Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20171205:12:38:00
Senate, too. >> let me give you an example. suppose a member of al qaeda walks into the president's office and says here is a suitcase full of cash. pardon someone who went -- >> that's such a simple, obvious case. he's guilty of bribery. >> so? >> you can convict of president of bribery. you can convict the president of telling witnesses to lie. what you cannot convict the president of is simply and merely exercises his article ii authority by pardoning somebody or by firing somebody. that's my point. you cannot do that. you may be able to i preach him for misuse of his power but you cannot p...