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My question is this, do you think that bob mueller is looking at the reason for the firing? do you think that's part of his probe? >> i have no idea. >> would you be surprised if he is? >> there's a fundamental threshold question there that the president's authority to terminate the fbi director is based on the constitution. >> that's a conclusion. that's a conclusion. >> no. i'm saying that's actually the predicate. you don't even go to that if -- you don't even go to looking at what the facts are based on if, in fact, the president has that authority to begin with. actually the way it works ...