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It may be time to cut a deal or they may stand pat and say, i'm good to go. we've heard that from one of the other named involved, carter page recently where he's been on tv repeatedly defending his position. maybe he can hold to that. bob muller i'm confident will get to the truth. >> you know, michael, everyone is talking about how fair he is, and i'm sure he is fair and i'm sure he's going to do his best to be fair. but fairness is one of those things that's seen differently by different people. you've been a prosecutor, you've been a defense attorney. some prosecutors thought it was unfair...

Decision? >> sure. nbc news has confirmed the report that sally yates did warn the white house. why didn't they correct the record earlier. very few experts that we've talked to think there was a prosecutable offense under the logan act. >> pretty obscure. >> that law has never been prosecuted. the issue amounted to the blanket denial in the face of a transcript that said something completely the opposite and a really significant item, which is discussing sanctions on the day they were levied. the bigger concept is did donald trump know about it? they say it's inconceivable he wasn't briefed a...

Akia had an outpouring just like this. people will buy more and look at us. we're talking about cheerios. that ad buy, you know what they can multiply that because it's not news every single day because that small minority who popped it up to the top of the front page, voiced their concerns in social media? just ridiculous. >> you can legislate against certain things, if you make threats online, that should be a prosecutable offense, but where do you draw the line between free speech and hate speech? >> i think online, it's difficult to draw a line. people can go on and say whatever they want ...

Know, whether or not something is a prosecutable offense, the politics of any possible criminal or even shade owe y ac michael cohen shines light on could be damaging. spiro agnew was forced to resign his office. >> danny, talk about why michael cohen is even talking right now. he has had some changes, he has a different lawyer involved. >> he does. i think this is a really clever tactic, this interview, because if you look at it, if you sift through it, he didn't admit anything of substance. he didn't go to any of the facts. instead he attempted to humanize himself. to put out there that, lis...

Report notes that criticizing individuals for conduct does not warrant prosecution. it's something that the department doesn't do. as a former prosecutor, as a citizen, a director of the fbi, do you agree that when director comey concluded that the conduct did not to a prosecutable offense that he should have refrained from commentary? >> senator, the policies of the department has governing commently about uncharged conduct are there nor a good reason. having been a prosecutor, i've been a defense attorney. i've had clients impacted by those policies and norms there there for a reason and i e...