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With this situation. this is not a situation of witness tampering. this is not a situation of bribery. >> no, it's firing the guy in charge of the investigation. >> look, the constitution is -- i mean, this is constitution 101 here. the president has the authority as the chief executive to make those kind of determinations. james comey, by the way, stated at his hearing. >> he did. >> that he understands that he servelz at the pleasure of the president. so this is not some complicated case and by the way, the fact, jake, that the president consulted with his attorney general and office of depu...

Already admitted he'd already made his decision long before rod rosenstein issued the memo, so whether or not rosenstein made that recommendation, it was irrelevant, according to the president, about his decision but in terms of whether or not the president can obstruct justice by telling people under him what to do or firing them, i lived through the '90s and i'm old enough to remember people on the right saying that president clinton obstructed justice by telling people who worked for him what to do and threatening the investigation into him, and i recall a completely different point of view...

Management and budget you want after him for writing muslims "do not know god" and that "they stand condemned." >> it is indefensible, hateful, islamaphobic and insult to over a billion muslims throughout the world. >> senator, are you saying someone is necessarily hateful and islamaphobic if they believe in their private life and express the only path to god is through jesus christ? >> no, absolutely not. look, what our constitution, one of the great parts of our constitution is to protect freedom of religion. you practice what religion you want, i do, mr. vote does, that's what it's about, b...

Can a president who has a constitutional authority take a certain action, then be prosecuted for taking the action, and in this particular case you had a scenario where the president receiving advice from a variety of his government officials, was told by his attorney general and by his deputy attorney general james comey should not be leading the fbi. it's ironic based on the action they recommended and that he took in consultation with others he's now being investigated by the agencies that told him to take that very action, removing the fbi director. so this idea, this is the threshold cons...

A billion muslims throughout the world. >> senator, are you saying someone is necessarily hateful and islamaphobic if they believe in their private life and express that in their private life the only path to god is through jesus christ? >> no, absolutely not. look, what our constitution, one of the great parts of our constitution is to protect freedom of religion. you practice what religion you want, i do, mr. vote does, that's what it's about, but at a time when we are dealing with islamaphobia in this country, 1.2 billion people who are muslims around the world, to have a high-ranking membe...