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Knows. now, that offer of testimony is always one you can give until you get the subpoena and faced with an attorney telling you, maybe you shouldnt talk at all. thats what happened with michael flynn. you have the offer here for the actual truth to perhaps come out. i think we should see what he says about that and whether he feels as though his contacts in terms of under the suspicion that muddies the water further. any time somebody is in the same behavior which is the obstruction issue, the ...

Up to only obstruction, but anderson, as we all know, i dont think the obstruction issue is going to be settled in the court, its more likely to be settled in the court of public opinion in the elections of 2018. all the efforts are being brought together with regard to trump, being brought together bipartisan on the democratic side theyre waiting with hope in 2018 they can win the house back, and there will be evidence they can bring to a possible impeachment hearing. i think it does matter wha...

Administration? until theres actual illegality, evidence shown, you can look at it and say theres no "there" there, theres nothing illegal. >> i think its indisputable that the president wanted this investigation to go away, that hes found it very burdensome, he does actually based on his view that of course that nothing illegal happened and its interfering with my ability to govern. but even so, all the steps hes taken to maker it go away, add up to only obstruction, but anderson, as we all kno...

Talk. >> yeah. although, i think there is a question about whether mueller will want him to testify at this point. it points to a potential obstruction issue that mueller has to investigate. telling that story in public would not be helpful to the investigation. >> good point. gentlemen, thank you. still ahead, the timeline of president trumps allege contact and new subpoenas to general michael flynn and a big warning about possible contempt. plus, democrats debating the "i" word, impeachmen...

The pressure is off, the investigation is over. >> in the law you would say its prima fascia evidence. how mueller handles this. it now puts if play a second pillar of this investigation. the first, obviously, is collusion with the russians but on this obstruction issue, you know, the only target there is the president. and theres really no role for a prosecutor to go after the president. that really has to be turned over to congress, for congress to handle. >> and, bob, talk about the backing o...

We dont want to open the door to parties trying to get presidents out of there because theyre really, really bad at their job or have done bad things. that really is what the impeachment process is for. i want to go back for just a second, though, to the commission. i think people are confusing what the commission does with regard to donald trump and obstruction of justice and what they do for russia. an independent commission would be very helpful in the russia investigation, because we do need...

Their job or have done bad things. that really is what the impeachment process is for. i want to go back for just a second, though, to the commission. i think people are confusing what the commission does with regard to donald trump and obstruction of justice and what they do for russia. an independent commission would be very helpful in the russia investigation, because we do need some prescriptions going forward. thats what the 9/11 commission did. they looked at all of the facts, looked how a...

Looks at as part of its constitutional oversight function and were not there yet. but the larger questions here that also come in the questions you were asking, nicolle, about a potential cover-up, is, you have the underlying counterintel question, what happened during the campaign, then you have questions about the transition period and financial questions. and then now you have this third layer in this layered cake about whether there are attempts to impede or obstruct. so the cover-up would b...

Forthcoming. so one defense that trump seems to be trying to allege is that this conversation never happened. again, i dont think theres any reason to believe that thats true. if thats all trump has to hang on to, hes in deep trouble. >> ari, is he in deep trouble from a legal standpoint if it turns out what comey recorded in his memos is true, that he was asked to drop the flynn case and said flynn is a really good guy? >> yes. the basic issue here is not whats in the memo, alone. its whats in ...

Least for the russia inquiry. number one, how can the fbi prove again to the american public that this investigation will continue without any bullying or any other interference from the president? and number two, does the fbi or the justice department need to issue some kind of formal limits or guidance on the presidents interactions with the current acting and future fbi director, given everything that has gone down? joining me now, jim cavanaugh. he is of course an msnbc enforcement analyst, ...