the only standard for firing is really misconduct and i don t think there s any misconduct mueller is going to engage in. i think there s a lot of bullying and threatening but there s no real legal there, there, at the end of it. okay. i can say one other thing, if i may, don. on the pardon question that you were just talking with jeffrey toobin about, i agree with jeffrey except to add one additional thing which is under the code of federal regulations that govern mueller s conduct here, he has to submit a report to the attorney general and the attorney general has to give that report to congress. that report is to say this is why i prosecuted people, this is why i declined to prosecute people. so if he pardons everybody, mueller can stay investigate and say i would have indicted these people but for the pardons, and therefore, i m submitting my report and you give it to congress and then congress can figure out whether or not there s an abuse of power and impeachable offense ther
and, frankly, has been, don, for a long time. i remember talking to you a month or two ago about this when trump was trump had done this before, but when he started describing it as this whole special counsel investigation as a witch hunt. as a hoax. that s what he s doing. he s laying the groundwork, not saying he s going to fire bob mueller but that if he does, he will be able to point back and say, look, this guy wanted the fbi job, he didn t get it, he was mad. they you know, him and rosenstein got together, he s really good friends with jim comey. so we know comey doesn t like me. one of his spin it around, one of his lawyers i m getting too worked up. one of his lawyers donated to hillary clinton. you know, there s all these things. all of these are just points that he is throwing chum to the water, don. what he does. he s saying, i don t know, you