the president does not have lawful authority under the rules to personally remove mueller. it would take several steps and even be challenged in court. what we are watching for is people in the know, not just trump allies an not just tweets about conspiracies, people in the know as these cases proceed and as this cooperating witness stays in the mueller orbit. of course we have to watch and see how sarah sanders handles this at the upcoming briefing and if she goes out in confrontational way against a special counsel or follows the lead of ty cob and the legal team. thank you, ari. thank you, jill. from paris today. up next, protecting the mueller investigation. and what is done to make sure the president doesn t ipt interfere. that question and more coming up, stay with us. it s a long distance run
supported ukrainian officials that could have as well compromised the election. we need more einformation about that. this is a clear first step. we he have to make sure sthat white house, president trump, does not fire robert mueller. because that would be clearly something that he would be considering right now in order to shut down this investigation. which he has been trying to do from its very inception. in fairness, his lawyer says he plans to cooperate in ef way. do you still have concerns he might try to fire robert mulor compromise the investigation? the president continues to view that whole russian investigation is a hoax. if he he believes that, then it is clear he would seriously
curiosity and at worse a way to work in advance the white house s narrative. congressman eric swal swallow, thank you very much. my pleasure. and a list of charges against campaign officials in the first round of indictments in the russia investigation. former water gate prosecutor joining me next, here on andrea mitchell reports. stay with us. at ally, we offer a credit card with unlimited cash back. but if that s not enough, we offer a 10% deposit bonus into an ally account. and if that s not enough to help you save, we could help you cut the cord. that s right. cancel it. what about my reality shows? ok, if that s not enough, we ll give you reality. this is too real! maybe a comedy? alright, how about a comedian? arsenio? ain t nothing funny about laundry! we ll do anything, seriously anything, to help your money grow. people just walking in my house. ally. do it right. hi, i m the internet! you know what s dtj! get a job!ting. hi, guys. i m back. time to slay!
manafort and gates, i think you mean. and i appreciate you, with the arc behind you, you are in paris and joining us on this big day today. thank you for making that special effort. thank you. and ari melber, let s make up on that point. they aren t cooperating with the way they are being treated by the special prosecutor. what is the significance of papadopoulos as a witness? it is huge. it shows that an individual from the trump campaign is pleading guilty and cooperating about kremlin-backed intermediaries offers or attempts to discuss hillary clinton s e-mails and alleged dirt. i think the three headlines today number one aides to a president indicted more than any other president in the modern era. that s bad. number two, money trail going to paul manafort but predates the trump campaign which is some kind of silver lining if you
investigation, to shift the focus from the trump investigation to hillary clinton. i mean, this was like a bonfire of what about-ism trying to change the subject. now you have real laws, real indictments, real guilty pleas. this comes at a crucial moment. and, of course, that was replicating what you just referenced, was replicating the way the president when he was a candidate handled it all just a year ago this is what donald trump was saying about hillary clinton. the fbi after discovering new e-mails is reopening their investigation into hillary clinton. i have great respect for the fbi for righting this wrong. we hope all, all justice will finally be served. the news this morning is this is bigger than watergate. bigger than watergate.