>>> ON THIS BREAKING STORY, WE’RE BACK WITH A SPECIAL GUEST
AND OUR HEADLINER IN OUR
RECURRING OPENING SERIES.
HE HAS ARGUED DOZENS OF CASES
WITH THE SUPREME COURT AND AN
ANALYST WITH MSNBC.
GOOD EVENING, SIR.
>> GOOD EVENING.
>> NEIL, HE KNOW YOU HEARD PART
OF THE CONVERSATION WE JUST HAD
IN THE EARLY BLOCK.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE WHERE I WAS
AT A LOSS FOR WORDS.
BEFORE I GET INTO ANY OF MY
PREPARED QUESTIONS FOR YOU, I
HAVE SOME, YOUR THOUGHTS ON ALL
THIS.
THIS. THIS STORY.
THIS STORY. >> YES.
>> YES. I HEARD HER TALK ABOUT HOW HER
STUDENTS WERE SO DISHEARTENED.
TRUMP SEEMS THE GET AWAY WITH
EVERYTHING AND I UNDERSTAND THIS
SENTIMENT.
SENTIMENT. I REALLY WANT TO PUSH BACK
AGAINST IT.
AGAINST IT. I THINK THIS COUNTRY HAS A
ROBUST TRADITION OF LAW.
AND YES, THE PRESIDENT HAS
GOTTEN AWAY WITH SO MUCH.
BUT I HAVE NEWS FOR HIM.
THE LAW WILL COME AFTER HIM.
WHAT HE IS DOING IS LAWLESS.
IT IS UNPRECEDENTED.
IT BREAKS EVERY RULE IN OUR
CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY AND THE
LAW WILL FINDS A WAY TO CATCH UP
WITH HIM.
WITH HIM. HE CAN PARDON HIS MAR-A-LAGO
FRIENDS AND PARDON HIS CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTORS, AND THIS OR THAT.
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, OUR SYSTEM
ROBUST ENOUGH BETWEEN THE PRESS
AND THE COURTS TO BRING HIM AND
HIS ILG TO JUSTICE.
AND IT WILL HAPPEN.
WHEN, I REALLY DON’T WANT
PEOPLE, I GET WHAT PROFESSOR
MURRAY IS SAYING BUT I REALLY
WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE IS STILL A LOT OUT THERE
AND A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE
WEST SHOULDN’T GIVE UP.
THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT AT ITS
BASE IS ALL ABOUT A SYSTEM OF
LAWS, WE’RE A GOVERNMENT OF
LAWS, NOT OF MEN TO USE THE
CONSTITUTION OF 1780.
>> IT IS STRIKING TO HEAR YOU
SAY THAT.
SAY THAT. THAT WAS THE CONVERSATION
POURING OVER.
POURING OVER. MORE THAN ONE VIEW ABOUT WHAT
THIS MEANS.
THIS MEANS. AND WHETHER IT MEANS THE
PRESIDENT CAN TECHNICALLY DO
SOMETHING AND THEN THE QUESTION
OF WHETHER IT, IN CONCERT WITH
ANOTHER PATTERN, IS A POTENTIAL
ABUSE OF POWER IN ITSELF WHOOX
MEDDLING IS GOING ON AND HOW IT
WILL BE INVESTIGATED BY THE
CO-EQUAL BRANCH, WHETHER OR NOT
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL IS OVER.
MR. BARR WILL BE HEADED IN TO
FACE CONGRESS.
FACE CONGRESS. HE WAS CLEARLY MOVED TO SOME
DEGREE BY THE PUBLIC CRITICISM
OF EXPERTS AND DOJ VETERANS LIKE
YOURSELF.
YOURSELF. AT A TIME WHEN WE OFTEN FOCUS ON
THE WASHINGTON PART OF THE
STORY.
STORY. MR. BLAGOJEVICH WAS GOVERNOR TO
THIS PARDON TODAY.
TAKE LISTEN.
TAKE LISTEN. >> I SAW A GOVERNOR WHO WAS
ROGUE ON ON STEROIDS.
HE DIDN’T CARE ABOUT THE STATE
OF ILLINOIS.
OF ILLINOIS. HE CARED ABOUT HIS OWN AMBITION.
IT IS JUST BECAUSE THE CELEBRITY
OF ROB BLAGOJEVICH WHICH HE IS
GETTING THIS TIME OF RELIEF AND
I THINK IT WRONG AND IT SAENLDSE
BAD MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE THAT
YOU DON’T HAVE TO PAY YOUR DEBT
TO SOCIETY.
TO SOCIETY. >> THAT’S ONE OF THE REPUBLICAN
LEADERS OF THE HOUSE, A CREDIT
TO HIM FOR SPEAKING HIS MIND
AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.
YOUR REACTION.
YOUR REACTION. >> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. THAT’S THE KIND OF BEAUTIFUL
SENTIMENT THAT AMERICANS HAVE.
THE SIMPLE IDEA THAT JUSTICE IS
BLIND.
BLIND. LITERALLY, LADY JUSTICE IS A
BLIND FOLDED INDIVIDUAL IN THE
STATUTES.
STATUTES. AND YOU SHOULDN’T GET OUT OF
JAIL BECAUSE YOU’RE THE
PRESIDENT’S FRIEND OR YOU MET
HIM AT THE COUNTRY CLUB OUR GAVE
HIM A CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION.
CONVERSELY, YOU SHOULDN’T PUT
PEOPLE IN JAIL AND THROW BOOK AT
THEM AS THE PRESIDENT HAS TRIED
TO DO, OR CALL FOR PROSECUTION,
SILL REPLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE
DIFFERENT POLITICS THAN YOU.
HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE
PRESIDENT OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
I WANT TO COMMEND THAT
REPUBLICAN AND THAT’S OF OTHERS
LIKE HIM.
LIKE HIM. BECAUSE THIS IS NOW A WAR FOR
THE HEART AND SOUL OF WHAT
AMERICA IS ABOUT.
DO WE BELIEVE WE’RE A SYSTEM OF
LAWS?
LAWS? OR DO WE BELIEVE THIS PRESIDENT
CAN JUST DO WHAT HE WANTS
BECAUSE HE HAPPENS TO BE GOOD
FOR THE STOCK MARKET OR