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Put that on to embarrass me. they are not criminal charges. >> reporter::who worked as trump's lawyer before turning against his boss was sentenced to 3 years in prison after pleading guilty to numerous crimes including campaign filings -- finance violations. cohen implicated the president in those transactions but the president shot back. >> i never directed him to do anything wrong. whatever he did he did on his own. he is a lawyer. a lawyer who represents a client is supposed to do the right thing. that is why you pay them a lot of money. >> reporter: democrats clamoring for impeachment and...

Have the right to protest. i don't want to draw much more attention to it. i think it disrupts the events. four things that have been said that i think are relevant that to this question, the protesters that have been led out. a few minutes ago, a woman said please vote know on kavanaugh. presidents shouldn't have the power to do what they want. vote no on kavanaugh. he will be a trump puppet. a separate one, he will support presidential criminality and executive immunity has no place in a democracy. i want to empathize with concerns that people have about those kinds of statements. frankly, i...

Finally you come before us by a president nailed in open court as criminal activity and the subject of ongoing criminal investigation. you displayed expansive views on executive immunity from the law. if you are in that seat, sir, because the white house has big expectations that you will protect the president from the due process of law, that should give every senator pause. >> joining us now, the legal correspondent is that senior editor, thank you 57 for being with us. >> thank you. >> democrats opened these hearings with an unexpected show of force. they did everything they could to try to...

White house counsel don mcgahn admitted there is a coherent plan here where the judicial selection and the deregulatory effort are the flip side of the same point. polluters have big expectations for you on their deregulatory effort. finally, you come before us nominated by a president named in open court as directing criminal activity and a subject of ongoing criminal investigation. you displayed views on executive immunity from the law. if you are in that seat because the white house has big expectations that you will protect the president from the due process of law, that should give every ...

Something right now? that sound went away. safety first. so this is a little bit of a bizarre development because you've had other interviews with individuals where this time period would have been considered sensitive by the white house for the same reasons, no? >> yes, that's certainly true, and we have other witnesses that are scheduled to come before our committee in which the white house may seek to impose a similar gag rule. if they do, obviously that's going to only escalate the problem. >> so then what happens? if this becomes the new pattern, that as you get towards the inner circle o...