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Intent. is it to just explain to the public he knew what he was doing was wrong and that's why we're going to trial with this? or is it more meaningful than that? do you feel that actually needs to be proven in court as part of a potential indictment? >> i think it's both. >> that is also a very lawyerly answer. >> i apologize. >> it's okay. >> it doesn't go away. the bedminster tape and the incitement to insurrection statements they have something in common, which is the defense there is some defense of hyperbole or boasting. when i think about proving state of mind it's not so much whether t...

Serious damage that was done to them. >> paul, let me ask you this, if you've got a case against him. you come forward. even in a defamation suit that we were talking about that was settled in 2017, of those documents that came out today, or late last night, if you've got a civil suit against him, what more do you have to have to prove your case, other than just your word, paul? . >> well, you're going to have available pretty much the same amount of information you would have had available, even if he were still alive. because, remember, in those civil cases, it's unlikely that jeffrey epstei...

This morning, rosenstein stalked on behalf of mccabe most of the afternoon. that that's as it should be. you have essentially to prove through collateral evidence what the state of mind of the actor is. in this case, that's the president. you put these pieces together slowly because you can't read the president's mind to see what his intention was. so you look at it and say, how does it work on a continuum? first you have a request for loyalty, then you have these chitchat types of phone calls and the calculation by mr. comey that he wants some sort of patronage relationship. then sort of like...

Law is no excuse for violating it. but let's also remember that donald trump is not just a businessman. he is a businessman who has been a party to hundreds of lawsuits. this man has more legal experience than many lawyers practicing in america today. >> michael, is this one of the most key moments in a possible obstruction of justice case? >> absolutely. let's go back and forward a minute on this. firstly, i think it has to be said that the attorney general did not serve the president well by agreeing to leave that room. he should have said, mr. president, i'm not leaving the room, there are ...