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Whitaker impact the investigation here? >> well, whitaker has the authority to ask mueller to provide an explanation and justification for investigative steps he takes. and then, in certain circumstances, if he thinks that mueller is straying too far afield, going outside the bounds of justice department guidelines, he could overrule mueller. so you could imagine if whitaker really had in his mind that he wanted to impede mueller, he could start asking him to justify everything he does. because prosecutors exercise judgment and discretion, and they often make a whole bunch of investigative ste...

Not indictable. >> i want to believe he's innocent. i want to believe there is no coordination. i want to believe the president has done nothing wrong. if your argument is correct and there was no obstruction, why would the legal team ask mueller to take obstruction of justice off the table? and why would they request before he was nominated to be taken off the table? >> because the great possibility of a crime here is to lie under oath. you want to limit his criminal exposure. most of the indictments have to do with people not telling the truth to the fbi. they're process crimes. if you're in...

Back in 2000. giuliani, a former u.s. attorney in manhattan has frequently boasted of his ties to the fbi. and yesterday he made clear what his mandate will be. telling "the new york post," i don't know yet what's outstanding, but i don't think it's going to take more than a week or two to get a resolution. a week or two to end this thing. they're almost there. i'm going to ask mueller, what do you need to wrap it up? according to michael schmidt's reporting in "the new york times," some close to the president believe president trump could try to replace attorney general jeff sessions with mr....

What his mandate will be, telling the "new york post" i don't know yet what's outstanding but i don't think it's going to take more than a week or two to get a resolution to end this thing. they're almost there. i'm going to ask mueller, what do you need to wrap it up? according to "the new york times," some close to the president believe trump could try to replace jeff sessions with mr. giuliani in the coming months although mr. giuliani would face an extremely difficult confirmation hearing in the senate. it's all in quotes from the times. we're back with michael schmidt, paul butler, shanno...

Involved in the process. >> professor dershowitz, i think you make a really fascinating point about the michael cohen investigation and i want to get to that in one moment but first i want to do a quick fact check on something that rudy giuliani said himself about the russia probe. i hear what you are saying. you are saying this might be wrapped up quickly. he is saying he is the person to wrap it up quickly. the "new york post" reports, quote, i don't know yet what's outstanding but i don't think it is going to take more than a week or two to get a resolution. they're almost there. i'm going ...