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To do with the team after he thought there was a directive from hope hicks and perhaps higher up to lie, to craft a statement aboard air force one that amounted to a lie about don jr.s meetings with russians. and i ask you this because carols reporting brings the obstruction of justice case back into the spotlight. we talk alternatively about the collusion case and the obstruction of justice case. watching that clip with joe digenova, we know what kind of approach he would have taken. if you cou...

Department and the fbi and probably needed to go. so again, is he obstructing justice? or has he just lost his composure about an investigation he thinks is unfair? >> were over time. im going to break some rules just to fill in, let check rosenberg try to answer that question real question, youve got 60 seconds. >> hard question to answer, im not sure im going to need all of that time. look, as carols reporting has been great, i think were seeing the presidents concerns bubbling to the surface....

From prosecution, criminal prosecution, and that mueller, if he finds evidence that rises to the level of criminal prosecution, or even is just incredibly worrisome, will put all of that in a report and will ultimately kick this to the political process. the other branch of government to handle. because the justice department, again, under this legal finding, is not able to prosecute a sitting president. >> chuck rosenberg, let me ask you about that sound that we played at the top of the show. t...

>> chuck rosenberg, let me ask you about that sound that we played at the top of the show. that was joe digenova. he was a candidate to be added to the presidents legal team about the time that if you sort of wind back the clock based on carol and robert acostas reporting, it would be about the time john dowd would have informed the president he learned from the special counsel that he was a subject, not simply a witness, in the investigation. could we unpack some of the reasons that we now -- b...

Campaign allies did, they clearly had a lot of contact with some interesting russians. whether or not they were engaged in a conspiracy to defraud our government, well see. but what we have reported over the last several months makes clear that the president still views this investigation itself as illegitimate and has said privately to his aides that he wishes he could fire rosenstein, that he wishes he could fire mueller, he wishes this would end. i think it was in february, you must forgive m...

That he will be guided instead by justice department office of legal counsel opinions, body in 1973 and in 2000, which say that a sitting president is immune from prosecution, criminal prosecution, and that mueller, if he finds evidence that rises to the level of criminal prosecution, or even is just incredibly worrisome, will put all of that in a report and will ultimately kick this to the political process. the other branch of government to handle. because the justice department, again, under ...

Subject at one hour doesnt mean that their status couldnt change and they couldnt become a target at another hour. is there some concern that theres something that could transspire in the course of an interview that could change the presidents status? >> well, sure. so he could admit truthfully, which seems unlikely, his role in certain events, including an obstruction of justice. or you can just become a target having been a subject because the prosecutors and investigators learn more about you...

Probably needed to go. so again, is he obstructing justice? or has he just lost his composure about an investigation he thinks is unfair? >> were over time. im going to break some rules just to fill in, let check rosenberg try to answer that question real question, youve got 60 seconds. >> hard question to answer, im not sure im going to need all of that time. look, as carols reporting has been great, i think were seeing the presidents concerns bubbling to the surface. whether or not that consti...

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