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He writes this, quote, the report is unlikely to be a dictionary thick tome which will disappoint some observers but such brevity is not necessarily good news for the president. in fact quite the opposite. a concise mueller report might act as a road map to investigation for the democratic house of representatives, and it might also lead to further criminal investigation by other prosecutors. a short mueller report would mark the end of the beginning, not the beginning of the end. for more with us tonight, white house reporter for the associated press, former federal prosecutor and alumni of t...

Democratic committees. the president has no purview over what the new york attorney general decides to do. and so this saga for the president doesn't appear to be anywhere close to being over. >> nelson, i'm fascinated by what you just said about the attorney general, and i want to go back at that as my last question to you. >> this ag has as i see it three audiences. the american public, members of congress and the man who just appointed him attorney general. do you think if we took a poll of guys of your age and ilk and similar resume, they would view him as a steady institutionalist, they c...

Here when you're asking what did a president do with the interpreter and with the interpreters' notes, you're putting the interpreter in a very difficult position here. an interpreter is supposed to be the neutral party here, just simply passing information back and forth. if they suddenly become witnesses in a criminal or congressional investigation, that puts them in a difficult spot. again, alex, i don't want to be defending the president's conduct here, which is truly extraordinary. but the presidency is decided -- is entitled to some protections here. and we need to keep our eye on that b...

Going to be able to get that information subpoenaed. but they ought to keep pressing. and adam schiff is on the right track here. >> and just to remind our viewers, according to the "washington post" last month, it reported that the president attempted to conceal the details. and the way he did so was by confiscating his interpreter's notes. could charges be brought forward, nelson, if the president or if anyone close to the president destroyed any of his notes from those meetings? >> well, again, i hate to be a defender of the president, but i will defend the presidency. i recall in the ken s...

Okay. this is where we need a leg legal expert to interpret tonight's breaking news. we have former federal prosecutor nelson cunningham to do just that. he's got invaluable experience as the general counsel of the senate judiciary committee under then senator biden. here to tell us what this means politically for the president and his associates, "the washington post's" jennifer rubin. she is an msnbc contributor. welcome to both of you tonight. nelson, let's start with you. we've got a number of legal matters. the first one, that the prosecution is comfortable having the book thrown at paul ...