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Comey, even though the president has a right to fire him for any reason, for no reason, whatever. the president likes to issue pardons whenever the president wants to issue a pardon. you heard the congressman suggest that intent could be a possible level of obstruction. >> so to prosecute obstruction, one of the elements is that the activity has to be done with some type of corrupt intent or done corruptly, is the words that are used. so his intent, what he was thinking when he made the decision to fire the fbi director, is absolutely one of the key aspects that the special counsel is probably...

Reviewed drug cases and they gave about 2600 commutations. that's not a pardon. it says, you served enough time, you're out. that's what he should have, a system set up with criteria to say if you fit the criteria, your sentence is commuted. there are tens of thousands of people. president obama and general holder didn't act swiftly enough to get as many people out as they should have. i know these don't have to do with russia, but it has to do with pardons, and if he pardons manafort, cohen, et cetera, et cetera, it's going to be something that enrages the public, and that's the kind of thing...

Pattern here, and i think that the president is making it very clear there is no nuance to donald trump, we've learned over this year, and what he's saying is, you know, i've got a lot of power and i can use it where i want, and you guys had some big wins here, you thought you did, well, guess what? i'm undoing it, and for the future i can do that, too. >> carrie, you're a former assistant general for security. how do you see it? >> i was county assistant general, but thanks for the promotion. i think the president, beyond just messaging, i think he is testing the boundaries of the presidency....

Time the state department was involved that had an office that actually reviewed pardon decisions as a matter of policy process. what this president has done, which we have not seen in centuries literally, is the president making unilateral decisions, not just disregarding a recommendation that might be made from the office of the pardon after a justice department review, but absolutely 100% bypassing any of that policy process. so i think that he is looking toward ways to expand his presidency and he's seeing how far the other branches of government are going to let him get away with it. z >>...

The president continuing his assault, his fight with james comey here trying to undo the legacy that he had in many of these very high-profile cases by talking about pardons. >> yeah, he seems to be sending a clear message at the same time to others who may be witnesses, may be involved in the russia investigation. and that's causing some concern, jeff zeleny in houston traveling with the president. we're going to get back to you, we're going to get a lot more reaction from our analysts. right now i want to bring this congressman steve cohn. he's a democrat from tennessee joining us live. what...