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Existing grand jury already sitting in washington, d.c. that seems to me a significant thing we should troy to get to the bottom of. it's some movement in this case. it shows mueller wanted the convenience of having a grand jury near his offices in washinon, c. after having been using one in alexandria. the most powerful tool a grand jury has is the compelling testimony. you do have to go down do a grand jury and take the fifth amendment but if a prosecutor officers you immunity, you have to testify and that's a powerful tool. >> a big story from your paper here. >> yes. >> your views on the p...

The top white house people who are so powerful, can they be called in? do they have to go? >> they'll have to testify. as we know, it is an intimidating environment. they go in without friends or family, without even their lawyers. a room full of people and the federal prosecutors are asking tough questions. >> we did touch on this earlier showing bill clinton's precedent setting testimony. but if donald trump is called in, what kind of testimony do you think he would give? would he be good at this? >> well, i'm not sure if he'll be good at it. because rather handle the sort of follow script, ...

Aggressive. gren friends, confidantes. when they're in that grand jury, do they have lawyer with them? >> no. it's a one sided proceeding. it's the presence of the prosecutor asking questions. the witness under examination. up to 23 grand jurors, possibly an interpretor. that's it. >> you're just alone in there. >> and a court reporter. >> sure. >> let's take a look at some of this period from bill clinton. walk us through this. this was something incredible. august 2000. sitting president giving grand jury testimony. >> well, it's an unusual point in our history. it was somewhat of a compromi...

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