question. could a president order seal team six to assassinate a political rival, who was not impeached, would he be subject to criminal prosecution? >> if he were impeached and convicted first. >> so your answer is no? >> my answer is a qualified yes. there is a political process that would have to occur under our constitution which requires impeachment and conviction by the senate. >> again, all you got to do is hold on to 35 votes. you hold on to 35 votes in the senate and you can have your political opponents murdered. you can have anyone murdered. you can do whatever you want. you've got 35 votes in the senate and there is nothing anyone can do anywhere in this country under the structure, they say, of the constitution. they are not trying to hide it. trump's argument is some of the most breathtaking aggressive public articulation of a vision of american dictatorship as we have ever seen. and i want to be clear here. it's obvious, but it's worth stressing this. this was not being made in a