impeachments have to be based on proof, not presumptions. that s the problem when you move towards impeachment on this abbreviated schedule that has not been explained to me why you want to set the record for the fastest impeachment. fast is not good for impeachment. narrow, fast impeachments have failed. peter baker of the new york times, who co-wrote a book on impeachment with our next guest, pointed out today the following. turley keeps saying this would be a record fast impeachment, but it really depends on how you count it. in the clinton case, the house voted to impeach him 72 days after it authorized an inquiry. it has now been 71 days since pelosi opened the inquiry into trump.
through that interview in a way that he comes out in a way that is positive for him depends in large part on what the substance of the interviews will be. what happens if the president declines to sit for the interview? i think it s a real possibility. to me it s still an open question whether the special counsel would issue a subpoena. so to me, i think it s incredibly likely the special counsel will end the inquiry into trump with a report, without issuing criminal charges, because there s an existing doj policy right now that says you can t charge the sitting president. mueller is bound by all the existing doj policies. if that s the case, it seems to me that mueller needs to get donald trump s version of events. it s really not a complete story. it s not the full picture of what happened, it s not the truth of what happened without it. i think it is very possible that mueller would go the next step to issue a subpoena. it s hard to say given i think 100% mueller will want him t
tonight political reporter for the new york times ken vogel and rick stingle appear the former managing editor of time magazine. ken walk us through what you know and what is known about team mueller. well, brian, there are a lot of clues in the types of people who mueller has brought onboard to steer this investigation. a lot of folks with backgrounds in financial crimes. that s important. because while the focus publicly and from a lot of democrats who are trying to use the russia issue to weaken trump is on ties between donald trump s campaign and russia and potential collusion over the hacked emails or other potentially damaging information to hillary clinton where the smart money is is on serious inquiry into trump s finances and how those are connected to russia, including an investigation into the 2013 miss universe pageant in moscow. including russians buying condos
tonight political reporter for the new york times ken vogel and rick stingle appear the former managing editor of time magazine. ken walk us through what you know and what is known about team mueller. well, brian there are a lot of clues in the types of people who mueller has brought onboard to steer this investigation. a lot of folks with backgrounds in financial crimes. that s important. because while the focus publicly and from a lot of democrats who are trying to use the russia issue to weaken trump is on ties between donald trump s campaign and russia and potential collusion over the hacked emails or other potentially damaging information to hillary clinton where the smart money is is on serious inquiry into trump s finances and how those are connected to russia, including
russia in the past few days. as reported last night, joining us to talk about all the of it tonight political reporter for the new york times ken vogel and rick stingle appear the former managing editor of time magazine. ken walk us through what you know and what is known about team mueller. well, brian there are a lot of clues in the types of people who mueller has brought onboard to steer this investigation. a lot of folks with backgrounds in financial crimes. that s important. because while the focus publicly and from a lot of democrats who are trying to use the russia issue to weaken trump is on ties between donald trump s campaign and russia and potential collusion over the hacked emails or other potentially damaging information to hillary clinton where the smart money is is on serious inquiry into trump s finances and how those are connected to russia, including an investigation into the 2013 miss universe passageant in moscow. including russians buying condos in trump proper