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It is in everybodys interests, really in the muellers team interests i should say do it voluntarily. if it is absolutely apparent that he will not voluntarily sit down and answer questions, sure, issue a subpoena. there is a couple of supreme court precedents that suggest very strongly that the mueller team would win this if it were litigated. not 100%, but very likely that the mueller team would win it in court if they pushed it. >> and to your point that they want to get to the absolute bottom...

>> there was never any probable cause to launch the investigation of donald trump. note crimes to justify criminal investigation, no intelligence that justified a counterintelligence probe. facts were invented or exaggerated, and it all appears to be a hoax. >> sean: thats called a conspiracy and it is called a rush of collusion. last question, quick answer, both of you. should the president answer a single question of mueller? >> absolutely not. mueller doesnt have the authority, he doesnt have...

Up to the supreme court where trump is currently trying to install a hand-picked judge known for his skepticism of the power of prosecutors like bob mueller. so lets get to it. im joined by l.e. honig, joyce vance and mike lupica. ill begin with you. youve tried many cases and been around many cases. have you ever seen live leaks of interview negotiations on a call-in show. >> no, ive never seen anything like it. i think whats happening is theres a chess game getting under way. rudy giuliani is ...

We havent stopped negotiating. >> glenn, were heard a lot of people weigh in on this, but is it in the presidents best interest to sit down and talk to robert mueller or not? >> you know, sadly, no. i think it would be difficult for him to come out of an interview unscathed. and i was interested that robert mueller was contemplating written questions to mr. trump. that sounded a little bit unusual to me. but i think if i can use one example of a written question that could put the president in a...

Its probably going to be hard for people to say -- she wouldnt have known obstruction of justice was wrong. but then he has all this experience, so i dont know if thats going to wash. >> jesse: doesnt obstruction of justice have to stop the investigation? >> dana: no. >> jesse: he never impeded the investigation. when he fired mueller -- or comey. >> juan: even this week, he put the question to mccabe, who did you vote for? these things are indicating he wants the investigation to go a certain w...

It to be productive for the prosecution and afford, by the way, the target of the investigation an opportunity to explain himself, you want to be able to sit in a room like way are now, face-to-face, be able to ask follow-up questions, to be able to nail people down on the specifics of things. >> because a written question would be written by the attorneys? >> i suppose. look, sometimes defense lawyers will submit documents and say would you please consider this stuff. and we wouldnt throw it in...

Written question and answer that answers can be reviewed. putting the president in a room with experienced prosecutors, i think thats fraud material. >> michael zeldon is joining us, one of robert muellers former aides, legal analyst for us here at cnn. michael zeldon, to you, now knowing that comey sat and was interviewed by the mueller team at some point last year -- and we have talked many, many times about those memos and how he says that trump was asking for comeys loyalty and how the presi...

Is the blackmail issue. and its maybe easier to understand in a different context. just imagine if the head of the fbi, for instance, had had an affair, was trying to keep it out of the public eye, was subject to blackmail, we would all think that thats a problem. its the same problem when youve got either a presidential candidate or the president of the united states. and then the risk that this is not the only incident that hes blackmailable on. theres more, really has to call into question th...

I think that they are unfortunately in this beltway mentality and starting to hear the volume raised by the republicans and get nervous. and i dont think there has been enough pressure from progressive forces saying theyll be a backlash against you no matter how marginal they may think in their states, there is an active backlash and there must be a price and schumer is caught between that. i think the volume has to be louder among progressives if you get out of line, you will have a lot of cons...

Reviewed both by the fbi and inside of the justice department, by career committed people. prosecutors dont have any interest in pulling a fast one on the court. the probable cause standard clearly makes it appropriate to incorporate information from something like the steele dossier along with other sources. this is a lot of hull a ba loo about nothing at the end of the day. although congress does have a legitimate oversight function to perform here, it shouldnt be a politicized one. >> and, ev...