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Office three ways: if he dies, if he resigns, or if he is impeached. and then the senate convicts him. you can't have a rogue agent of the fbi or the doj take a president in front of a grand jury. the u.s. constitution and case law forbids it. mueller is out of control. >> let me ask about rosenstein. and the judge today -- this was amazing. didn't he recuse himself? the judge was basically saying he's way conflicted here. he would be the witness. we know he signed on to the unverified, uncorroborated clinton bought and paid for phony russian dossier. he never did his work in that particular c...

Storage locker in the first place. the bottom line is that the judge here in washington, d.c. has taken these filings under advisement and wait for an answer from the court on both of these critical issues in the case, shep? >> shepard: very good. catherine, thanks. >> you're welcome. >> shepard: headline lack of vetting. let's turn to deputy news director for axios. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> shepard: on manafort, the suggestion is did the white house or the future white house even have any idea that paul manafort had been interviewed not once but twice by the fbi before he even ...

Criminal activity, yes. that privilege doesn't extend to any kind of commission of a crime or covering it up. i have to say that what mueller might be after is more pressure on on manafort. let's not forget that cohen has extensive connections with ukraine and people in these circles is. maybe it's not even about the president. we know he wants manafort's information. >> good point. >> there is a calculation being done. mueller's purview, that's the beef. what is he allowed to look at. what is he not allowed to look at. trump was going to move on mueller about the indictments in the bank, then...

To prepare because it's a very complicated case. and also, he's nearly 70 years old. he's looking at a sentence that could leave him in prison for the rest of his life if he goes to trial. there's a motion pending in front of the judge where the judge is being asked by manafort's lawyers throw the case out because mueller doesn't have the jurisdiction to bring it. mueller's brief which just came in yesterday makes a very convincing case that he does have jurisdiction, and i just think the walls are closing in on manafort, where he's really in an untenable legal position. >> carrie, mueller is ...

Around a long time and stuck around through transition to get a window into a lot of the questions they're asking about broader collusion stuff. it bears on both questions. >> if rick gates has more dirt on collusion than on manafort, then the president is in deep trouble. >> philip bump, good to have you. ben wittes, thank you as always. coming up, when growing up seems to be part of the problem. unbelievable. it's next. ♪ whether it's a big thing, small thing, or something unexpected, pnc will be right there when you need us.