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Right, a little green day. that's where my head is. dana bash and ryan lizza, thanks so much. coming up, this is not the first time washington has been consumed by an anonymous publication about a president. my next guest actually exposed the author behind a similar case involving president clinton. how he did it back then and what he's noticing now about this latest op-ed. we'll discuss that next. (vo) when bandits stole the lockbox from the wells fargo stagecoach,

Be true. and upon that proposition, hangs the decision that it reaches. and the question is, what happens when that proposition of fact actually in reality, you have referenced the real world so often, actually in reality turns out not to be true? what is the obligation of an appellate court if it has hung a decision on a proposition of fact and then the proposition of fact turns out not to be true? does it have any obligation to go back and try to clean up that discrepancy, to clean up that mess? >> i think, senator, it's probably hard to answer that question in the abstract because -- >> but...

>> i understand that. >> so i have one minute left. let me jump to the other example. because i think it's an important one and my time is running out. that is citizens united. citizens united took on the proposition that the unlimited spending that it authorized by people capable of unlimited spending would be both transparent and independent. correct? >> the court upheld the disclosure requirements in that case, if that's the question. >> it said more than that. it said it's the transparency and the independence of the spending that it authorized that were the guardians against the corruptio...

In this context to make decisions and recusal is a decision on a case, so i don't think it's appropriate. >> if it's not proerptd, let me move on with something else because let me ask you about the question of presidential shall we say conflicts with prosecutors. when you were in the starr prosecution effort, you were exposed to this contest with the clinton white house. and you described the clinton white house as running a, and i'm quoting you here, prejudicially approved smear campaign was one phrase you used. a disgraceful effort to undermine the rule of law was another phrase you used. a...

Caperton case, as i said, was because of the amount of money, the financial interest, which is a whole separate branch. >> correct, which would have a dissignificant and disproportionate influence on the judge becoming a judge, right? that's what the connection was. the spending of money by the party helped make the judge the judge. in this case, if a criminal matter involving president trump came before you, he wouldn't have just spent $3 million to make you a judge. he would have flat out made you the judge, 100% finito, right? >> senator, the question of recusal is something that is governe...