talk about impeaching president donald trump we have got for us associate deputy attorney general bruce fein with us on from washington d.c. regular contributor with al-jazeera it's nice to see you bruce. let's talk about the impeachment issue it's sort of bubbled for a while it has become bigger with this video that rashid italy has put out what is your thought what are your thoughts on the the reality here. well there certainly grounds for impeachment if we look at this standards that were employed to impeach richard nixon and william jefferson clinton the evidence with regard to obstructing the investigation of any kind of collaboration between russia and the trump campaign in two thousand and sixteen holding out the possibility of pardons perhaps to influence testimony making up the purpose of a june two thousand and sixteen meeting between trump campaign officials including is young son in russia about adoptions rather than getting dirt on hillary clinton that is there but you have a huge political calculation as well is this going to help or hurt democrats for two thousand and twenty a

so let's discuss the arrest of roger stone now with constitutional lawyer bruce fein who was an associate deputy attorney general in the reagan administration thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us so the story today is that roger stone was allegedly an unofficial middleman between truong campaign officials and wiki leaks what does this indictment reveal about possible collusion between russia and the trunk campaign. will it the connection with russia is that it's well known that a son that was close to. putin the russians he really was a primary instrument and having it snowden house now in russia he paid it snow and hotel bills in hong kong and so you can't really separate in my judgment a son from russia and that's why i believe russia when they hacked into the e-mails of the d.n.c. and mr podesta e-mail account they used mr assad and wiki leaks as the publication vehicle and we know from the if the allegations the diamant are true that mr stone was working as at least a middleman or a cut out from the campaign to coordinate and be apprised of the timing of the publicat

whether a chance campaign colluded with russia during the twenty sixteen presidential election bruce fein is a former us associate deputy attorney general and joins us live from washington d. c. the how potentially devastating claims for donald trump. well i think this takes the impeachment. prospect to a new level what mr cohen is testifying to if it's true from buzz feed is that a crime to which he is already pled guilty lying to congress was really part of a conspiracy with the president to mislead and frustrate the oversight function of the legislative branch. that clearly in my judgment would be a high crime and misdemeanor justifying impeachment based upon articles of impeachment voted against richard nixon and william jefferson clinton remember this is a case where the president is alleged now to obstruct in the functioning of a co-equal branch of government it's not necessarily a payoff to a porn star but this goes to the heart and soul of our separation of powers an institutional integrity here and that is what i believe makes it far more likely to push an impeachment i think we

government shutdown i am joined from washington by bruce fein who is a former u.s. associate deputy attorney general is also the author of a book called constitutional peril the life and death struggle for our constitution and democracy thank you very much for taking the time speak to us so talks today appear to have ended in failure though there is a plan in place for each side to. continue negotiations over the weekend do you see any possible space or room to maneuver. well the answer is yes and no if that doesn't sound paradoxical on the one hand there are really endless number of compromises you could go from five billion to two billion you could combine some money for the wall in exchange for more relief for the so-called children who have been here for many years undocumented and give them citizenship or you could delay deporting those who are given temporary status here because of hurricanes and other natural disasters in foreign countries there's ways that you could and that propose new legislation that could perhaps focus on more family reunification is som

on me for no reason and with no proof of drive five lying james komi a total sleaze according to bruce fein a former us associate deputy attorney general f.b.i. investigators could be subpoenaed by those eager to know more about their inquiries and trying. and no other president has ever done anything that skates close to the line of acting on behalf of foreign intelligence service or a foreign country it would necessarily constitute treason which under the united states constitution requires a living of war but certainly the evidence that was accumulated suggesting that there was some kind of collaboration between president trump and russia because the house democrats you know now control the house of representatives they can undertake an investigation issue subpoenas to those at the f.b.i. and even though this wasn't you know a crime necessarily it certainly bears on the fitness of the president for office and which means impeachment covers actions that are short of criminal activity but where does this go next and i can guarantee you that the house government affairs an oversight committ

bruce fein is a former us associate deputy attorney general a constitutional lawyer he says this revelation could lead to more investigations and no other president has ever done anything that skates close to the line of acting on behalf of foreign intelligence service or a foreign country it would necessarily constitute treason which under the united states constitution requires a leving of war but certainly the evidence that was accumulated suggesting that there was some kind of collaboration between president trump and russia because the house democrats you know now control the house of representatives they can undertake an investigation issue subpoenas to those at the f.b.i. and even though this wasn't you know a crime necessarily it certainly bears on the fitness of the president for office and which means impeachment covers actions that are short of criminal activity but where does this go next and i can guarantee you that the house government affairs and oversight committee will probably issue subpoenas on monday to get the bottom of this why did the f.b.i. think the evidence was cre

