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What about the notion of this guy, when he gets to the supreme court, could be handed the case of the trump presidency, in effect, pulling himself out of the case, recusing himself from that case. >> a few things. first of all, he said that in 2009 on the bench. ten years before that, he didn't have any trouble with the distractions that he bedeviled president clinton with it. >> worked with ken starr. >> then saw better of it, and says the president should not be subject to this. he says congress should pass legislation to make it happen. on the recusal question, it's a tough one. nixon appoi...

About a conversation with trufr we donald trump. >> does this add up to you to be a potential case of obstruction for justice? it's not up for us to say but you've been in the doj. >> i think there's still a lot that people need to know. i think there's a lot that is embarrassing. there's a lot that goes against kind of the norms that the doj and white house tend to operate in. >> like the president saying, hey, top lawyer of the white house, go tell jeff sessions not to recuse himself. >> but, for example, the recusal question is an enormously complex one, which you could argue both sides of....

Have advised me i should not do so. >> i'm joined by bush speech writer from harvard kennedy's school of government and matt miller rejoins us. you used to work there. are you worried that the doj? >> absolutely. you obviously have the recusal question. that's an important one. sessions was clearly dodging there. there is a way to answer that question. you don't need confirm the investigation but you say i stand by what i said previously. i would be recused from any matter if there are any involving secretary clinton, involving the clinic foundation. the fact he is refusing to anxious it means...

Attorney general where he essentially made this plea, don't leave me alone with the president. jim comey said, the attorney general said nothing. the attorney general testified to basically the opposite. he said he did respond. i'm wondering who you believe. >> frankly, i found the fbi director to be a very credible witness. there are a number of ways how the testimony corroborated core aspects of the fbi's story. there were a few differences as you referenced. that's why i'm encouraged we have bob mueller as special counsel continuing to va investigate the possibility of obstruction by the pr...

Someone who has been a lawyer to the attorney general? >> well, assuming that report is accurate, i understand why director comey would have felt that way if he was put in situations where he thought that he was being asked queions that were inappropriate or asked questions that were awkward. then i can understand he would have wanted not to be alone in those situations but to be accompanied by the attorney general or someone else. >> is it traditionally part of the attorney general's job that he vouchsaves the independence of the doj as an enity frtity fe white house? >> actually it is and it...