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So if mueller were to subpoena the president, its likely that would kickoff protracted litigation. a court battle that would be to put it delicately, very interesting. >> although, ameethe one time ww the fullest unfolding of this possibility, the nixon tapes. pete talked about. the president resigned, making the whole question moot. this does seem to be setting up a potential -- it seems as though it would be clear if the president decided to ignore a subpoena hed be more likely to lose than no...

Ports force and paying a bunch of new york kaern feeing will you gap them town >> im not sure it is guess operate belowed by monopoli >> a factor of two to one things muellers investigation is important and go forked. ray strong legal basis crimes were committed. when upon brrnd and >> russian gentleman carrying dirt to clinton they took that meeting you know they -- characterized that meeting

Nixon. if you had a normal noun presidential person youre dealing with you might charge them, you might not. its unclear whether you can charge the president of the united states. whether that can be contested. how do you navigate this if youre mueller? >>. >> one of the things mueller was directed to do at the beginning was to comply with all policies at the department justice as if he were any other u.s. attorney. because of that, it is likely hell comply with the olc. we dont know how the sup...

Its between being the subject of a report that is presumably either going to be made public or sent to congress or sent to somewhere. and not, right? and i think thats the stunning it fact in that "washington post" story. >> barbara, it occurs to me, this is somewhat uncharted territory. there was archibald cox and nixon. if you had a normal noun presidential person youre dealing with you might charge them, you might not. its unclear whether you can charge the president of the united states. whe...

Counsel robert mueller is looking at collusion between the trump campaign and russia. with the help of a key trump campaign official. that official is the former deputy campaign manager rick gates. he pleaded guilty to charges from mueller and is cooperating with the special counsel. and one of the things mueller is looking at includes gates contacts during the 2016 campaign with alleged russian intelligence agent who also had close ties with the trump campaign chairman paul manafort. this is a ...

Fully doing -- or at least trumps circle is not doing full due diligence to make sure these people are open to actually joining his squad, that they dont have conflicts of interest. that happened with digenova and why we saw, yes, they are on the team, no, they are not on the team. there is a thinning of the ranks right now. it could be difficult. sekulow is still there. one line of advice hes getting is how to deal with this interview. but you dont want to go up against muellers team without ha...

There, because hes been through this. practice makes perfect. so hes doing that. but as far as what the president knows, look, i do think hes certainly probably getting some wind of what is in the cards here, and its bothering him. hes also, as has been note on this show before, hes better in a deposition than he is on twitter. so thats something to keep in mind as well, if he ends up going into that room. >> we do know this is an area, bob mueller getting into the miss universe pageant, plans t...

Elections. mueller still has a lot of work to do. >> you said there is a small chance it will wrap up before the elections? so this could go through 2018? >> oh, yeah, through 2018. i have not heard anything suggesting that this would wrap up even by the summer of this year. so mueller still has a lot of work to do. we saw just at the end of last year he had begun questioning congressional committee staffers what they knew about the trump digital orioles, suggesting he has expanded his inquiry i...

Things mueller is allowed to do is say i want to look this guys whole history with regards to russia. thats what hes doing. >> why would trump besides the grander of his host with russia to avoid a second cold war. i wish that was the reason i could be sure of. what other reason would he have for wanting to be so cozy with so many russians? >> and thats the $8 billion question. and thats why so many reputable businesses never do business with russia. the found fr of black stone, the advisor to p...

Lot of washington circles. we know she a founder of the "no ruse" commission. they have an opulent persian ball every year. hes someone a lot of people know. she seen as a formidable figure. he pushes for what he wants. the fact that he was a part of a group that did not disclose the $530,000 they got through lobbying on behalf of the turkish government is of interest to mueller and the fact that that filing which came after the fact didnt include this rohrbacker meeting. these are things muelle...