through the courts. whether or not a sitting president could be subject to a criminal indictment for actions that he took either before or during his presidency. i think it s highly unlikely that mueller will go there. so what will mueller do? he might recommend impeachment. if he can colludes that the pattern that the president exhibited, starting with comey not even starting with comey, the famous the firing of comey, the work on the memo on air force one, the president s reaction to the news of the trump tower meeting, there is a whole pattern and practice here of things that could be construed as obstruction. if mueller concludes and recommends that the president should be taken to tank for that, it will be impeachment, and that will then fall to the house of representatives, and then rod rosenstein is not conflicted. he becomes a fact witness right, but and not a decision-making. but nelson, it doesn t correct me if i m wrong, but the
a very quick final word from you. i think it is, in many ways, the ultimate form of racism to assume that blacks, hispanics and white people are not going to be able to compete based upon race. and, by the way, i have a recommendation not what i said. to all of your listeners today. if you happen to be asian american, don t disclose your race on your application. how about this, to be continued? i don t know if that was deliberate, but you misunderstood what i said. my kids benefit by going to school with your kids. that s my point. thank you. i appreciate you being here. okay. i want to remind you to answer the survey question at smerconish.com. will the rosenstein memo regarding comey s firing ultimately protect president trump against a charge of obstruction of justice? up next, do the movies glamorize the mobster? my interview with john travolta about playing the late notorious mob boss john gotti in a new film for which he got help from john gotti jr.
inspector general report is that it confirmed the juflgs that deputy a.g. rod rosenstein once gave president trump to fire james comey. so what does it mean for mueller tries to tell rosenstein there was obstruction of justice? and much fun was made of the over the top hollywood-style movie the president showed kim jong-un at the singapore summit. but as a propaganda exercise, did it actually deserve five stars? plus, a lawsuit accuses harvard of limiting asian american admissions by downgrading applicants regarding personal traits like likability, kindness and being widely respected. do the ivies discriminate against asians? and john travolta with me to talk about his new movie about convicted gangster john gotti, based on a book by his son gotti jr. i ll ask the two of them if the film glamorizes gangster life.
playing a tape like that to the fact-finder. nelson cunningham, as always, thanks for your expertise. it s a pleasure to be with you. remember, i want to know what you at home think. go to my website at smerconish.com. analysis the poll question of the day. will the rosenstein memo of comey s firing ultimately protect the president against a charge of obstruction of justice? i know it s a little bit in the weeds. but you can handle it. what s going on via twitter and facebook? i ll read some during the portion of the program. katherine, what do you have? america is nick, your analysis of the i.g. report is off base and biased. it revealed a double standard. the fbi announced news of investigations about clinton but not trump. secondly, trump has publicly stated he fired comey because comey would not stop the russia investigation. i don t think that my view is biased, april. i m trying to call them as i see them based on the evidence, and i m just drawing attention to the fact tha
that much harder. that s my view. i want to know what you think. go to my website at smerconish.com. answer this question, will the rosenstein m regarding comey s firing ultimately protect president trump against a charge of obstruction of justice? i ll give you the results at the end of the hour. joining me now to discuss is nelson cunningham, he served as federal prosecutor in new york s southern district under rudy giuliani. he also served as general counsel on the senate judiciary committee under joe biden. and the office of administration under bill clinton. nelson, thanks for coming back. react to my opinion with your own. well, it s a pleasure to be with you. i think if we were talking about criminal charges of obstruction of justice, you might be right. but i think the likelihood that the recommendation by robert mueller will be to indict the president is close to zero. it s a constitutional rabbit hole. it would take years to litigate