testimony, the former white house counsel, becomes available, it might mean the ten instances of obstruction of justice laid out in the mueller report are viable. those are criminal violations of the united states criminal code. republicans claim the president isn t charged with crimes. it would be appropriate to bring those forward if the evidence becomes available. you mentioned formeder white house counsel don mcgahn. why are they so interested in mcgahn s testimony? mcgahn was a key witness to obstruction of justice. he was present when the president talked about firing bob mueller in an effort to end the investigation into the trump campaign and russia. the president actually asked mcgahn to go ahead and fabricate a document that they could put into the files that would deny the fact that the president had ever tried to fire mueller. so in the mueller report there s this well-thought-out sequence of events with documentation. but congress has a little problem that prevented th
specifically charging this in the articles of impeachment, and that s the fact that mcgahn declined to testify. so the democrats are now in court seeking his testimony. we don t know when or if that will become available. but in the articles of impeachment there is a mention of the mueller report. you have to read it carefully, but they bring forward the notion that the president has engaged in a course of obstruction of justice throughout his presidency. i suspect we ll see more on this down the road. i want to ask you about your new piece in time magazine. here is the headline. trump may be acquitted in a senate impeachment trial. that s not the same as being exonerated. you write if vital witnesses can t testify, where relevant evidence is unavailable and where some members of the jury declare their allegiance to the defendant instead of to a fair process, it s hardly justice. we just heard from the president
what s the first thing you will work on with pelosi? how will you get it done? that s a tough question? i would ask that question. yeah, laura, we witnessed what was like an intergalactic disgrace. americans had to bek horrified what you saw, if you happened to witness that live. you re right. there s so many good questions to ask. how do we feel about making permanent those middle class tax cuts. that nancy pelosi complained about, because they weren t permanent. how n about that? how about portions of the healthcare. and government interference upping the prices. how about student loans? and the opioid crisis? as marco vince. what answers did we get? nothing we got a question. mr. trump are you a racist. mr. trump will you obstruct justice by firing bob mueller. how out of touch are these bubble dwellers.
across, then i don t know if what jeff flake sought to accomplish was actually accomplished, but, you know, again, i don t want to draw any conclusions until the fbi brings a report back, but i do think that that was one of the better moments of the week and hopefully that type of independent collaboration will occur once that report comes back. quickly because you ve been so outspoken on this very topic, if assistant ag rod rosenstein he is still in the cross-hairs clearly here. if the president moves forward and we understand that the discussion has been moved to next week, if he is removed what are you set to do now? has your tone or your suggestions of what you might do changed at all? firing rod rosenstein is the same as firing bob mueller which i believe is committing obstruction of justice in plain sight. so i plead with the president do not do this. do not go above the rule of law because if you do it won t only be americans who will take peacefully to the streets, but
calls afterwards, i know yours was among them. absolutely. they re trying to make the part, this is an opinion, not a command. that s because they understand there is a line. that s where they ve drawn the line. he can express his opinion, they can say he wants to shut it down. there may be a moment he can change his mind. he s been convinced and fired rod rosenstein, firing bob mueller would create such a blow back against them? what he s trying to do is in effect continue to shape public opinion to make sure his base and maybe some other people believe this investigation isn t