office. you said in our meeting that congress would likely act quickly if the president does something, in your words, dastardly, a word you also used in the article. i m struggling with the practical implications of that. what about a president who commits murder or if she jeopardizes national security or if he obstructs an investigation or a white-collar crime? how do you differentiate between these crimes when you characterize them as dastardly? so i think there s several issues going on in that question, senator. the first thing i want to underscore is that what i wrote in the minnesota law review in 2009 when president obama was president, or becoming president, was thoughts on a variety of topics reflecting i just want to pick up the tempo a little with my questions because i have so many of them. could we get to that point about the dastardly, if there s a way to differentiate. yes, but just to underscore,
to investigations while in office. you said in our meeting that congress would likely act quickly if the president does something in your wards dastardly, a word that you used in the article. i m struggling with the practical implications of that. what about a president that commits murder or if she jeopardizes national security or he obstructs an investigation or white collar crime. how do you differentiate between these crimes when you characterize them as dastardly? there s several issues going on in that question, senator. the first thing i want to underscore is that what i wrote in the minnesota law review was in 2009 when president obama was president or becoming president, was thoughts on a variety of topics reflecting on my experience i want to pick up the tempo with my questions because i have so many of them. could we get to that point about the dastardly?
point that out for the record. it had brackets for my quote. this one, what happens after the starr investigation and i worked 5 1/2 years in the white house. let me give you context and i ll get specifically to your question. so i work in the independent counsel investigation and that is obviously difficult, controversial, a moment for our country that i wish hadn t happened. we all wish it hadn t happened. and i reflect on that. i wrote a georgetown university law journal article in 1999 reflecting on some of my thoughts about that. it seems to be a tendency of mine to go through an experience, write an article reflecting on it. and then i work in the bush white house for 5 1/2 years and i write an article in the minnesota law review, senator klobuchar, in 2009. when president obama is in office, i should point out. i reflected on a number of
not immunity but deferral of suits for presidents if congress wanted. in the minnesota law review article i put out ideas whether congress might want to think about that. senator durbin asked what changed that made me think about that from the time, what changed was september 11th. that s what changed. so after september 11th, i thought very deeply about the presidency and i thought very deeply about the independent counsel experience, and i thought very deeply about how those things interacted. and i thought very deeply about seeing president bush when he came into the oval office on september 12th in the morning. president bush said this will not happen again. this will not happen again. and he was of single minded focus. every morning for the next seven years for president bush
the last one may or may not have been accurate. i wanted to point that out for the record. it had brackets for my quote. this one, so what happens after the starr investigation, i work five and a half years in the white house. i ll give you, if i can, some context. i ll get specifically to your question. so i work in the independent counsel investigation, and that is obviously difficult, controversial, a moment for our country that i wish hadn t happened. we all wish it hadn t happened. i reflect on that. i wrote a georgetown university law journal article in 99, reflecting on some of my thoughts about that. this seems to be a tendency of mine, to go through an experience, write an article reflecting on it. then i work in the push white house for five and a half years. i write an article in the minnesota law review in 2009. when president obama is in office, i should point out.