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>> well, again, it's not unlike the comey firing. it could raise the possibility of obstruction of justice. what was his intent when doing this? while he has the constitutional power to remove anybody serving at his pleasure in all of his -- be and all of his cabinet members do. if he does it to defeat a investigation by the special counsel that raises another issue whether he is obstructing justice. >> paw manafort was again in court today pleading not guilty to fresh ails of money laundering, conspiracy, making false statements about foreign lobbying. the charges are i'll call piling up up r...

Win. >> correct. what happens is usually it's a one-third contingency fee. whatever the recovery is i get a third. a million dollars one-third. there are caps in certain cases but here is what happens. lawyers expend significant sums of money for expenses, for expert witnesses, depositions, reporters, it's tough. nobody likes trial lawyers i know that, no one likes lawyers in general no that. at the end of the day when you're expending significant sums of money to bring forward a case it's a hardship. megyn: you know what it is in addition to a hardship it's a loan, because you get it back. >>...

The tax break, this is the plaintiff's bar. >> i have to do plaintiff's work. megyn: this is an even sepb tiff to become a plaintiff's lawyer suing people. megyn: if you'll excuse me i have plaintiff's work to do, i have to go do it. megyn: explain to viewers how this works. the plaintiff lawyers whether they cake on a personal injury case they work on a contingency basis which means what. megyn: a couple of things, megyn. this is a boon and quid quo proceed for them, trial lawyers have historically supported democrats. there is a political component. what happens is there is a contingency fee...

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