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Isnt the best case scenario here tonight for the president, the best case, that at the very least he didnt hire the best. that at the very least the president hired admitted and convicted felons. did i miss anything? thats what keeps reverberating in my head. >> im just laughing but we need to say one other thing about michael cohen. we do not know for a fact that hes not yet going to cooperate in some measure with robert mueller. that was sort of left out there. its not part of this agreement. ...

To be signaling publicly that he would be willing to talk to robert muellers investigators. do we have any sense whether they are going to take them up on that. >> we dont know. it would depend whether he has a deal with the southern district of new york in terms of cooperation. it certainly doesnt seem at the moment as if he does but things are really hard to tell. its hard to tell when somebody is cooperating with the fbi. ive been reminded of this repeatedly, former prosecutors, thats still t...

With federal judges. look, i dont mind that the prosecutors are being aggressive, that theyre standing up for their position. i dont know if i would have filed something like that, and instead probably would have asked for a sidebar and said, hey judge, you know you told the injury, injury i, you said something yesterday, im not sure it was correct. could you remind the jury that what you say is not evidence and you dont have an opinion nick? >> james one of the uncomfortable exchanges and there...

Chris, on the off chance that this is successful, the whole mueller investigation is done. it is a wrap. this isnt only about roger miller, this is about whether mueller has the constitutional authority to do this investigation. >> thats a great point. the argument they are making is an existential assault on muellers authority. saying it is violation of the constitutional appointment clause to create this body. it is violation of the constitution. and it would probably go to the supreme court. ...

But at the same time he says but if i do get forced to testify, i am going to take the fifth. this is kind of hail mary pass. chris, on the off chance that this is successful, the whole mueller investigation is done. it is a wrap. this isnt only about roger miller, this is about whether mueller has the constitutional authority to do this investigation. >> thats a great point. the argument they are making is an existential assault on muellers authority. saying it is violation of the constitutiona...

Just doesnt square. i am hearing from trumps allies they are going to be making an impeachment argument in the midterm elections, warning trump voters if you dont vote in november to keep the house in republican hands, the democrats, if they take over the majority of the house of representatives, agenda item number one is impeachment. impeaching president trump. they are making the case that the midterms are all about protecting the trump presidency, which is what you saw in that devin nunes aud...

How do we know? weve never verified it, never inspected, there was never any inspections to have an inspection you had to have already evidence that there was something going on. how would you have that evidence if you ro not allowed a pathway in. >> you wouldnt. >> they got to collect the samples. it was a complete joke from start to finish, where am i wrong there. >> you arent wrong at all, it was a pathway to a deal that enriched that regime. look at the gdp of iran, it spiked after that deal...

Laws. thats going to take longer. i think the presidents testimony, statement to mueller is less central to that. i think the evidence gathering is going to continue. all of this should be seen in the question of whether mueller will issue a report quickly before the midterm elections or wait. i think thats the essential question people should consider. report now or later. >> lets spend a little time talking about those midterms. i was discussing those a moment ago with congressman swalwell of ...

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And one of his associates going into the mueller grand jury box. do you think that rogers playing this right? do you think he faces any vulnerability as a potential target here? >> well, look, as ive said, roger is a critical piece for muellers narrative. this is my view to set up, lets say, the watergate narrative where you have all these associates making it look as if this break-in was involved or connected to the president. theyre going into rogers personal finances. so when i think when rog...