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Context that that definition will be up to the members of congress if it comes before them. >> because, paul, no one is putting the president before a trial judge here. you know, the decision will ultimately be made by the congress of the united states. the ultimate lever they could use here is impeachment. people are discussing it outloud. i'm not talking about it specifically, but that's the power congress has here. they don't have to go by the code jeffrey is talking about here. they could go by a different method. >> it is a political method made by the congress and i think, though, the be...

Tapes of white house conversations. oops. now of course the issue of whether there is some sort of tape of the comey trump conversation becomes very important and congress and whoever is investigating this will certainly ask right away is there a tape. >> we have 30 seconds left, jeffrey. pandora's box has been opened here. there are memos that have been reported multiple. this ends how? with giant congressional hearings with james comey testifying. is there any other end here? >> that's going to be part of the story, that comey is going to have to testify. the memos will become public and the...

Absolutely. i think that poll that cnn reported a week and a half ago that 97% of the people who voted for donald trump still would vote for him today. i get a lot of people around the country that say trump is doing the right thing. he's disrupting washington. and i hate to tell you this, but, john, a lot of people don't trust the media. they don't trust the coverage of this whole event. that's what i'm hearing from people when i talk to them around the country. i was in tennessee, california, kansas and it was the same everywhere i went. >> i will say that there are senators, including from ...

Reports. he said they could in fact be true. but he wants to hear both sides of the story. at this point he thinks he is only getting one side of the story. >> republicans don't know what the hek is going on. they are waiting as long as they can before they draw a firm line. joining us now former federal prosecutor, cnn legal analyst and senior counsel and current fellow. gentlemen, i am going to lead the witnesses here, but there are important points we want to make clear for the audience. jeffrey, you said this comes down to three words, obstruction of justice. from just a legal standpoint, ...

What he says but how he says it. jeffrey, i'm glad you stuck around because we are starting to hear me -- not tons, but adam said this morning maybe we need a special prosecutor now. what would that mean, though? does that really change everything? a special prosecutor would be appointed by the president's justice department, correct? >> correct. i think it is important to explain some of the nomenclature, some of the words we're using because i think there could be some confusion about that. it is possible to have a select committee in congress that is specially designated by the house and/or...