generalize or to reach some sort of understanding or make progress with that generalization. what is mbap s so interestin even in the face of all of this, they re scared he may go rogue. they re scared of that 1% possibility. bob is a rule follower now. he s a private citizen now. he doesn t have to listen to the d.o.j. presumptive privilege isn t a legal thing. is it not a thing in your view? it s not a thing. it s been well documented there is no blanket privilege. wait, complete the point. there is an agreement here it s not a thing. what is it? the point is they re really scared of this very minute chance he could be so upset that he would fly in the face of his whole history. everything that he s ever lived for, which is that he sticks to the books. he sticks to the four corners of the reports and everything that we know about him, that there s a small possibility that, again, he may go off script and give
of what mr. barr said would open the door, but isn t everything we know about bob mueller that if he didn t go farther than x in the report, he s not going to go farther on wednesday? the whole point is he s by the book. the book said in before he turned in the report, according to him, he thought the book said, i can t indict, i can t even label you a criminal. now barr comes along a month later trying to criticize mueller and say actually that s not what the book says. the book allows you to do that. you think he will go further? i think he absolutely should go further. this is going to be in fact, i think that s the job, right? if you re special counsel, you ve got to follow the regulations and what the attorney general tells you the rules are. he s saying this is what the rule is. so absolutely, i think it s fully within his powers. indeed, i don t see how he can t answer that question. i ll make you a deal, counselor. let s meet up some other monday and talk about this
else he wants to look at? absolutely. that s why i fundamentally disagreed with the idea of submitting written answers to the questions. under section 600.4 of the special counsel regulations, brand new crimes are created by the appointment of robert mueller as special counsel. he has the authority unilaterally to determine on his own that the president has lied about something or interfereted in the investigation or obstructed the investigation. and he can charge a crime by virtue of having been appointed special counsel. and unilaterally on his own decision without any with it contradicting the president. and one of the problems that we are seeing is that, you know, everyone thinks that this is winding down. but is the president still in jeopardy here? of course he is. he s in greater jeopardy in my view since he submitted these answers to the questions. remember, this isn t really an investigation going on. they re not looking for information from the president. they know all
so what did president trump do here? last time i checked, comey and clinton aren t being prosecuted. this news comes as president trump submitted his written answers to robert mueller as the special counsel s investigation appears to be winding down. joining us now with reaction from the hill, joe concha, sarah carter and civil rights and criminal defense attorney david shown. i m going to start with you, david, you re the attorney here. as i understand it, you think that the written answers by the president was not a good idea. i happen to join you in that. but the president or his attorneys made the decision that he should do that. now, the special counsel mueller is not limited to washa, under the recs as it relates to the special counsel investigation. isn t everything at play here in terms of perjury and anything