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because under the guidelines, the department of justice believes you cannot charge a sitting president with a crime. but the talk around here these days is of impeachment. if democrats were to flip 24 seats in november, which is a possibility, they would then control the house and it is the house that would begin impeachment proceedings. even if the president were impeached, a conviction in the senate is unlikely, that would take a two-thirds vote. nobody could see that many republicans defecting to try to take down the president. dana: also it s never happened in america s history. john, thank you. for more, let s bring in james trusty, former d.o.a. prosecutor. let s start with what the president told ainslie earhart, if he was paying the money himself that could not have been a campaign violation. what do you make of that? well i m not an expert on campaign finance law. there may be? truth to it. there s an added layer, just that an
A look at the day s latest news and headlines.
moment. but first, ed henry joins me live tonight with the back stor story. congressman hunter has temporarily stepped down from his three committee assignments and congress under pressure from p chris speaker paul ryan who l forcibly strip him of those assignments and that s a sign of how much political hot water he s in right now. stepping down from the armed services panel had to be particularly hard for hunter and for a man who quit his job after 9/11 to serve as a combat marine. also ps stands accused of misusing campaign money in some cases, intended for wounded warriors. the congressman and his wife margaret who serves as his campaign manager pled not guilty to some 60 charges of stealing a quarter million dollars in campaign funds. the couple today greeted with those chance of, lock him up. the use campaign cash for private school tuition, and spend big money on personal
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ISHPEMING, MI - William “Bill” Richards, 58, died overlooking the pond on his horse farm. He was attended by his son and wife, and shortly afterwards by eme