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Followed the whistle-blower protection procedures, putting that person's life and well-being at risk. and sending out a message to all others who might come forward and talk about the misdeeds of this administration, they too are going to be put at risk, labeled as traitors and spies, and then we're going to talk about what we used to do to traitors and spies. >> walter, thank you for being with me tonight and sharing your expertise. >> thanks, chris. >> for more of today's developments i want to bring in msnbc political analyst michelle goldberg, and boston university law professor rebecca en...

This is like we don't believe you, we need to get you on the record. >> yeah, it's a way of sort of sort of locking it in, because a public statement they could hold the ukrainians accountable for it. they could say hey, look, you committed to doing this. you said you would follow through. here your own words, and now those words from the united states, but the ukrainians would have put them out. and as we pointed out the ukrainians saw the pit falls of this, saw the problems with it but didn't do it. >> mike schmidt, this is great reporting. thank you so much for hopping on the phone and shar...

His pocket, they'll think he's going to do the right thing. so we never know when you have a corrupt president whether he's acting in the interest of the united states or his own personal interest and that's what the framers wanted to stop dead in its tracks. >> walter, do you agree? >> oh, i agree with all of that. i think this is a very serious matter. there's a clause in the constitution that says that the president's compensation shall be stated and it shall be neither increased or decreased while he's in office, and that he shall receive no other emoluments from any part of the government...

Found the russian oligarchs. that's how vladimir putin and the russian autocracy got their claws into him. that's the way of understanding it. when he got into office, he was perhaps as stunned as anybody else, but he decided to get right back to work on making money. he said he would not divest himself. he would not do a blind trust. he was going to deep everything going, and he has, and it's unconstitutional, and we're going to stop him. this is the achilles' heel of this administration. you watch, chris. mark my words. >> great to talk to you in person. joining me now, elizabeth holtzman ...

Joining me now for more on the public statement are walter dellinger and frank figluci. frank, let me start with you. we're in a position where we have the man's words, butfully intended to remain neutral. what is your read of what he did today, the intent and purpose? >> if you know mueller, you know that today was remarkable for him. by that i mean, he had to make the decision that he would go outside the system, he would not testify before congress, he would not file a written report, he would stand inside the department of justice and make his own statement and take control. and that for h...