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The president that's illegal but there's no law that prohibits the president from directing prosecutions. 'a longstanding norm and practice of previous presidents that president-elect trump has transfo trampled on in his remarks. he needs to make sure the lines that long existed between the department of justice and the white house and the independence that existed for doj will also exist under his leadership there. i think the recusal was a way of dodging that question. >> matt, we should tell our viewers that you were former spokesman to the former ag, eric holder, during your time with the ...

Going after political opponents hillary clinton. here he was. >> i'm really not involved with the justice department. i'd like to let it run itself. but honestly they should be looking at the democrats. they should be looking at podesta and all of that dishonesty. they should be looking at a lot of things. and lot of people are disappoint natural disaster the justice departmen disappointed in the justice department, including me. >> in water gate, one of the things they uncovered was richard nixon was directing prosecutions, the irs audits, and the whole idea has been since then to establish p...