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When they corruptly or by threats of force endeavor to influence intimidate or impede the due administration of justice. accusations of obstruction came fast. after trump tweeted this is a terrible situation. attorney general jeff sessions should stop this now before it continues to stain our countriny further. his lawyer, rudy giuliani denied this was evidence of obstruction. >> >> its an continue. he used a medium that he uses for opinions. twitter. one of the good things about using that is h...

Him to. last week rudy giuliani said if you are going to obstruct justice, you do it quietly and secretly, not in public. he is insisting it is impossible to publically obstruct justice. today his defense turned on the meaning of the word "should". >> what it is is that we said its an opinion and he used his -- he used a medium that he uses for opinions, twitter. one of the good things about using that, if hes established a clear sort of practice now that he expresses his opinions on twitter. he...

Cataclysmic reaction, both democrat and republican. thats a long time ago. twitter is a sewer, a cesspool, a horrible medium in some ways, beneficial in others, but its the same thing as the podium and its the same thing as the op-ed page of "the new york times" in 2018. >> those words are hanging out there tonight. harry, are you a member of the club, despite all the great by-lines tonight, that will believe a mueller/trump meeting when you see it? >> in other words, ill believe it when i see i...

Justice, you do it quietly and secretly, not in public. he is insisting it is impossible to publically obstruct justice. today his defense turned on the meaning of the word "should". >> what it is is that we said its an opinion and he used his -- he used a medium that he uses for opinions, twitter. one of the good things about using that, if hes established a clear sort of practice now that he expresses his opinions on twitter. he used the word "should ", not "must." there was no presidential di...

If we let it. there we have the presidents own words to judge him by. this is on him. this is one of those lessons we get to see if words have consequences. >> what is fascinating is how much this plays out in public out loud. what we see from the presidents tweets is him saying what would have been a scandal has like president nixon been found to have said it privately in a taped session in the oval office. the tape that finally undid him in watergate was hearing him order his aides to tell the...

Can you imagine if bill clinton had walked up to the podium and said, janet reno should fire ken starr. that would have provoked a cataclysmic scandal and a cataclysmic counter reduction, both democrats and republicans. there are a lot of things about twitter. its a heck of a medium in some ways. its beneficial in other ways. its the same thing that the op ed is in "the new york times" in 2018. >> those words are hanging out there.

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Surprisi surprising. its the kind of thing hes done for a year and a half. we have kind of as a society gotten accustomed to it to some extent. >> harry, i dont walk around quoting u.s. code. for gods sake i dont comment on that. particularly on this argument you started hearing from someone late today as twitter still seems to so many people as a medium. this could still be kind of slow rolling obstruction in plain sight and the three words in the obstruction portion are if youre trying to infl...

Both democrats and republicans. there are a lot of things about twitter. its a heck of a medium in some ways. its beneficial in other ways. its the same thing that the op ed is in "the new york times" in 2018. >> those words are hanging out there. harry, are you a member of the club despite all of the great bylines. i may be a member. youll believe a mueller/trump meeting when you see it? >> in other words, ill believe it when i see it like i dont think its going to happen. im a long term card c...

A rock n roll hour here on "inside politics." we reported about the presidents tweet storm this morning. seeming to demand that the attorney general end the special counsels russia probe. i just spoke to the presidents attorney, rudy giuliani, who told me the following. he said the president was expressing his opinion on his favorite medium, twitter, for asserting his first amendment rights. giuliani also told me the president said that he should -- didnt say it was a demand. no presidential ord...