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And the language from the inspector general there, very clear about just how seriously he s taking it. alex marmarquardt, thanks very much. let s talk about this with our experts. cnn legal analyst, michael zeldin is with us, former federal prosecutor, and rachael bey, political reporter for the washington post. good morning to you both. thank you for being here. and michael, let me begin with you. a number of the president s allies are comparing this to president obama. and they re specifically bringing up that sort of hot mic moment when president obama told medvedev essentially, let me get through this and i ll be much more open to negotiate post-election. listen to matt schlapp and his argument on that front. he has very wide authority, really, unchecked authority, to talk about to world leaders about anything he deems appropriate, as he s representing the united states of america. if this were able to go forward, any staffer in an agency could ....