repudiated in a filing in the supreme court. so i think it would be open to reconsideration. and here is the last thing wrong with it. it gives the president an incentive to run for reelection to escape justice by having statute of limitations run. it would run on all of these crimes and that should not be tolerated. the white house should not be a sanctuary from justice. >> thank you so much on this night. really appreciate it. joining me now are two staff writers...

>> it mainly dealt with whether a president could be put on trial. even in the more recent opinion or could you just indict him to statute of limitations? it was repudiated in a filing in the supreme court. so i think it would be open to reconsideration. and here is the last thing wrong with it. it gives the president an incentive to run for reelection to escape justice by having statute of limitations run. it would run on all of these crimes and that should not be tolerated. the white house sho...