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Likelihood of succeeding strategically speaking. >> right, but what if bob mueller clears him in the end? then we've called it all into question, but anyway. >> they'll take that risk, i think. >> i guess so. peter, you worked for special prosecutor patrick fitzgerald. you've been in the middle of a storm something like this before. what is the impact, not with this kind of talk, though -- what is the impact of this kind of talk coming from allies of the president? rod rosenstein being asked, you know, he just hired bob mueller, now he's being asked if he's about to fire bob mueller before a s...

National security, we could expect the attorney general to invoke executive privilege. the question then becomes whether the senators want to go forward and try to compel him through litigation to answer, nonetheless. >> and that, of course, is a bit of a longer, drawn-out process that would be, you know -- >> absolutely. absolutely. on the other hand, if the question were, were you in the room on such-and-such a date at this televised event, obviously, there's no cause to claim executive privilege because it's not in any way secret, classified, confidential information. >> so, peter, one of t...

Attacking the process or the prosecution. there were allies of the president who would take shots at a time, but that was, you know, that was nothing that really was a concern to us. as to what mueller's team is doing, i think they got their heads down and they're blocking this out, and they are going to control what they can control. the stuff that they can't control, they can't. so, i don't think they're losing sleep over the possibility that they could all be fired or the special counsel could be disbanded, because it's simply out of their control. they're going to focus on their mission an...

Counsel's office? >> no, senator, it is not a disqualification. it is not. >> as a matter of fact, many states, the judges and prosecutors are actually elected. donations are a part of that system, is that correct? >> yes, that's true. >> would it be a disqualification for somebody in the special counsel's office who had represented ms. clinton in the past to serve? >> you know, senator, it would depend on the facts and circumstances. as a general matter, i think the answer's no. >> isn't that much closer to a conflict of interest? >> i don't want to answer a hypothetical, senator. everybody n...

Jeff sessions, the attorney general, will be testifying in just a few hours. rod rosenstein, his deputy, testifying today as well, but there are also critical health care talks under way. remember health care and how important that is to republicans to get that passed and through? just moments from now, president trump will be hosting 13 key senators for a lunch to push for action on this very issue. senators have been working on their own version of the health care fix for weeks after the house passed their own version. this has largely been happening behind closed doors. so far, no public he...