the past. and sources tell cnn views whitaker as a loyalist. so is the president moving to control, to derail or end the mueller investigation? i think we all know the answer to that. laura coates, evan perez, and ryan lizza. good evening. we know the answer. thank you. good night, right? so in firing sessions, is the president trying to interfere with the mueller investigation? i think that s the big concern, and i think the president deliberately chose someone who he knows. he, i m sure, don, was watching your program the night when matt whitaker was saying these things. and i think it s no mistake that he chose matt whitaker to run this investigation. the question is what does whitaker do? he now has full control of this investigation. he will make the decisions on whether or not there is any big investigative moves, subpoenas, whether, you know, any part of this report that mueller is preparing whether any of it gets to see the light of day.
i hope very much that trump does not believe that by firing sessions today that he s going to interfere with that investigation because if he does, that s a very serious offense. that has to do with obstruction of justice, which i personally believe is an impeachable offense. but right now, my hope is that the mueller investigation goes forward unimpeded and we see i want to ask you about andrew gillum and beto o rourke s losses last fight. some are taking that as an indication of where the democratic party really is right now. that it s actually more moderate than it is progressive and that there s a lesson in beto o rourke s loss that he was farther left than needed even. he didn t convince any people, republicans, who might not you know, anderson go ahead. anderson, i ve been hearing that argument forever. that was the argument that led to republican control of the u.s. house and the u.s. senate. it led to the loss of something
possible collusion of the trump campaign with the russians, goes forward in an unimpeded manner. and that has got to happen. we need legislation to protect that investigation. i hope very much that trump does not believe that by firing sessions today that he s going to interfere with that investigation because if he does, that s a very serious offense. that has to do with obstruction of justice which i personally believe is an impeachable offense. but right now, my hope is that the mueller investigation goes forward unimpeded and we see where it takes us. i want to ask you about andrew gillum and beto o rourke s losses last fight. some are taking that as an indication of where the democratic party really is right now. that it s actually more moderate than it is progressive and that there s a lesson in beto o rourke s loss that he was farther left than needed even. he didn t convince any people,
and sources tell cnn views whitaker as a loyalist. so is the president moving to control, to derail or end the mueller investigation? i think we all know the answer to that. laura coates, evan perez, and ryan lizza. good evening. we know the answer. thank you. good night, right? so in firing sessions, is the president trying to interfere with the mueller investigation? i think that s the big concern, and i think the president deliberately chose someone who he knows. he, i m sure, don, was watching your program the night when matt whitaker was saying these things. and i think it s no mistake that he chose matt whitaker to run this investigation. the question is what does whitaker do? he now has full control of this investigation. he will make the decisions on whether or not there is any big investigative moves, subpoenas, whether, you know, any part of this report that mueller is preparing whether any of it gets to see the light of day. there s a lot of big, important decisions that
protected now that the president fired jeff sessions and named an acting attorney general who in the past spoke out about the investigation. nancy pelosi and schumer called for matthew whitaker to recuse himself. jay nadler said sessions firing fits a clear pattern of interference by the president. joining me now is senator chris coons. a member of the senate judiciary committee. senator, thanks for being with us. today you tweeted the president crossed a red line by firing sessions. doesn t the president, though, have the authority to fire anyone within his cabinet? anderson, he does have the authority to fire members of his own cabinet. what he can t do is fire members of his own cabinet and replace them with partisan loyalists going around the succession procedures for the department of justice in an attempt to influence or impede or end the special counsel s investigation. so if it s done for an improper purpose, he shouldn t be doing this. cnn is reporting tonight that for wh