seth l allegationings of sexual harassment against him, we are getting word he is stepping down as ranking member of the judiciary committee. it is on self-reflection. he s not been told to do it by anyone other than himself on reflection, although nancy pelosi has given a statement on his stepping down from that position again as ranking member of the judiciary committee saying zero tolerance means consequences. i ve asked for an ethics investigation and as that investigation continues congressman conyers has agreed to step aside as ranking member. more reaction to that on msnbc. this is the most significant development in the investigation so far. mueller has identified somebody who has problems not really stemming from the campaign, his own personal problems, but he s jammed up now. he has some serious gem ardi, and the only way that he gets out of a prison sentence is di
i think if you make a false statement it looks bad but i don t think he would be in legal gem ardi. do they get down to business much quicker because it s not a public hearing and they re not elected officials? that s right. i think that he may be able to get through this a little bit easier. of course staffers, i think mieke and i will agree, we don t have the stature of members of congress, we re not members of the committee, but still there will be attorneys from both sides in this meeting overseeing the questioning, asking questions of him, so he still will be asked very serious questions. well, if you thought the heat wave was here today it s only going to get hotter next week. mieke, ralast point? to fred s point, there is some legal jeopardy here if he s deliberately deaccept ty. he may not have a perjury issue of lying under oath but if he s trying to convince people something happen, that could potentially be obstruction of justice. mieke, fred, thanks for your thoug