the special prosecutor statute says the prosecutor has to be fired by the attorney general but the question is would he do it or be like elliott richardson, nixon's attorney general who resigned rather than firing the special prosecutor and then it was turtles all the way down until robert bourque carried out the act. if the new attorney general did fire mueller, would that be an impeachable offense, basically would the congress conclude that the president had ordered the attorney general to fire the special prosecutor with the corrupt motive of obstructing justice which is an impeachable offense and that would be up to congress to decide. >> greg craig, there was talk according to published reports of pardon powers within the white house. that seems to have been reported with a negative con notation, is that not good lawyering. wouldn't they be derelict in their duty if at least not exploring the subject matter. >> i'm about to say something that is very unlawyerly, but let