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Scales toward impeachment in the wake of watergate the country had been through the impeachment process when the president resigned. >> so what do we want a special prosecutor or independent counsel what we want them to do? we want them not just make prosecutorial decisions but write a report and send that report to the house of representatives it's one of the reasons, mark that justice scalia in his magnificent dissent in the case that upheld the constitutionality of the statute said accurate with the smell of impeachment under the regulations of which bob miller was appointed there is a repo...

One thing that a lot of people have commented have not reflected adequately, not a criticism, just a fact, on the text of the regulations. that's the law and what those regulations say, neil, with respect to the reporting requirement, is the attorney general is going to get a confidential report and then the attorney general does his report to congress. i think there's been an inadequate understanding what the regulations, and as a final point on that, the regulations were drafted in 1999, as a response to everyone recoiling about the referrals that my investigations sent up to congress. now, ...

And what is interesting about those payments frankly is the amount of those payments. they appear to be made in sums that are meant to avoid detection of some sort. >> $99,000 payment below the $100,000 amount. >> right. a small amount of being a round number. perfectly structured in that way to avoid detection or to avoid reporting requirement. >> i want to read the statement that columbus nova has put out. they said after the inauguration the firm hired michael cohen as a business consultant. reports today that vexelberg used as a cond wit are false. or provided funding for is engagement. >>...

Why not just tell people what the agreement was, what it was for, what did you pay the guy for? if you look at the payment amounts, they're exactly i think $20 less than even $100,000. it looks like they're structured payments zinld at that amount to avoid some reporting requirement or something -- >> so they wouldn't trigger something. >> so they wouldn't trigger the $100,000. the ceo, you need to get with your communications people and issue a separate statement that tells people what the payments are for instead of hiding out that the prior ceo made the agreements. that tells people nothing...

Anything improper about the payments? >> you know, again, what is that statement? that's a piece of trash that statement. it doesn't tell us anything. so what if the agreements are expired and so what fit was the prior ceo. that calls into question -- that raises suspiciouses even greater. why not just tell people what the agreement was, what it was for, what did you pay the guy for? if you look at the payment amounts, they're exactly i think $20 less than even $100,000. it looks like they're structured payments zinld at that amount to avoid some reporting requirement or something -- >> so the...