attorney general and only the attorney general has that power. second, in respect of obstruction of justice, there's an open question about whether the president can be charged with obstruction of justice for doing something he has a constitutional right to do. if that's the question of firing comey, it's not clear. the office of legal counsel also has said that a sitting president cannot be indicted. so i'm not sure what indictment there is that could possibly be here. but in the abstract, if you're looking at this as more an abuse of office, articles of impeachment sort of sense, then yes, obstruction of justice is a mosaic of activity that you take the constituent parts of and you put together and you see whether that pattern constitutes an effort to interfere with an ongoing investigation or the administration of justice, depending on which statute you're inquiring under in a criminal law sense or an abuse of office sense, whether it together rises to a high crime and misdemeanor. >> jim, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell was on fox news today. here is what he said about the mueller protection bill. >> i don't think he should fire