mueller? this is related, right? because nothing it s all partisanship. is that s what it feels like. and that helps trump. i believe trump does not want to testify before mueller. certainly wants to discredit him, may want to fire him. so this whole dissolution of all the settle patterns and sense of responsibility that we can t just do what we want, that helps trump i think. it is amazing that they have he can t say he hasn t made progress in muddying the waters in the russia investigation. just simply look what the house guys have done on his behalf and now even what lindsey graham and chuck grassley have done. absolutely. and right now obviously the white house would like to play it that they won t comment officially on whether or not that there is talk of a discussion of an interview of the president. i mean, they have been arguing for weeks now that this is coming to an end and typically
washington. and my general line of the first year of trump has been the institutions have held up pretty well. the rule of law, the justice department, people military. it s not being ruined by donald trump as president. but i think here we see the pressure. serious senators institutionalists as ken said. grassley and feinstein, we re not talking about ex-house members coming in and messing with the senate. yeah, sort of blowing up the process. okay, it s a weird investigation, but it is a precedent. and it is a moment where this congress is not working the way it should be. the house investigation is just not serious. no matter what they try because they don t even now you have the senate judiciary. i kind of think half of congress is throwing up their hands and saying it is in mule leellemuel anyway. maybe you still have senate intel as a credible investigation. but that is all. what happens when trump fires
back to him, might need him when he s politically vulnerable and wants support from that movement. again, i say this apparently seems like the end of the permanent break here. but with this presidency, i think you never know. you always have to add that word appears. bannon also takes the prospect of impeachment seriously, especially if the president fires mueller, saying again, kristen, it seems like he s going for the things that are going to upset and frustrate the president most right there. bigger picture here, within the republican party, if it s public warfare between donald trump and steve bannon, you had bannon talking about organizing these primary campaigns against the republican establishment, that he said was trying to thwart donald trump. what is this going to mean for the republican party now? well, i do think that it s
quick. the gsa had a legal obligation to tell transition. brian: i would think so. it seems logical. real quick. the president is under the impression that he is going to get exonerated soon. the washington post has a story it s going to be another year. who is right? i think the washington post is right. i have been critical of the president s lawyers for, forgive me, for lulling him into a false sense of security. in august they said it would be over by thanksgiving. here it is by christmas it s heating up. i think it s going to go on for another year. if the president fires mueller in my view it would be a terrible mistake politically, somebody else will pick up the reigns. the investigation is not going to go away until they indict or exonerate. steve: all right. judge. thanks for breaking down. merry christmas. another year, brian, more gray hair. all the best. steve: the house intel committee also investigating russia. and they have a leak problem. how could there have
trump? what would it look like if he did? he can t do it directly. he d have to get rod rosenstein to do it. he could fire him until he could find somebody that would fire mueller. what would be the implications if he did fire indirectly, bob mueller? it s hard for someone to think of this situation rationally and contemplate how the president fires mueller. it would be an admission of guilt, trying to tamp down on the investigation. there is suggestion that the president will be able to pardon people who are closest to him, perhaps to pardon jared or others in his family should they be indicted and that rather than an outright firing of mueller, which we re starting to see indication that that would, i think, lead to an outpouring of people perhaps on the streets certainly of ethics advisers