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Make, but walk us through it. >> 1799 the logan act gets passed. 1803 it's applied once in its history to some farmer who wrote an article. it's never, ever going to be applied. if it were, jimmy carter and jejacksowould be sharing a jail cell. after he became president, carter did it. jesse jackson did the same thing. ronald reagan about a deal with iran before releasing the hostages before they were ever released. it's a threat but a threat that is hallow. >> i even heard last night from critics who have been really harsh on donald trump but also have been in government service saying, liste...

Discussed u.s. sanctions with the russian ambassador to the u.s. before trz took office. the administration has repeatedly denied that. >> they did not discuss anything having to do with the united states' decision to expel diplomats or impose censure against russia. >> did they ever have a conversation about sanctions on those days or any other day? >> they did not have a discussion contemporaneous with u.s. action. >> joining us again, our fabulous panel. david chalian, salina zito, norm eisen and alan derrish wits. professor, if michael flynn had that conversation before president trump too...

You see this tweet here. what is our country coming to when a judge can halt a home lan land security ban. it seems like he is not going to want to stand down. he is going to want a win out of this. >> sure. when he says, what's the country coming to, my total legal education is three hours of con law at marry et ta marietta col. >> three hours more than me. >> it was marbury versus madison in 1803 that established the right of the judiciary to rule on the constitutionality of executive laws or executive actions. so for the president to say, what's this country coming to? that's one of the ear...

Sure. >> that's the reason, flick, we have the one president at a time. >> absolutely. >> rule. unwritten rule that we, you know. >> it seems to me it's not really a legal issue here. the last prosecution was in 1803, but there certainly is an issue of proprietary. it is completely inappropriate to be negotiating policies in competition with the sitting president. >> that's true. absolutely. >> so nick, this, let's talk about the fbi director james comey. i think he's feeling the heat right now. in addition to the inspector general's investigation into his handling of hillary clinton's e-mail,...

President is, barack obama, and know who it will be after the swearing in but strange situation with policies advocated, adopted and announced and three players in it. it's confusing. someone could have placed a phone call before he was supposed to or taken a step that was innocuous to set up a phone call but done at the wrong time. it's possible that definitely possible mistakes were made. >> that's the reason nick you want to get into it. that's why we have the one president at a time unwritten rule. >> seems to me it's not really a legal issue here. last prosecution in 1803 but certainly an...