prosecute his political point. that would be illegal. that s where we begin tonight. president trump s first reaction to the indictment of his former aides was to downplay their links to him. now he is doing in public what richard nixon would only do in secret. he is openly musing about pushing the doj to investigate or prosecute political opponents. i am really not involved with the justice department. i would like to let it run itself. but honestly, they should be looking at the democrats. they should be looking at podesta and all that dishonesty. they should be looking at a lot of things and a lot of people are dispointed in the justice department, including me. the president is not supposed to be involved in the justice department and presseses don t have the power to individually prosecute. for good reason. that is really what authoritarian regimes do. that s how say russia works. not how the american constitution works. while president trump there is saying today that he can