i think there are innumerable number of reasons, continuing by the way through the present day. jared kushner was what s happening with jamal khashoggi in the middle of an investigation, excuse me, what s happening with mbs in the middle of an investigation into jamal khashoggi s death. he has made every counterintelligence misstep in the book and yet for some reason, and this is the million dollar question here, president trump still wanted him in the white house. president trump is probably the one person who doesn t think he should be fired, aside from the foreign intelligence communities that get benefit from jared kushner being there because they think they can manipulate him. and we have to wonder how much intelligence hygiene is jared curb her engaging in today if he made all these mistakes before and now he s running around the middle east meeting with people that may be manipulating him. is he doing any better than he did when he lied on his security
if the whittaker thing, if the president told him to replace the person in charges of sdny, he did it while he was in office and that would fall within that obstruction bucket, correct, paul? i agree. also i m going to gently disagree with ross. the misuse of presidential authority is precisely what the founders thought was the ground for impeachment. george mason objected to the pardon power on the ground that it was too broad to which james madison said that s og, we ll impeach anybody who aputibuc ab power. when we think the president has overstepped the bounds of presidential authority in a way that transgresses the rule of law, destroys the checks and balances, attacks the free press, for example, that is, i think, a suitable ground for impeachment and actually a superior one in some ways. two questions quickly, paul. do you think we re there? think we re close. i certainly think that it would not be outrageous for the house
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impeachable activities. there are some activities the president s engaged in that are also possibly criminal conduct. for example, the violations of the tax laws that seem to have been at the heart of some of mr. cohen s testimony. but i think far more important for congress to look at are those activities that aren t crimes but that are abuses of presidential authority. for example, trying to direct the acting attorney general to shut down an investigation of his own conduct. potentially the story that we ve just heard in the last couple of days about ordering the government to give a security clearance to someone who the government believed was a security risk, ie, his son-in-law. there are a host of issues like that that involve president trump s use of presidential authority in a way thai buct as the trust of office that are far greater than the investigation.
if trump s grades were released the criminality will lead to jail time. if you tell anyone i got a g minus in math, i will destroy you. reporter: is making threats any way to treat schools you brag about? i went to an ivy league college. wharton school of finance is the number one business school. reporter: knowing president trump wanted to hide his academic record made critics sal vate. i kinda want to see his s.a.t.s more than his taxes. someone else borrowed the president s own words. russia, if you re listen. reporter: russia, if you re listening i hope you re able to find trump s s.a.t. scores that are missing. but donald trump definitely deserves an a in irony, or maybe it s hypocrisy earned forbathering obafor badgering obama. if he opens up and gives his college records. reporter: and passport records, trump filvowed to give check to charity.