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Of the world, obama had his attorney general there as running interference. does he realize that there are rules in place? he said in effect, wheres my roy kohn. royalty can only go so far when youre talking about the mechanics of the president and justice. >> loyalty has been something hes been obsessed with the justice department since coming into office. july seven days into his administration he had a one-on-one dinner with jim comey at the white house where he asked him for his loyalty. thi...

And so i suppose theres still a possibility that if rosenstein gives him a full briefing, that there might be sufficient connections to all of the finances that muellers looking at and the idea of russian collusion that whitaker will have to say, i see the linkage. they are linked to russia, and i see why we need to move on with this. but lets go back to what chuck said. i think were watching obstruction of justice play out right in plain sight. i fear theres a quid pro quo. you do this, i name ...

>> the president has struggled to understand what the attorney general is and what the attorney general is supposed to typically do in washington. and the president sees the attorney general as someone who should be his personal lawyer. hes essentially said that. hes said that bobby kennedy was that for jfk. holder was that. and he wants that himself. he wants his roy cohn. thats what he thought sessions should do. he could never understand why sessions recused himself. he couldnt get his head a...

Protecting you as a roy cohn would and you put in somebody who will protect you, thats just another brick in the wall. thats another question for mueller to ask. another round of interviews for mueller to conduct. why was sessions removed? and its pretty clear its a removal, even though the letter says resignation. and what are the other people going to do to help protect the president? i think this adds to the obstruction case. it doesnt subtract from it. >> whitaker might be of interest to a p...

On thursday never had to happen. >> do you think that feinstein should have released this july when dr. ford asked it be kept private? >> she should have said, i would like to be interviewed by the fbi. >> what did you think of his suggestion that hes got some compromising information about a democrat whos been outspoken on this issue? he said hes not ready to release it. >> he study at the knee of roy kohn who was one of the architects of mccarthyism. and to suggest that i hold in my hand so ma...

Us. lets get to some of the substantive issues. youre urging rosenstein to force president trump to either fire him rather than resign. why do you think that would help protect the overall mueller investigation? >> well, because if he does resign, if hes somehow cajoled into resigning the president can slot someone into that position under the vacancies act that could control the mueller investigation, and the president has made it very clear he wants his own roy kohn to do his business, never m...

Perceived in congress as the voice of reason and respect for the norms in a white house that has very little of either. he was a calming and moderating influence, willing to stand up to the president and say no in the white house that has very few people willing to do it. and he said no to firing mueller. he did go to jeff sessions. and try to persuade him to recuse himself. which sessions refused to do, he basically had no choice. mcgahn accepted that refusal. but the president never has. he wa...

White house is up to. >> first, mcgahn has been perceived in congress as the voice of reason and respect for the norms in a white house that has very little of either. he was a calming and moderating influence, willing to stand up to the president and say no in the white house that has very few people willing to do it. and he said no to firing mueller. he did go to jeff sessions. and try to persuade him to recuse himself. which sessions refused to do, he basically had no choice. mcgahn accepted ...

A politician or a well connected member of the madison club say to one another. so really this is language that goes much further back even than the 1990s or 1980s, really goes back to the 1950s and 40s, when donald trump was watching his dad start to cut deals in new york city. >> speaking of the 50s, you talk about roy kohn during the 50s, he was representing and supporting senator joseph mccarthy, he also had dealings with mob bosses as well, as a legal analyst, right? how did that influence ...

Riddled with communists that we have to be concerned about. he was making it all up. and the president has consistently -- he learned at the knee as you pointed out of roy cohen, cohen was more than his lawyer he was his mentor. and cohens tactics were mccarthys tactics. throughout his business life, trumps tactics have been cones tactics and mccarthys tactics and the birtherism question is a mccarthyite tactic. >> it is interest iing if you believe joe mccarthy was a -- not a good guy and bad p...