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Capacity of the executive branch to perform its constitutionally assigned functions. does this mean that mueller cannot legally indict the president without first going to the supreme court? or does it mean that he should not indict a president? >> i think its more a question of should, alex. an internal doj legal opinion like this isnt a binding thing, its not something someone could enforce in court or use as a basis to get an indictment dismissed. but the nature of the special counsel regulat...

>> so im going to ask you to interpret that. have you figured it out? will we see at saturday night massacre? >> i would bet that the president is after rod rosenstein. i think its fairly plain to say he is. and of course if he goes after rod rosenstein, then he gets to appoint somebody in rosensteins place, and that person could see reason to fire robert mueller, which would trigger a constitutional crisis. mueller cannot be fired. his investigations should be allowed to go on unimpeded. rosens...

If the campaign is under investigation and youre a principal person in the campaign you cant let a campaign investigate itself. jeff sessions had to step aside because he is so prominent in the trump campaign. mr. rosen stein appointed mr. mueller who has a lot of respect on both sides of the aisle to look at all things russia and i hope he will look at fusion gps. ill ask him to do that and look at the ukraines potential collusion with the democratic party, the new f.b.i. director will do that....

Its a reflexive instinct to dismiss that story to take down the president rather than a threat to national security. >> everybody is mobilized and chuck said on my radio show up. dont get a way of a election unless one side is demoralized and nobody is yet. mueller cannot be fired. that would be a disaster. if he comes up with one indictment of someone in the satellite orbit of donald trump, the democrats have something to run on. >> i have a fear, thesis, whatever you want to call it, that the ...

Dont do this this way. this is not how we do it. it might be in affect to strategy, and it could rip the democratic party in half. >> i dont think it would. i think if mueller comes back with evidence of wrongdoing, democrats would be unified and seeing that to the end. im curious about when you say everybody is energized and nobody is demoralized. >> im considered a squishy conservative. >> republican -- >> ideologically, youre a republican. >> conservative with a smile. were not upset with any...

And that theyve uncovered something, we can go from there and assess their objectivity. erin dell moore, talk about the strategy here. >> sure, trumps legal team is saying if mueller wants to interview trump, hes going to have to show, to prove that he has evidence that president trump has committed a crime, and hes going to have to show that he cant complete his investigation or issue his report unless mueller cannot complete his investigation in any other way. thats a high bar. were seeing a s...

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Subpoenaed.under article 2, on the executive power vested in the president of the united states. mr. mueller cannot subpoena the president because the only way apresident to be held accountable whether its allegedly criminal or not is through impeachment . nothing else. >>chris: i want to bring lanny davis and because theres never been a case exactly like this. doing a quick history lesson this week, over the course of our history, thomas jefferson, richard nixon and your client, bill clinton ha...

Basisline go ahead that the president is not above the law, that the president of the united states is able to sit in a civil deposition regarding a civil matter, surely the person who is in charge of the executive branch whos job it is to enforce the criminal law code as well would be the person to also say, you can sit for that as well. but how it will look is this. the president will first have to say, a, mueller cannot subpoena me, he does not have the authority to do so under his mandate. t...

Strategist steve bannon has a plan to crush the special investigation. it involves firing rod rosenstein and having the president and all cooperation with robert muellers team. he is calling on the president to invoke executive privilege. that would render all interviews null and void. senate committeegrassley is amendment to the bill, but dianne feinstein is warning the amendment could under cut the probe. there is a report to congress if there is a change for if the special counsel gets fire...