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Given everything that has gone down? joining me now, jim cavanaugh. he is of course an msnbc enforcement analyst, retired atf agent with a lot of experience, and as promised, back with us prosecutor joyce vance. jim, your view of the obstruction issue, and whether if at a certain point there is enough blunt public talk from this person linked to the inquiry whether some guidance or some rules have to be publicly set? >> well, they do, ari, absolutely. this is a blockbuster statement by the presi...

He is of course an msnbc enforcement analyst, retired atf agent with a lot of experience, and as promised, back with us prosecutor joyce vance. jim, your view of the obstruction issue, and whether if at a certain point there is enough blunt public talk from this person linked to the inquiry whether some guidance or some rules have to be publicly set? >> well, they do, ari, absolutely. this is a blockbuster statement by the president, in my view, given the federal statute on obstruction and inter...

In. if you could please give us your answer. after the question, give us your answer as slowly and clearly and loudly as you can. have a seat. >> its really hard for me to see the witness if im seated. we have an obstruction issue in the courtroom. >> this is the first witness youre telling me youre having an issue with seeing. if you need to move your seat to another place at the table, you may feel free to do so. >> thank you, your honor. >> thank you. >> mr. de la rionda, ask your question, p...

Made. that these comments were made in these meetings, and that they are memos that are now in the hands of robert mueller, the special counsel, that this is a huge, huge deal. >> yeah, contemporaneous notes are explosive, indeed. what do we know about rosensteins motivations? >> so according to the "new york times," there was a lot of chaos surrounding this moment after the president fired james comey, certainly a lot of questions were raised about the motivations behind that. and people had co...

Where this could actually play into an obstruction issue, to be trying to push sessions out, which could lead to the firing of rod rosenstein, which could lead to a domino effect that would affect the mueller probe? >> well, i think that this theory is alive and well, and i think were going to have to wait and see what mueller finds. but if i understand what mr. cohen has said, the president directed him to essentially commit a felony. and thats obstruction of justice. so were going to have to w...

Julianni seems to be suggesting. he can wrap thing up if a few weeks, he was talking about obstruction. clearly every one of those questions are about the presidents past, his business dealings in russia and his various relationships. every one of those is interzero one with the question of obstruction. was there something the president was trying to obstruct to prevent the public and the prosecutors from knowing about? so, mueller cant wrap up the obstruction issue until he knows the answer to ...

With that is to leave it to congress to consider as a possible cause for impeachment and the way special prosecutors deliver their findings to congress for impeachment is through a written report. "the washington post" has more. muellers investigators have indicated to the presidents legal team they are considering writing reports on their findings in stages with the first report focused on the obstruction issue, according to two people briefed on the discussions. under special counsel regulatio...

Prosecutor, and eric schwallwell sits on the house intelligence committee. michael it, whats this tell us that just look at the interpretation here. hes going after something manafort may have told him about manaforts ties to the russians. >> yes, but when you step back. >> it is about collusion. >> some of it is about collusion. when you step back from it, here you are two gleers an investigation that was about russias pleding in the election, ties between his campaign and the president has an ...

And the way special prosecutors deliver their findings to congress for impeachment is through a written report. "the washington post" has more. muellers investigators have indicated to the presidents legal team they are considering writing reports on their findings in stages with the first report focused on the obstruction issue, according to two people briefed on the discussions. under special counsel regulations, mueller is required to report his conclusions confidentially to deputy attorney g...

Sorts of concerns they have, what the pressure points are, and maybe even how firm the president is in this red line assessment. but look, the focus on the obstruction issue and the questions doesnt in any way limit what mueller can question the president about. anything is fair game, whether this is an interview or a grand jury sort of an inquisition setting. the president will have to answer questions that the mueller team deems it essential to hear from his mouth. and at the end of the day, t...