but this is the first indictment to clearly link the hacked e-mails with the trump campaign and bruce fein says more charges are still possible do you can issue what's called superseding. entitlements and ad counts that aren't there necessarily in the first grand jury allegations so you can say you hold it to ratchet it up say all right if you don't cooperate we're going to bring in more indictments against you so that's certainly a possibility roger stone has been known for decades as a man who revels in police dirty political tricks who doesn't back down sending that message by tattooing nixon's face on his back netflix even made a documentary about it i revel in your hatred because if i were ineffective you wouldn't say he's about to find out if he's crossed the line from controversial to criminal. behavior al-jazeera washington. political tensions are mounting in venezuela as opposition to one calls for free and fair elections two days after swearing him self in as interim president during a speech in the capital caracas he accused president nicolas maduro of tightening his grip on pow

but this is the first indictment to clearly link the hacked e-mails with the trump campaign and bruce fein says more charges are still possible you can issue what's called superseding indictment and add counts that aren't there necessarily in the first grand jury allegations so you can say you hold it to ratchet it up say all right if you don't cooperate we're going to bring in more indictments against you so that's certainly a possibility roger stone has been known for decades as a man who revels in pulling dirty political tricks who doesn't back down sending that message by tattooing nixon's face on his back netflix even made a documentary about him i revel in your hatred because if i were ineffective you would make me he's about to find out if he's crossed the line from controversial to criminal. behavior al jazeera washington well the mother investigation has tried to get as close to the. as events in a circle as possible will than thirty people have been indicted all pleaded guilty so far more than one hundred charges these are the most significant developments troubles for manoir mic

the house intelligence committee adam schiff says he will do all he can to establish the truth bruce fein is a former us associate deputy attorney general and he says if true is allegations that make impeachment a likely well i think this takes the impeachment. prospect to a new level. what mr cohen is testifying to if it's true from buzz feed is that a crime to which he is already pled guilty lying to congress was really part of a conspiracy with the president to mislead and frustrate the oversight function of the legislative branch. that clearly in my judgment would be a high crime and misdemeanor justifying impeachment based upon articles of impeachment voted against richard nixon and william jefferson clinton i remember this is a case where the president is alleged now to obstruct in the functioning of a co-equal branch of government it's not necessarily a payoff to a porn star but this goes to the heart and soul of our separation of powers an institutional integrity here and that is what i believe makes it far more likely to push an impeachment i think we can expect the chairman of t

president was deliberately working for russia or had unintentionally been influenced by moscow bruce fein is a former us associate deputy attorney general and a constitutional lawyer he says this revelation could lead to more investigations and no other president has ever done anything that skates close to the line of acting on behalf of foreign intelligence service or a foreign country it would necessarily constitute treason which under the united states constitution requires a leving of war but certainly the evidence that was accumulated suggesting that there was some kind of collaboration between president trump and russia because the house democrats you know now control the house of representatives they can undertake an investigation issue subpoenas to those at the f.b.i. and even though this wasn't you know a crime necessarily it certainly bears on the fitness of the president for office and which means impeachment covers actions that are short of criminal activity but where does this go next and i can guarantee you that the house government affairs and oversight committee will proba

but this is the first indictment to clearly link the hacked e-mails with the trump campaign and bruce fein says more charges are still possible you can issue what's called superseding indictment and add counts that aren't there necessarily in the first grand jury allegations so you can say you hold it to ratchet it up say all right if you don't cooperate we're going to bring in more indictments against you so that's certainly a possibility roger stone. been known for decades as a man who revels in police dirty political tricks who doesn't back down sending that message by tattooing nixon's face on his back netflix even made a documentary about him i revel in you're a traitor because if i were ineffective you would need me he's about to find out if he's crossed the line from controversial to criminal. behavior al-jazeera washington. greece's forum and has now only voted to ratify a landmark agreement with its northern neighbor to change its name to north macedonia greek politicians voted one hundred fifty three to one hundred forty six for the un broken deal signed last june it was approved

rejected the allegations saying it's the most insulting article i've ever had written about me bruce fein is a former u.s. associate deputy attorney general and a constitutional lawyer he says this revelation could lead to more investigations. and no other president has ever done anything that skates close to the line of acting on behalf of foreign intelligence service or a foreign country it would necessarily constitute treason which under the united states constitution requires a living of war but certainly the evidence that was accumulated suggesting that there was some kind of collaboration between president trump and russia because the house democrats you know now control the house of representatives they can undertake an investigation issue subpoenas to those at the f.b.i. and even though this wasn't you know a crime necessarily it certainly bears on the fitness of the president for office and which means impeachment covers actions that are short of criminal activity but where does this go next and i can guarantee you that the house government affairs and oversight committee will pr

