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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...

That it was a mistake to appoint a special counsel, that an investigative commission would have been better. the fact that the president quotes me is noting? i control. >> do you want to see the president order rod rosenstein to fire mueller? >> no. i think it would be a terrible mistake to fire the special counsel. there's a big difference between making a mistake in appointing one and then firing one who is very much in the process of conducting a investigation. that would be a terterrible, terrible mistake and i think it would raise serious constitutional and other ethical questions. >> jef...

Before. but as you were making the point that had been discussed throughout the day and that is how un-ty-cobbian a guy he is. president trump's legal team was poised for a shake-up on monday as he openly discussed firing one of his lawyers, another considered resigning and a third who pushed theories on television that mr. trump was framed by the fbi joined the roster. mr. trump has weighed allowed in recent days to close associates whether to dismiss ty cobb, who had pushed most strongly a strategy of cooperating fully with the special counsel investigation. here's where it gets interesting....

As he openly discussed firing one of his lawyers, another considered resigning and a third who pushed theories on television that mr. trump was framed by the fbi joined the roster. mr. trump has weighed allowed in recent days to close associates whether to dismiss ty cobb, who had pushed most strongly a strategy of cooperating fully with the special counsel investigation. here's where it gets interesting. the president reassured mr. cobb he had no plans to fire him, according to a person who spoke with the president late monday, in part to prevent a narrative that his team was in disarray afte...

Candidates of the united states. >> you intend to recuse yourself from both the clinton emails and any matters involving the clinton foundation, if there are in? >> yes. >> was this a violation of that statement? >> 100%. i cannot possibly understand how the attorney general of the united states says he's recused from the clinton foundation investigation but then metes out discipline to one of the investigators in that investigation. it's just nonsensical. the whole point of recusal is to avoid any accusations that you're -- if you're firing one of the investigators, that's quintessential i be...