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But is he the right person to take on the president in 2020? well see if we can get the text message, and were going to talk more about all of this. were going to discuss. so, if the president talked to matt whitaker about michael cohens case, is that obstruction? laura coates is here, max boot, michael isikoff. well talk about it next. ♪ now audible members get free fitness and wellness programs to transform your mind and body. download the audible app and start listening today. ♪ ive don...

Your job isnt doing hard work... ...its making them do hard work... ...and getting paid for it. (vo) snap and sort your expenses to save over $4,600 at tax time. quickbooks. backing you. questions tonight about whether president trump attempted to influence the justice department investigation of michael cohen. the head of the house judiciary committee saying the former acting attorney general, in a meeting with committee leaders, did not deny talking to the president about the case. the top r...

There it is. cover story with the quote "man, im just born to be in it." but is he the right person to take on the president in 2020? well see if we can get the text message, and were going to talk more about all of this. were going to discuss. so if the president talked to matt whitaker about michael cohens case, is that obstruction? laura coates is here, max boot, michael isikoff. well talk about it next. ♪ now audible members get free fitness and wellness programs to transform your mind and...

The gravitas of these charges. these have been in the works under an investigation since 2017. within minutes really of this particular ruling, it appears as though it was put in place to be a pardon-proof scenario, which of course lends itself to the argument that this is overkill. now, that may not be what this evidence says, and it may be an unfair assessment. however, the jury pool looks at this and says to themselves, well, hold on. the timing of it is really coincidental, and theres very f...

>> that would make sense in a world that deals with reality right now, but i mean, max -- >> yeah, nothing seems to matter anymore, right? unfortunately, nancy pelosi, reading the political tea leaves, is basically saying theres little chance theyre actually going to impeach him. so how is he going to be held to account if in fact he did obstruct justice? >> doug collins, who is a ranking republican member, laura, says theres no evidence that whitaker discussed the michael cohen case with the pr...

Impeach impeached. this certainly looks like obstruction of justice if in fact this report is accurate. >> that would make sense in like a world that deals with reality right now, but i mean, max -- >> yeah, nothing seems to matter anymore. unfortunately nancy pelosi reading the political tea leaves is basically saying theres little chance theyre actually going to impeach him. so how is he going to be held to account if in fact he did obstruct justice? >> doug collins says theres no evidence tha...

>> why dont i just fire mueller? well, i think its a disgrace whats going on. well see what happens. but i think its really a sad situation when you look at what happened. and many people have said you should fire him. >> the difference is, max, that nixon said that in private. trump said it out loud for the world to hear. but does that difference actually protect president trump? >> well, it shouldnt, don, but in a weird way it sort of seems to because we have seen this playing out in public wi...

So good to be back. good to have you on. max, speaker pelosi says impeachment is not worth it. but you argue that the president has committed crimes, acongress has an obligation to impeach regardless what it might mean politically. right? >> i think speaker pelosi is talking in a political sense about what is politically prudent and expedient. and i defer to her on that. she has a point to say that if the democrats simply pursue impeachment right now without any bipartisan support it could well ...

>> have democrats, though, played a role in kind of handing this issue to the president? your fellow democrats wont officially condemn congresswoman omars comments. i talked to max boot last friday, he says democrats are blowing their chance to seize the moral high ground here. >> well, no, i dont think theres -- this isnt a battle -- this isnt a battle for the moral high ground. the president has decided to get down in the gutter again. thats whats happening here. i was clear last week about ho...

>> the difference is, max, that nixon said that in private. trump said it out loud for the world to hear. but does that difference actually protect president trump? >> well, it shouldnt, don, but in a weird way it sort of seems to because we have seen this playing out in public with trump making these comments on twitter and his speeches that nixon would only make in the privacy of the white house, later revealed on the white house tapes. and so because trump is saying this stuff in public there...