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Subject of the investigation. and very seldom is that person the president of the united states. lay out the stakes, remind us of the stakes. >> well, you hit the nail on the head, brian. because there are -- those two things make this very high stakes for the president. because he is the subject, at least, of this investigation, thats clear, which means he has some risk. if he goes in there and he either lies, certainly, then he could be facing perjury or false statement charges. even if he doe...

Distinguished fellow and criminal justice at the pace university school of law. id like to begin with you, mimi, and that is it. people talk to feds, are interviewed by feds every day. interviews completed, they go on their way. often that person isnt the subject of the investigation. and very seldom is that person the president of the united states. lay out the stakes, remind us of the stakes. >> well, you hit the nail on the head, brian. because there are -- those two things make this very hig...

They are i think contract employees. theyre ubiquitous in the west wing. that would match the description of this, which would also back up the contemporaneous notes of jim comey known for being an assiduous notetaker, correct? >> right. i mean, if there really is a transcription of that conversation, then i think that the mueller team needs to get ahold of that. whether schiff and his team do too, hopefully theyll be able to make something of it, i suppose. really, im concerned about the muelle...

Worked for pretty ba lawyer. jennifer rogers, columbia law school center, and mimi wilkin, distinguished fellow and criminal justice at the pace university school of law. id like to begin with you, mimi, and that is it. people talk to feds, are interviewed by feds every day. interviews completed, they go on their way. often that person isnt the subject of the investigation. and very seldom is that person the president of the united states. lay out the stakes, remind us of the stakes. >> well, yo...

Third party u.s. presidential candidate like jill stein. you were making that point, mie mieke. >> i think its difficult in our system the way the electoral college works to have people diverted off the two-party system. >> it kills the mandate for the winner. its diffused. ken dilanian, thank you and chuck rosenburg, mieke eoyang and john cipher. >> todays news is like the moment barack obama produced his full length birth certificate. now that will mueller has indicted 13 defendants, trump can...

>> let me ask you, because there have been other developments in this russian investigation. cnn reported yesterday that rick gates, former deputy campaign manager, known coffee boy for the trump campaign, appears to be moving toward a plea deal, which would mean pleading guilty to a crime and cooperating with investigators. this yaush probe is coming to an end, petering out, going nowhere. yet in the last two days you have a third trump adviser, in effect, going states evidence and you have the...

The drama surrounding the release of the nunes memo, who will compare whats happening today under the republican party under trump to the mccarthy era. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. republican party under trump to the mcarthur era. the 11th hour with broin williams starts now. donald trump says people should be ashamed of themselves, but then weve got to look at what the memo actually reveals about his own presidential campaign. meanwhile, the russia investigation plows on,...

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Poorly. >> so you asked that question, that line of questioning of president clinton. has bob hmueller been taken out of the prospect of questioning trum trump himself because of the revelation that trump did give an order to fire mueller? >> oh, not at all. i would expect that mueller will be there. unlike ken starr, mueller who really had very little involvement in the actual questioning, he asked some questions related to constitutional issues, but mob mueller has spent his whole life in law ...

To be ultimately released. it is not as clear as it was -- in our case, it was part of a sealed impeachment report or impeachment filing that we made with congress and congress decided to disclose it. here it is not clear what if any mechanism there is for mueller to disclose confidential things about his investigation. the grand jury if it decides not to indict anyone can issue a report if the court allows to, that is very rare, but not unheard of in high profile cases. so we dont know for sure...