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Looks like he's somewhere, i used this analogy, you're going up the ladder here, right, he's not the lowest rung, he's not the highest rung, but he's certainly somewhere in the middle here. do you expect this to go to trial? or do you expect them to do everything they can to see if they can get him to -- if he can -- if there is someone more to give, if they can get him to do that. >> yes. and let me explain what may seem like an odd answer. overwhelmingly, when people are indicted by federal prosecutors, they don't go to trial. more than 90% of cases resolve through plea agreement. but here, ...

And why i acted the way i did at the time. >> joining our discussion now tess bridgeman, former deputy legal advisor to the white house counsel in the obama administration. also joining us tom nichols. and tess, whenever they're running to the white house lawyers in this testimony i'm always thinking of you because you used to be in that office they were running to in this testimony today. what did you make of tim morrison's rush to the lawyers -- and the lawyer he's rushing to that position is your boss when he was working in the white house, is that right? >> yes, that's exactly right, and i...

Ambassador volker? >> in those hypothetical cases, no, not appropriate. >> but you're not sure of joe biden? >> i can only speak to what i understood at the time and why i acted the way i did at the time. >> former deputy legal advisor to the associate white house counsel in the obama administration and joining us former republican senate staf member, tom nicholls. whenever they're running to the white house lawyers in this testimony i'm always thinking of you because you used to be in the office they were running to in the testimony today. what did you make of tim morrison's rush to the law -...

And you ask these good folks who offer you advice. >> the recording by jim sciutto that the president did not consult with the current director of national intelligence, dan coats on this, does that surprise you? i mean is that -- if this really is a legitimate review based on national security issues, is he somebody who could be kind of looped in? >> let me give you an odd answer, anderson. it shocked me and did not surprise me. it shocked me that this would be done without any sense of process, but it did not surprise me because frankly, i -- i don't want to imply anything with the current l...

Armed -- >> if i asked you a question, you probably wouldn't talk to me about the need to defend grizzly bears. >> depends on where you live. >> in most places. a little bit of an odd answer. the quite of what matt said, ethical law standard. that is a little bit of an oxymoron. what the law insists on and what your ethics suggest are two very different standards. investing in health insurance companies when you're passing laws about health insurance companies doesn't smell good. that's not the standard there right now, not the standard price upheld. >> the standard i'm comfortable with is goi...