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Are all about the future, not about going back to figure out what might have happened or what should have been looked at before what will you willy -- it will be two cycles ago pretty soon. >> there are really two legal issues when it comes to trump, holding the documents, but then the obstruction of -- resisting handing them overs, and lawyers said its really the obstruction line that would most likely to create a charge if the justice department decided to go that way. had the -- has the biden...

Without fact-checking. its over. no more do-overs. joining our conversation, white house reporter for the "washington post," lashlashley parker. why is he tweeting about robert mueller? he has left public life and was subpoenaed and will testify. it sounds like 2017 is calling and wants it back. >> the obstruction line is a catchy one and he seems to think he can will it to be true. that answers the question why is he lying or misrepresenting. i will say the presidents tweets are generally bit...

That everybody is not fully aware that accepting this kind of information isnt a criminal violation. this was also an open invitation for foreign countries to now interfere in the u.s. election. this is the moment when they say the lights are blinking red for the 2020 election. that is the president of the united states saying come on in. >> we spend a lot of time talking about the obstruction line over the mueller report, but this goes back to what the heart of the investigation was all about t...

There was no conspiracy. we consider this case closed. >> that was what they used to say. no collusion, no obstruction. the new one, no collusion, no conspiracy. do you think thats because of what robert mueller said? >> probably. its probably related. it may be subtle for most people to pay attention to. >> if they are giving up on the no obstruction line, it wont last long. president trump will come out and say something different. >> hell say almost bwilliam ba cleared me. >> im curious why s...

Some of this stuff hes investigating? >> i know its possible in part because we know jeff sessions is involved in president trumps catch pain. he was part of his foreign policy advisors. second, on the obstruction line of inquiry, one of the intentions that mueller has been focused on is whether or not president trump attempted to pressure jeff sessions to unrecuse after the fact. whether or not that was done with the intention of obstructing the investigation. so i think its maybe likely that m...

Has no problem destroying those, but those norms are the fundamental underpinning of what we have regarded as the rule of law up until now. >> thats absolutely right. charlie has been hitting it on the head. this idea that donald trump can actually dangle the pardon to those who may incriminate him, right, suggests that the obstruction line of muellers investigation is stronger, right? it seems as if -- and im not a er, butt seems to me this is part and parcel of why people think hes obstructing...

And im looking forward to it. >> were joined now by phone by benjamin wood. hes the editor in chief of l lawfare. hes a lawyer and an analyst. what is your answer to the president adding that line, no obstruction whatsoever. weve heard him say many times no collusion, but now hes adding the obstruction line. >> i guess this week everybody is talking about obstruction. so when they talk about collusion, he says theres no collusion, and when people talk about obstruction, he says theres no obstruc...

Breaking news tonight, the president added a new line to his public defense in the special prosecutors investigation when he told reporters there was no obstruction of justice whatsoever. >> im looking forward to it, actually. theres been no collusion whatsoever. there is no obstruction whatsoever. and im looking forward to it. >> were joined now by phone by benjamin wood. hes the editor in chief of lawfare. hes a lawyer and an analyst. what is your answer to the president adding that line, no o...

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