that olc opinion is the only reason that mueller didn t charge the president. mueller said that was one important reason and also that the principle of fairness guided him. i think that s the distinction between the two noting that it was unfair to accuse the president of a crime if he couldn t be charged. he said there is another forum where this can be resolved and that is impeachment. i think that they see there is a real tension between the two and that you need to be a good lawyer to press them. mueller is a very good lawyer and barr is a very good lawyer. i spent 4 1/2 years with director mueller. there is a legal argument here. i think it is a flamingo leg legal argument. you can stand on it, but it is a little bit slender. mueller says as a former marine, i don t do hypotheticals. you realize what barr is offering is a hypothetical. if the olc memo weren t out there what would you do?
clean elections. hillary clinton on her book tour asked interesting query about all of this. take a listen. would you completely rule out questioning the legitimacy of this election if we learned that the russian interference in the election is even deeper than we know how. no. i would not. not rule it out. no i wouldn t rule it out. would you rule it out? and do you think this is an area where the results of the mueller investigation could ultimately beyond the criminal dimension raise questions about the outcome of the election and current government or would you rule it snoout? i m a former prosecutor and don t do hypotheticals until i know the facts. i would want to get the facts. again, after bob mueller completes his investigation and we find out the conclusions of
again, i don t do hypotheticals. i was a former prosecutor. i believe you look at the evidence thiss are f. i don t even want to cross that bridge. if they do that, they re going to chak the rules of the senate. i would hope they would not do that. the question of the president executive order, obvious controversial. chuck schumer, withone of your colleagues was also there and the president what interesting comments about senator schumer, calling them the fake tears of chuck schumer. it s not crooked hillary or lyin ted i do know chuck schumer and he does should tears.
it to kids. what a lot of people don t know is his tone wasn t, hey wanna see me rub some swiss cheese. he would be like, hey guys, i was wondering if anyone here wants obviously not, but maybe a little swiss cheese on me? silly question. people would say no and oh, okay, bye. isn t that creep yes, sir? if you roll down your win doe and start with ah, and they still come, then you have a prospect. if you start with excuse me and then somebody will lean in. if you are polite it is i don t do hypotheticals. i know from experience if you have an a-flat:00 taif and you say octave and you say, hey, guys. a little cheese and no, okay. andy, you know, what do you think happened to the guy? we are talking cause and affect here. what causes a guy to become sexually aroused by the
if he came to you, president obama, as i would if i was him, and said, you know, condoleezza, i need someone like you in my administration, would you do it? he doesn t need me. he has very fine people. a hypothetical. i don t do hypotheticals, piers. they don t do anyone any good. that can t be true. it is true. you must do hypotheticals all the time. you keep them to yourself. the minute they turn out not to be true, you re in trouble. he has very fine people around him. i had the chance go. he nicely invited me to the white house when i was in washington in october. we sat and talked about the whole range of foreign policy issues. i was a supporter of the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, for instance, and so when i find it helpful to speak on these issues, i will. would you join the tea party? let me finish with the just a second. i m assuming you re not going to join him.