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Instead of doing that, we appointed a special counsel whose job was to find crimes. whether they were crimes or not, we still don't know. collusion is not a crime. obstruction of justice may not be a crime. if the president engages in it as part of his constitutional authority. so, i still take the position that it was a mistake to appoint a special counsel, that an investigation committee would have been better. the fact the president quotes me is not something i control. >> professor dershowitz, do you want to see the president order rod rosenstein to fire bob mueller? >> that would be a mis...

Else he's wasted the taxpayer's money. that's not just of the justice department. the justice department does an investigation and finds no crimes, that's a ho-hum story. but if the special counsel does an investigation and doesn't find crimes, that's a big deal. that's why he has to go after the low-hanging fruit. he has to go after friends, associates. that's what happened with clinton. they couldn't find anything with white water so they went after him for an affair in the oval office and perjury during a deposition. that's the problem with a special counsel. it is not a good thing. that's ...

George papadopoulos, same thing. he worked for jeff sessions in the trump campaign. could jeff sessions have prosecuted him? of course not. alan, i don't know what is going on with you, but this is so obviously a conflict of interest, and this was the only way to resolve that. >> there's another way to resolve it. you have the justice department with a recused attorney general do a standard investigation. the deputy attorney general is not recused. he could have conducted the investigation. career people in the justice department could conduct the investigation. the big difference is when you ...

It was mandatory. if we want to have a legal system that deserves any respect. let's think about what robert mueller has done. on january 24th, michael flynn lied to the fbi, as he admitted. he pleaded guilty. could we have had jeff sessions prosecute michael flynn? they campaigned together for donald trump. that's why we needed a special counsel. george papadopoulos, same thing. he worked for jeff sessions in the trump campaign. could jeff sessions have prosecuted him? of course not. alan, i don't know what is going on with you, but this is so obviously a conflict of interest and this was the...

There is breaking news in the russia probe. cnn learned robert mueller's team is talking about the president in four specific areas if and when they question him. the president's role in crafting a statement aboard air force one that miscast donald trump, jr.'s meeting in trump tower, also surrounding the circumstances of the meeting and the firing of director james comey and national security advisor michael flynn. there may be more as well. meantime presidential tweets, defending his phone call with putin, the president enlisted ivy league help. alan dershowitz, quote, special counsel is tol...