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Right now priority has to be to protect the investigation. number of pieces of legislation pending in the house. that will protect mr. mueller from being removed by the president of the united states. so that investigation can continue so i think we can't ju jump ahead. obviously that statement by mr. cohen is a game changer in that it's a statement from co-defendant or co-conspirator saying the president directed this criminal wrongdoing. very serious. >> it is serious. >> the fact you say you know it hasn't crossed the impeachment threshold for you yet. is that for purely political reaso rea...

Yourself in a crime. though it seems to me the constitutional argument that they can make here is a little bit weaker. the new jersey legislature has a right to investigate things. they have an obligation to conduct oversight of the executive. under the new jersey constitution actually, not bring up the impeachment word here, but the impeachment threshold is very low. it's just a misdemeanor. it's not a high crime, it's just a misdemeanor. working backwards you can see in order to even find something like that, the legislature has to have broad powers to conduct an investigation here. and simp...