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About how to get trump elected. that, to me, is pretty much collusion or whatever word you want to use and i think theres a lot of crimes embedded in there. i dont want to go through the whole u.s. code now, but there are crimes there and i think they will end up at donald trumps doorstep. >> i did like the introduction of synergy. >> now we have cooperate gobbledygook on top on of everything else. >> heather, i want to that you about the attorney general nominee. your reaction to it, what it sa...

According to "the daily beast," paul erickson has received a target letter in which they notify him that they are considering bringing charges against him under section 951 of the u.s. code, which is the law barring people from secretly acting as agents of foreign governments. and the government may bring a conspiracy charge against erickson. this target letter was sent to paul erickson a couple of months ago. the lawyer has now shown it to the reporters. while a target letter is not the same as...

With something dramatic like that. so, we have been waiting to find out. basically any day now, what is going to happen to this accused russian foreign agent now that federal prosecutors say they are heading toward a resolution of the case. while we have been waiting for that to happen, today, the daily beast has reported that another person in her case, an american who is named in her case, has been warned himself by prosecutors that he might get charged in this case too. he is an personal ci...

Person acting as ag. theres a specific statute in the u.s. code, the senate passed criminal code statute and it says theres an order of succession. that order of succession is when the ag steps down, the deputy ag takes his place. theres no reason in this case why that should have been by tle bypassed. >> who can challenge that the president circumvented that? >> thats a good question. it is not clear. there has been litigation in the national labor relations board and with firing/resignation of...

Carries point is correct. there is a succession order. 28 u.s. code 508 says when the person is fired, which is what sessions was, then the rule is the deputy takes over. they end runned this. >> in january its going to bring a ton of you know what. the democrats will control the house and have hearings. we are in early november and we have the rest of november and all of december and later in january. my question is, if the white house said there will be no hanky panky here, but if you are susp...

Exclusion act had a child born in the united states and it was well settled by the supreme court. and if that wasnt enough, go to 1952, the walter mccarron act, 18 u.s. code, section 1401, a child born in the united states is an american citizen. >> okay. so you dont buy it but let me ask you this what if the president did sign this executive order if it exists and not a mechanism to motivate his base and did sign it, it was challenged in court and then it worked its way up to the u.s. supreme c...

What would have motivated him. perhaps he felt provoked by ashley and philips reporting and went off without really thinking through the implications. but this entire idea that donald trump, jr. could have inadvertinantly wandered into a crime is something we havent focused on and this tweet brings to light. and thats not true. you get criminal liability committing acts with a certain state of mind, not just being in the wrong place at the wrong time. so maybe trumps goal here was to run a publi...

Of a -- they are playing around here on this, good p.r., or if that is the real deal. but lets pretend for the moment that is real. your reaction? >> i think it is suicidal. i think its idiotic. i agree with the professor. here is the real peace here. based on everything we know, they dont have anything close to an obstruction case on the president. but it is much easier, in addition to the stuff that professor dershowitz said, it is much easier to prove a case of flying to the government under ...

Good p.r. or if thats the real deal, but lets pretend for the moment thats real. your reaction? >> i think it is suicidal. i think its idiotic. i agree with the professor. here is the real piece here. -- the real key here. based on everything we know, they dont have anything close to an obstruction case on the president. but it is much easier, in addition to the stuff that professor dershowitz said, it ic much easier to prove a case of lying to the government undere 18 u.s. code section 1,001 th...

Collusion, conspiracy, criminal hacking and theft, fraud against the united states, foreign campaign contributions, those are all felonies that relate to what has been alleged in 2016. walk us through your point about what crimes constitute collusion. >> first, the term "collusion" is being used casually. its a conspiracy to break federal election laws. the federal election law, tite 52 of the u.s. code, says it is a crime to solicit or accept a thing of value from a foreign national in order to...