PROSECUTOR, A SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE, OR AN
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION. WITH US, ALAN DERSHOWITZ, LAW
SCHOLAR, HARVARD LAW SCHOOL. I KEEP SAYING THAT.
NOW, BEFORE I ASK YOU WHAT TO DO WITH THIS, I WANT TO FIND OUT,
IF YOU WERE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WOULD YOU HAVE
FIRED COMEY? IF SO WHY, AND WHEN?
>> I WOULD HAVE FIRED HIM, BUT I WOULD HAVE FIRED HIM ON DAY ONE.
I WOULDN'T HAVE WAITED UNTIL WE LEARNED THAT THERE WAS AN
INVESTIGATION OF PEOPLE CLOSE TO HIM.
COMEY DISQUALIFIED HIMSELF FROM SERVING RVING AS HEAD OF THE FB.
HE LOST HIS CREDIBILITY BOTH WITH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.
BOTH WERE BEING VERY SELECTIVE IN THEIR CRITICISM, YOU KNOW.
IF YOU HURT ME, I CRITICIZE YOU, IF YOU HURT ME, I PRAISE YOU.
THERE IS ENOUGH HYPOCRISY TO GO AROUND ON THIS ONE.
HE LOST HIS CREDIBILITY AND HE SHOULD HAVE RESIGNED.
I CALLED FOR HIS RESIGNATION MONTHS AGO ON THE CAMPAIGN.
>> SHOULD PRESIDENT OBAMA HAVE FIRED HIM, IF SO, WHEN?
>> YES, HE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE FIRED HIM.
PROBABLY RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION DURING HIS LAME DUCK
PERIOD, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A A PERFECT TIME TO DO THAT.
BUT HE DIDN'T. AND, SO, THE PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS
FACED WITH A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION.
HIS DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL, MAN OF GREAT DISTINCTION, SAYS, WE
DON'T WANT TO HAVE THIS GUY COMEY AS HEAD OF THE FBI.
BUT ONLY ONE PERSON CAN FIRE HIM, THE PRESIDENT, AND THE
PRESIDENT HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
OR AT LEAST AN APPARENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
SO, HE WAS IN A NO-WIN SITUATION MUCH LIKE THE SITUATION COMEY
FOUND HIMSELF IN WHEN HE HAD TO EITHER REMAIN SILENT OR DISCLOSE
WHAT HE WAS INVESTIGATING. I THINK THE PRESIDENT MADE THE
WRONG DECISION, BUT I THINK HE CAN COME OUT OF THIS WITH THE
RIGHT DECISION IF HE DOES TWO THINGS.
IF HE APPOINTS SOMEBODY ABSOLUTELY ABOVE REPROACH,
SOMEBODY EVEN TOUGHER, WITH GREATER INTEGRITY WITH COMEY
BHOL WHO WILL PURSUE THE INVESTIGATION.
IF HE SUPPORTS AN INVESTIGATIVE COMMISSION.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE YET CRIMES HAVE BEEN
COMMITTED. I THINK WE NEED A SPECIAL
INVESTIGATING COMMISSION APPOINTED BY CONGRESS THAT COULD
THEN MAKE THE DECISION WHETHER TO RECOMMEND A SPECIAL
PROSECUTOR. BUT IT'S TOO EARLY FOR A SPECIAL
PROSECUTORECUTOR, BUT IT'S THE T TIME FOR AN INDEPENDENT
COMMISSION TO BE APPOINTED NOW. >> DO YOU SEE US, MEANING
WASHINGTON -- PEOPLE ARE DIGGING THEMSELVES OUT OF THIS ONE --
YOU SAW -- I MEAN, ALL OVER THE WORLD THEY'RE WATCHING THIS.
>> IT'S UP TO THE PRESIDENT. HE CAN MAKE IT GO ONE WAY OR THE
OTHER. IF HE APPOINTS SOMEBODY WHO IS
PERCEIVED TO BE A CRONY, THIS WILL BE A MAJOR CONSTITUTIONAL
CRISIS. IF HE APPOINTS SOMEBODY WHO HAS
ABSOLUTELY COMPLETE SUPPORT OF DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, WHO
IS ABSOLUTELY ABOVE REPROACH, HE WILL COME OUT OF THIS THING
LOOKING FINE BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO SAY, WELL, YOU
KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT HIS MOTIVES REALLY WERE.
BUT HE DIDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
HE ALLOWED AN APPOINTMENT OF SOMEBODY WHO WILL INVESTIGATE
HIS WHITE HOUSE PEOPLE AS AGGRESSIVELY AS COMEY WOULD
HAVE. SO, THE BALL IS CLEARLY IN HIS
COURT NOW. HE CAN EITHER MAKE THIS INTO A
CRISIS OR MAKE IT INTO A WIN/WIN FOR HIMSELF AND THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE. >> ALAN, ALWAYS NICE TO SEE YOU.
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