and of course washington juries tend to be pretty liberal. with all of the attacks that the president has lodged against mccabe, it s going to be difficult to convince a jury that he was fired just because of his own conduct and not because of pressure put by the president on the justice department. if and when that happens, we will have both you have back to discuss it. ben has written some interesting stuff on this as well. natasha bertrand and ben wittes, thank you both. thank you. thank you. ahead, following the death of jeffrey epstein, investigators are reportedly turning their attention to the network of women who allegedly enabled his crimes. one of the reporters on that story joins me next. wayfair s got your perfect mattress.
yeah, you know, people close to him really do seem to think that charges could be imminent, just in terms of his lack of candor to the fbi, allegedly lying to federal officials about his conversations with reporters back in 2016. there wouldn t really be a reason for the deputy attorney general to be meeting with his defense lawyers if an indictment were not forthcoming. however, we are hearing that andrew mccabe is going to fight this, that he is not intending to take any kind of deal. that if he is charged with anything, then he is going to take this to trial, and prosecutors might have a really tough time there because they would have to prove intent. and of course washington juries tend to be pretty liberal. with all of the attacks that the president has lodged against mccabe, it s going to be difficult to convince a jury that he was fired just because of his own conduct and not because of pressure put by the president on the justice department. if and when that happens, we wil
capitol hill after refusing to testify about mueller s probe. there is new pressure put on nancy pelosi to begin impeachment proceedings against donald trump. the president of the united states of america needs to be impeached. each day is going to bring about new information. we have members who are strongly talking about an impeachment inquiry. i believe that we have come to the time of impeachment. i think that at a certain point this is no longer about politics but this is about upholding the rule of law. i see a lot more people believe that an impeachable offense has occurred and would like to see an impeachment inquiry. this is a separate issue now, the president could be forced to hand over financial records to congress and a stunning revelation about what trump fixer and lawyer, former lawyer michael cohen told congress behind doors. four different things going on. so why don t we get right to
declared confidential, 42,000 dropped the night before the hearing. we saw the hearing set even though they couldn t make the documents available until the end of october. everything about this has been an abdication of responsibility. and that s why we re in this moment. that s why the country is dreading this moment. my question to you, nan, now there is this monday hearing. there is the question, can that be the domain in which this is fairly adjudicated in any way? i think it s going to be difficult. after all, two of the republicans on the committee now, who include orrin hatch, were there during anita hill s hearing. i think there needs to be pressure put, scrutiny on brett kavanagh rather than on dr. ford. and i think every senator who champions women, who is an advocate for women, at the end of the day and at the end of
though they couldn t make the documents available until the end of october. everything about this has been an abdication of responsibility. and that s why we re in this moment. that s why the country is dreading this moment. my question to you, nan, now there is this monday hearing. there is the question, can that be the domain in which this is fairly adjudicated in any way? i think it s going to be difficult. after all, two of the republicans on the committee now, who include orrin hatch, were there during anita hill s hearing. i think there needs to be pressure put, scrutiny on brett kavanagh rather than on dr. ford. and i think every senator who champions women, who is an advocate for women, at the end of the day and at the end of that hearing, simply cannot vote