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>> thanks for having me. >> tucker: what was the purpose of today's not really a press conference, say statement, do you think. >> i think you hit the nail on the head. what's really unfortunate as i see it. this reminds me exactly what james comey did in what was july of 2016. he went out and talked about someone that they weren't going to charge with a crime. but then continued to say all kinds of information that was derogatory about hillary clinton. >> tucker: right. >> fast forward to doj when i was there. and that was a big thing. especially with the rod rosenstein. we won't go out there...

>> yes. >> and this white house is not paying attention to the serious underlying issue. >> obviously, john, he made it clear he can't charge a sitting president because of the opinion, right he put great weight in that. even he said even more clearly -- this was directly in opposition to barr who told chuck grassley i think he absolutely would have said he had all this information that was bad even if he didn't charge purely said no way, right. mueller said if i was going to accuse one someone of a crime i was going to charge and i couldn't charge who i wasn't going to accused. this opens the...

Tied by this doj policy and didn't believe there is anything he could do and what can do something is congress and that is where he left us. >> and when they say do something or drop it in the well of the house, does that mean he's saying to congress, impeach? >> if you look at it, what i think mueller was saying today is the office of legal counsel opinion doesn't let -- let him charge. >> his hands are tied. >> and the fundamental view of fairness is to say i would charge because i can't charge. and so he's saying. >> i don't want to be the judge and grand jury and how does the president get...

Gum from the state of new jersey and john sale is a former watergate prosecutor. so with all of this legal power up here, ladies first. round robin. biggest takeaway of what we saw from robert mueller this morning. >> biggest takeaway, there are a couple, robert mueller is saying i did my job and now it is up to congress to do their job. he went through and sort of said, i didn't indict because of the offense of legal counsel opinion but i've set out the facts and this is what it is. the second i think major takeaway is the russia piece which is where mueller started and stopped and i don't th...

>> melissa: nancy post making a statement short time ago, she says they will continue to investigate and legislate. she staying away from the letter i word. we're getting it right now. you bring up a very interesting point. robert mueller clearly was trying to get out there and clarify something, that something was bugging him. maybe it was that criticism that he was supposed to have made a decision. "no, i wasn't supposed to make a decision, i wasn't allowed to. all he was trying to do was lay out the facts, and i have done that, soon i'm leaving, goodbye." it's more that than "we found enoug...