determination as to low the president did commit a crime, under longstanding department policy, a president cannot be charged with federal crime while he is in office. that is unconstitutional charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. a former justice department prosecutor welcome back. good to have you here. thanks paul so that here is the larger question for me, what do you think he was trying to accomplish with this statement? because if he only wanted to say, as he said he did, within four corns of his report, why issue a statement outside thank you four corners of that report. that is exactly the right question, what is interesting here to keep in mind, he is not independent council he is special counsel means still was operating within the chain of command of doj so this is almost like a line prosecutor telling boss hey, by the way, i am going to do a press conference talk about findings very unusual circumstance the fact s
we did not however make a determination as to low the president did commit a crime, under longstanding department policy, a president cannot be charged with federal crime while he is in office. that is unconstitutional charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. a former justice department prosecutor welcome back. good to have you here. thanks paul so that here is the larger question for me, what do you think he was trying to accomplish with this statement? because if he only wanted to say, as he said he did, within four corns of his report, why issue a statement outside thank you four corners of that report. that is exactly the right question, what is interesting here to keep in mind, he is not independent council he is special counsel means still was operating within the chain of command of doj so this is almost like a line prosecutor telling boss hey, by the way, i am going to do a press conference talk about findings very unusu
we did not however make a determination as to low the president did commit a crime, under longstanding department policy, a president cannot be charged with federal crime while he is in office. that is unconstitutional charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. a former justice department prosecutor welcome back. good to have you here. thanks paul so that here is the larger question for me, what do you think he was trying to accomplish with this statement? because if he only wanted to say, as he said he did, within four corns of his report, why issue a statement outside thank you four corners of that report. that is exactly the right question, what is interesting here to keep in mind, he is not independent council he is special counsel means still was operating within the chain of command of doj so this is almost like a line prosecutor telling boss hey, by the way, i am going to do a press conference talk about findings very unusu
? ? teammates, close friends, medalists tonight in rio, biles and raisman. that brings us to a look at the medal count of day six. presented by m supporting athletes on their journeys toward olympic gold. another big day and night for the americans, with five golds overall. while the united states owns more gold medals than any other country in olympic history, fiji won a gold in rugby for its first medal of any kind. a nation with a population less than delaware, fiji loves rugby like no other sport. children grow up with a ball in their hands. entire villages huddle around play. and today, fans packed the 15,000-seat national stadium. there you see it, in the capital city. and they watched the gold medal match won by their countrymen there tonight. meanwhile, turning back to the headliners here in rio, a group that included aly raisman, winning a silver medal and the performance of her life in the all around. raisman has five medals in her distinguished olympic career,
reporter: we begin with two big stories out of the rio olympics. the first fall from olympic grace gold medal winner ryan lochte apologizes for his role in a scandal. reporter: the second victory for connor bringing home the gold. reporter: what a roller coaster at the games. we watched the thrill of vict we and sometimes the agony of personal defeat. good evening m we have been following rio live. start with electricity s apology. territory. ryan issued an apology heavily lawyered. look at the text. i will read it. i want to apologize for my behavior for not being more careful and how i described the events of the morning and my role in taking the focus away the olympics. heed, i waited share the thoughts until confirmed the legal situation was addressd and it was clear that my teammates would arrive home safely that is ryan s statement. talk about the team members and voof them. gunner and jack have been allowed leave brazil one we are told revised an earlier statem