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Limits here. the corruption statute, we have seen other prosecutors reach hard with, you think it's less likely? >> i think less likely we'll see honest services. that's typically used with local state or government officials dipping out of programs that are funded by the federal government. much more likely here, if that sort of a fact pattern develops, will be the federal bribery statute. that, of course, would be if we find at the end of the day evidence of a quid pro quo. cynthia makes a great point. a lot of what's going on right now will be the struggle to see who is cooperating with the...

Have the trust and faith of the agency and of the american people. and the president felt that he didn't. the memo laid out that he didn't and so he was fired. but the investigation continues and nothing was ob structustruc. >> i question the relevance ever those comments because under the corruption statute or the statute we're talking about, obstruction of justice, you don't have to stop the investigation. you can attempt to stop the investigation and you have an obstruction of justice charge. that's the first thing. second of all, donald trump may have had the power to fire comey, but he ce...

Renna, can we get a list of hands-off mayors. you know we won't get it. it would change daily anyway. we also know christie's campaign kept a list of approved targets. these were mayors they wanted to endorse christie. mayor sokolich was number two on that list. there's so much overlaying evidence. what does it say about the criminal investigation here. conspiracy perhaps? coordinated effort to punish or favor mayors based on whether they were helping the re-election campaign, including the withholding of state funds, the closing down of bridges. does that sound like a criminal case to you? >>...