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Election being very much contested and the democrats having a pretty good chance of winning the house and not sure about the senate, but with respect to the status of attorney general jeff sessions staying at the justice department is big because it might determine, obviously, the outcome of the mueller probe. and if you remove, obviously, you know, sessions and possibly deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, bigger questions will probably surmount and find that robert muellers investigation wi...

Could have well been today or over the weekend but what is your reaction to the cloud over rod rosenstein and an experienced prosecutor whos the sur vising authority over the mueller probe? >> theres a cloud over the investigation and certainly the immediate battle question is rod rosensteins role and whether hell resign, be fired, will be replaced, so on and so forth and recognize theres discussion of jeff sessions stepping down two months from now possibly after the election which then would...

Prudential and think through whether actions he takes will affect elections. >> john, former federal prosecutor yourself, so is rudy giuliani. he obviously knows this stuff, but rudy giuliani has now for a few months been saying things that are contrary to the law, but hes not -- doesnt seem to be all that concerned with that. he seems to be waging a campaign in the public sphere that isnt all that concerned with the law. i dont understand the strategy. if any of this stuff shows up before a cou...

Because i think that could backfire. >> joining me now is former watergate assistant prosecutor, john sail. john, i appreciate your time. you heard from former cia director leon panetta. do you agree with that, that were coming close? >> with all respect to secretary panetta, none of us know what mr. mueller is doing, but logically, sure, theyre coming close. ive never had a client, and you had a guest on in the prior segment, a former prosecutor. he laid out a good process for obstruction, that...

George h.w. bush. they argue that mueller cant subpoena trump. they argue that because mr. trump has already cooperated so extensively with the investigation, the document production and making these white house white house staffers available, there is actually a precedent from the clinton administration but it was a different case. it was related to former agricultural secretary mike sp. they go to great lengths, but they say in the editorial which is really interesting, we are applying this ca...

For months now, but he is going to as any client would take the advice of his counsel. so if counsel and mueller cannot reach a deal, time, location, parameters for this, what happens? >> at that point if there is no deal, then mr. mueller has the option of subpoenaing the presidents, and im sure that mr. trump will resist the subpoena. the precedents suggest that presidents do have to respond at least to the respective documents and they can be required to testify under oath in a civil depositi...

We near the midterm elections. it sounds like that is something of an acute interest to rudy giuliani as he develops and executes this strategy. >> the presidents lawyers are looking closely at mueller. rudy giuliani has said mueller cannot send a report to congress after september 1st, when hell be entering into what giuliani calls comey territory, referencing how the former fbi director had sent a letter to congress shortly before the 2016 election, reopening the clinton e-mail investigation. ...

Was doing a bad job on the recommendation in part of rosenstein, but you see it as obstructing the investigation, then you can say its obstruction. >> a lot to talk about there. lets do that. peter baker, chief white house correspondent for "the new york times" back with us tonight. also back with us tonight, jill wine-banks, attorney and former assistant watergate special counsel. jill, watching that kind of slack-jawed, if they regard as a victory that theyve got mueller to limit to two catego...

>> lot to talk about there and lets do that. peter baker chief white house correspondent for "the new york times" back with us tonight. also back with us jill wine-banks assistant and former watergate counsel. watching that kind of slap jawed, if they have mueller limited to two categories, the questions for them, collusion and obstruction, thats like saying youve got a tornado to agree to death and destruction only. what does that mean? >> well, i think you were right when you said in the begin...

Obstructing the investigation as opposed to removing a guy who was doing a bad job on the recommendation in part of rosenstein, but you see it as obstructing the investigation, then you did say its obstruction. >> a lot to talk about there. lets do that. peter baker, chief white house correspondent for "the new york times" back with us tonight. also back with us tonight, jill wine-banks, attorney and former assistant watergate special counsel. jill, watching that kind of slack-jawed, if they reg...