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Because he thinks it's bad for him, but it is consistently his efforts with regard to the russia probe that keeps drawing the attention of the special counsel, who again was only appointed because, in large part, what the president did with his move on comey. mr. dawsey, thank you for the headlines. you have fueled the show. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> tonight we're going to have two former white house lawyers standing by, james schultz and norman eisen. these are the types of guests we need on this investigation. if you haven't been in the white house and you don't know the law, your opin...

And being biased. we have members of congress screaming that employees at the fbi gave legal donations to candidates during elections. yet, the president is going to ask somebody in the fbi director role who will be supervising them if he's enough of a partisan for the job. in fact, i could tell you no one ever asked me who i voted for when i was nominated for the director of the office of government ethics. >> go ahead, jim. >> walter, i think it was pretty clear who you voted for. nonetheless, elections have consequences. when you're selecting members of your cabinet, folks to lead agencies,...

So these are the heads. hopefully that's helpful in terms of what the different categories are. already in the soup, been interviewed. this is what we're waiting on. now let's get some perspective on what this all means. let's go one-on-one with democratic congressman mike quigley of illinois, a member of the house intelligence committee. and you were listening to james schultz and norm eisen and my asking them about the disposition of the president and where his head is, where the white house staff's heads are on this investigation, and you say you know the answer. what is it? >> well, i'll j...

Anyone other than the president asked a subordinate that. once again, we have the president holding himself to a lower standard that the 2.7 million civilian federal employees who work for him. >> and andrew mccabe is a career fbi official. jim, do you agree? >> i don't agree. if it's in the context of -- at the time, i believe it was in the context of discussing whether andrew mccabe was going to be fbi director. the president of the united states, that's an inherently political office. the people of the united states chose a republican. he can ask whatever questions he wants relative to some...

With corrupt intent, he's going to be held accountable. but we don't know the answer to that question yet. that's why the interview has to happen. there's a lot of evidence, however. >> james schultz, i love the passive indifference on your face right now. i want to know your take on what counselor eisen is saying, and i also want your take on how you would prep the president in terms of is this an interview that he takes? probably yes. under what circumstances? what's your double take here? >> so i agree with norm in that this is coming to a speedy conclusion and that bob mueller is looking t...