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Impeachment and its this. ken starr, long after the impeachment said privately, may have alluded to it publicly. he thought the president of the united states had a higher duty to the law and to the american people to invoke certain civil defenses that the rest of the americans would be afforded. president clintons attorneys used every one of these defenses. ken starr said he had a higher duty. no, heas allowed to do that. i think what we are seeing in this memo, though there are absurdities in,...

Support writing, quote, in trumps telling which can off be be more imaginary than real, hes a victim, a long suffering tormented vicktive. this posture makes him preserve political power. he has created around himself an aura of unfair persecution by the nations elites, democrats, the media and law enforcement. that inspires sympathy from and solidarity with his supporters. lets bring in the rest of the panel. joining me at the table elise. david jolly, former republican congressman and jason jo...

He may have a story. he may have an explanation. hes certainly entitled to bring it forward. but the time line here is very damaging. it indicates that he lied, that he permitted that lie to be perpetrated on the public at the same time he was telling a different story to muellers team. one wonders how muellers team will evaluate that and whether that will have any effect on their consideration. >> no one is going anywhere. when we come bacore on the debate whether robert mueller will subpoena t...

Myself. you know, i cannot be indicted. i cannot be subpoenaed, and by the way, i can pardon myself. now, how is that in any way consistent with the notion that no one is above the law? ean it is laughable, except its not lahable, because hes, he happens to be saying it, and hes the president of the united states. >> steve brill, the book is "tailspin." its fascinating and an important explanation of whats been going on. thank you so much for joining us today. appreciate it. >> thank you. and ...

Were not a private investigation firm to help you with vetting your people who you employ in your campaign. the fact isha the reason we operate that way is because in the justice department were supposed to keep those things secret. were legally bound to keep them secret nlgs unless and until we have some type of charges to announce. >> that is a little bit of tough love from the presidents friend former u.s. attorney chris christie responding to tweets from the president. he wrote, quote, as on...

Whatever its called. but busy aint one of them. >> its incredible how everything in this white house, the victimhood complex seeps in. its what a burden it is for donald trump to defend imz had had, to wage a defense against thesehat hey, maybe if he hadnt put himself in this situation it wouldnt be this way in the first place. >> this to me called into question the credibility of everything else. i made five calls today. nobody describes him as busy. >> nobody: and this is the thing. i read thr...

One of his cases. he is no longer getting friendly readings from the judges. there is a little blip there where one of the judges in alexand alexandria wanted to explore the constitutional power. mueller is close to the end of esident either knows something has happened or is worried manafort who he is increasingly trying to distance himself from he would have never hired if mull he had been told there were problems, trying to rule manafort out of the circle. >> and manafort was one of the first...

The constitution wasnt written for a president like this. it was written for a moral man or woman. it was written for someone who had a sense of shame. it was written for parties and organizations and branches that didnt want to see their power usurped. everything in political science and history tells us congress is battling with the president to make sure that he doesnt usurp their authority and yet we have this congress that is perfectly happy to lay down and do whatever it is he wants. we ar...

Mueller to wrap this up by september 1st with or without an interview. im told without one. >> you know, theyde to see this wrap up and what they have on their side quite frankly is d.o.j.s historical lack of willingness to take steps too close to an election. the view in public corruption cases is you need to go into a quiet mode 30, 60 days before an election so youre not influenced by an investigation that hasnt yet decided whether anl be indicted. i really dont think mueller is going to be c...

When asked about his affair with monica lewinsky, in light of the me too movement. >> one of the things that this a lot of women to speak out.rced one of those women, monica lewins. too movement changed her view of sexual harassment. he was 27 years my senior. with enough life experience to know better. he was at the pinnacle of his career and i was out of college. looking through the lens of me too now, do you think differently or feel more responsibility? >> no. i felt terrible then, and i cam...