You often do not hear this Attorney General pushing back against the president. Sessions may not be the only loyalist that the president is concerned about. Nbc news has confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that federal prosecutors have granted immunity to this guy youre looking at, david pecker. The Chief Executive and chairman of American Media, which publishes the national enquirer. Hes a longtime friend of President Trump. Joining me now is nbc news investigations reporter, tom winter. Also with us by phone is msnbc contributor and vanity fair special correspondent, gabe sherman, whos out with a new piece, Trumps National enquirer allies are the latest to defect. Gabe, let me start with you. What do we know about the immunity for david pecker and what that means . Well, ali, you know, two things on an legal level, this shows that prosecutors had enough to put pressure on david pecker and American Media for their role in essentially becoming a de facto arm of
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then the house votes. a simple majority is all that s needed to approve the impeachment, which is about 218 votes, give or take a few for vacancies. then once the house approves the articles of impeachment, it goes to the senate, which essentially holds a trial, acting as the courtroom and the jury. the senate needs two-thirds or 67 members to vote for impeachment. that means where things stand right now, 18 republicans would have to vote to impeach the president. if that were to happen, the president would very likely be removed from office and the vice president would take his place. we ve never gotted ed tten to before. the senate acquitted andrew johnson and bill clinton before impeaching them. richard nixon resigned before he was impeached. i want to talk now with a man who served as legal counsel to the judiciary committee during that time, michael conway. michael, good to have you here. thank you for being with us. are we at a time where we should