liar on television. the point is if the president of the united states called up every sitting united states attorney in the country, right, and said i never hear anybody answer the question when they re supportive of the president. is it an abuse of power or potentially a crime for the sitting president to call up the united states attorney and say, i hear there s a lot of corruption in vermont. there s a lot of corruption on. and bernie sanders people say, bernie sanders and his kids are full of corruption. you should look at that. now change the example and say he s done that to every u.s. attorney in the country, and all of them have enough integrity not to do anything about it. would you really sit here and say, what was the effect of that error in judgment? no. you would call it an abuse of power, and i think it would be impeachable on those facts alone. the president has the absolute right to suggest an investigation. he s the executive branch. that s an he s not given r
alone. the president has the absolute right to suggest an investigation. he s the executive branch. that s an he s not given rights. he s given responsibilities. no. he s given the power to faithfully execute the law. if he wants if he wants to direct the united states. if wants to direct the united states attorney preet, let ray say it. preet, i m very sorry he won t answer the question. sure he will. if he wants to direct the united states attorney to do something, he can do that. now, you may not like it. could it be impeachable if he asks him to do it? you know, the end result is directing a prosecutor, for example, to file an indictment i think might well be an abuse of power. we have a system in place. so you d be okay with a president saying to a u.s. attorney i d like you to look into this? absolutely. even if you were running against the person? i think you d have to be very careful about that. that s an extraordinary