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About it. i do not expect it will go anywhere. i don't expect anyone will move to get rid of atkinson but again it is worth documenting that this is something that the president has said about people who are investigating him and this is been recurring theme. we saw it throughout mueller and here it is again. >> ask comey. maggie haberman, thank you. >> and tonight joining us ross garber teaching at tulane university and with us columnist kirsten powers and chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin. so jeff, the president seemz to think the inspector general works for and should be loyal to him and n...

Fired but it would be deeply controversial. >> it would be. alex, thank you very much. joining us now, democratic congressman eric swalwell. he will be taking parts in the hearings. thanks for joining us. let me get your reaction to this new york times report that the president considered firing the infetelligence community inspecr general who alerted congress to the whistle-blower complaint. what's your reaction to that? >> innocent people who are accused of a crime do not fire those investigating them or even threaten to fire those investigating them. we have a lot of evidence of consciousne...

Of america. he's not donald trump's lawyer. getting rid of mr. atkinson, yes, the president has the right to do that, would signal more consciousness of guilt evidence and i would say not speaking for anyone other than myself that in and of itself could be considered an article of impeachment. wolf, it's very important that whistle-blowers feel free to come forward if they see wrong doing. this is an effort to stop future whistle-blowers from doing that. >> will your committee try to call in witness who is might have knowledge of those conversations about the president possibly wanting to fire...

Breaking news. "the new york times" reporting that president trump has discussed with aides whether he should fire the intelligence community inspector general michael atkinson, according to four people familiar with the discussions because atkinson reported the whistle-blower complaint involving the trump/ukraine scandal to congress. and kaitlan collins is at the white house. the "times" reporting that president trump said to aides he believes atkinson is disloyal. >> reporter: and jake, keep in mind, this is someone president trump put in this job. but now this is someone who had and read th...

Go along the administration on this stonewalling and delaying or do you kind of come forward, come clean and produce your documents. >> why do you -- i know we need to let you go, but why do you think that strategy will work? the president doesn't think there was any penalty for -- i mean, the mueller report accuses him of obstructs multiple times. he hasn't -- hasn't bothered him, hasn't bothered his supporters or congressional republicans. why do you think obstructing is going to bother them now? >> i think that the public sentiment has shifted so much that at this point, i think people beli...