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Our panel, is here ton. gloria this move by sessions, would that be good news to president trump, the idea that jeff session wos resign if rod rosenstein was fired. he might think two for the price of one here. because he doesn t like jeff sessions and he doesn t like rod rosenstein. he might think okay well i didn t know that. maybe i should do that. on the other hand, it s very clear that jeff sessions message to don mcgahn look if this occurred you would have a revolt on your hands in the justice department. and that would be a real problem. and that sessions was very happy to learn that in the meeting that rosenstein had with the president last friday in which we are recording that rosenstein apparently told the president that he had no legal jeopardy in the michael cohen case, that the president was pretty happy with that news and maybe with rosenstein. maybe now he won t fire him. and jeff sessions will be happy. rich, would be it a problem politically for the president if h ....
Conclusion of this investigation is the best way to do that not undermine knows overseaing it. what do you make of the legal argument that he is conflicted. right, so the u.s. attorney s manual has rules for when people have to recuse. he clearly has some information here. but that doesn t necessarily mean he has to recuse, right. and there are certain capturings you have a mandatory recusal and times when it s an ethyl decision for the individual prosecutor to decide. and so i ll tell you my bet here which i have no information on but my bet is that he would have had that conversation with one of the ethics officers and been cleared to continue to work on this. jeff tuben made the point in the last hour which is the potential conflict was known from the very beginning. exactly. you would think it would have been addressed if it was a concern to the republicans raise going now why wasn t it raised back then. completely. yeah. steven. trump wants the investigation over. ....
it s wrong to go against rosenstein and mueller and sessions let them do the investigation and let the facts lead. if the president is innocent like he says the truth will society you free and the conclusion of this investigation is the best way to do that not undermine knows overseeing it. what do you make of the legal argument that he is conflicted. right, so the u.s. attorney s manual has rules for when people have to recuse. he clearly has some information here. but that doesn t necessarily mean he has to recuse, right. and there are certain capturings you have a mandatory recusal and times when it s an ethyl decision for the individual prosecutor to decide. and so i ll tell you my bet here which i have no information on but my bet is that he would have had that conversation with one of the ethics officers and been cleared to continue to work on this. jeff tuben made the point in the last hour which is the potential conflict was known from the very beginning. exactly. y ....
Jeffrey toobin. oh, god. when will this be over i want to go home. i mean, why am i even here, i m an author for god s sake. now both sides of my face are covered in spit el. it smells like brute and garlic. joining me now, jeff tuben, author and i believe harvard educated attorney. clowns to the right of me. jokers to the right. the song even then occurred to me. what were you thinking in the thug thug thug thug. which by the way, the washington post counted 20 times. the hands in my face were the striking things, big meaty hand from mr. schwartz on the left. i thought silence was an ....
Process, not impeachment. impeachment has much wider latitude. it s not limited to what we normally think of as felonies, criminal offenses, high crimes and misdemeanors is ultimately subject to political judgment to a great degree, as congressman schiff referenced earlier. but i do think it would be very hard in the ordinary criminal justice system to find a president obstructing justice within the federal system. but, again, i agree with jeff, this is completely unresolved as a matter of existing case law in the united states. so we re in a no man s land from a legal perspective. but, again, people as you know significant on the left as allen dershowitz have said similar things to what doud said in the president s right-hand man in terms of these sorts of things. ....