examining whether chunks campaign colluded with russia during the twenty sixteen presidential election bruce fein is a former u.s. associate deputy attorney general he says if true allegations make impeachment of the president more likely well i think this takes the impeachment. prospect to a new level. what mr cohen is testifying to if it's true from buzz feed is that a crime to which he is already pled guilty lying to congress was really part of a conspiracy with the president to mislead and frustrate the oversight function of the legislative branch. that clearly in my judgment would be a high crime and misdemeanor justifying impeachment based upon articles of impeachment voted against richard nixon and william jefferson clinton i remember this is a case where the president is alleged now to obstruct in the functioning of a co-equal branch of government it's not necessarily a payoff to a porn star but this goes to the heart and soul of our separation of powers and institutional integrity here and that is what i believe makes it far more likely to push an impeachment i think we can expect the ch

investigation on me for no reason and with no proof after i fired lion james komi a total sleaze bruce fein is a former u.s. associate deputy attorney general and a constitutional lawyer he says this revelation could lead to more investigations. no other president has ever done anything that skates close to the line of acting on behalf of foreign intelligence service or a foreign country it would necessarily constitute treason which under the united states constitution requires a leveling of war but certainly the evidence that was accumulated suggesting that there was some kind of collaboration between president trump and russia because the house democrats you know now control the house of representatives they can undertake an investigation issue subpoenas to those at the f.b.i. and even though this wasn't you know a crime necessarily it certainly bears on the fitness of the president for office and which means impeachment covers actions that are short of criminal activity but where does this go next i can guarantee you that the house government affairs and oversight committee will probably

things stand right thank you andy gallagher with the latest from washington well earlier we spoke to bruce fein former u.s. associate deputy attorney general he says that president trump is most likely to be held responsible for the government shutdown but not many americans are feeling the impact yet on the one hand because three quarters of the government remains fully funded and of the remaining quarter half of those are essential personnel that shows up at the pinch on the american people is not pronounced if you look at it as a nationwide phenomenon obviously particular individuals may lack wages they may not be contracted but that. tiny percentage in general i think that the president is held accountable for things that happened on his watch and probably there's a greater risk to trump then to congress which is more of an opaque institution and it's more difficult to pin accountability on the house or on even the democrats as opposed to individual who occupies the white house the net is mr trump. u.s. secretary of state has to seek an update on saudi arabia's investigation into the murder

but this is the first indictment to clearly link the hacked e-mails with the trump campaign and bruce fein says more charges are still possible you can issue what's called superseding indictment. an ad counts that aren't there necessarily in the first grand jury allegations so you can say you hold it to ratchet it up say all right if you don't cooperate we're going to bring in more indictments against you so that's certainly a possibility roger stone has been known for decades as a man who revels in pulling dirty political tricks who doesn't back down sending that message by tattooing nixon's face on his back netflix even made a documentary about him i revel in your hatred because if i were ineffective you wouldn't say he's about to find out if he's crossed the line from controversial to criminal. behavior al jazeera washington. people living in a predominately muslim area of the southern philippines of voted to create a new will thomas region the electoral commission says eighty five percent of voters back the plan it emerged from a deal in two thousand and fourteen between the government

me for no reason and with no proof off the i five line chains komi a total sleaze according to bruce fein a former u.s. associate deputy attorney general f.b.i. investigators could be subpoenaed by those eager to do more about the inquiries and to try him. and no other president has ever done anything that skates close to the line of acting on behalf of foreign intelligence service or a foreign country it would necessarily constitute treason which under the united states constitution requires a living of war but certainly the evidence that was accumulated suggesting that there was some kind of collaboration between president trump and russia because the house democrats you know now control the house of representatives they can undertake an investigation issue subpoenas to those at the f.b.i. and even though this wasn't you know a crime necessarily it certainly bears on the fitness of the president for office and which means impeachment covers actions that are short of criminal activity but where does this go next and i can guarantee you that the house government affairs an oversight commi

rejected the allegations saying it's the most insulting article i've ever had written about me bruce fein is a former us associate deputy attorney general and a constitutional lawyer he says this revelation could lead to more investigations. no other president has ever done anything that skates close to the line of acting on behalf of foreign intelligence service or a foreign country it would necessarily constitute treason which under the united states constitution requires a level of war but certainly the evidence that was accumulated suggesting that there was some kind of collaboration between president trump and russia because the house democrats you know now control the house of representatives they can undertake an investigation issue subpoenas to those at the f.b.i. and even though this wasn't you know a crime necessarily it certainly bears on the fitness of the president for office and which means impeachment covers actions that are short of criminal activity but where does this go next and i can guarantee you that the house government affairs and oversight committee will probably

but this is the first indictment to clearly link the hacked e-mails with the trump campaign and bruce fein says more charges are still possible you can issue what's called superseding indictment and add counts that aren't there necessarily in the first grand jury allegations so you can say you hold it to ratchet it up say all right if you don't cooperate we're going to bring in more indictments against you so that's certainly a possibility roger stone has been known for decades as a man who revels in police dirty political tricks who doesn't back down sending that message by tattooing nixon's face on his back netflix even made a documentary about him i revel in your hatred because if it were ineffective you would maybe he's about to find out if he's crossed the line from controversial to criminal. behavior al jazeera washington. the un special rapporteur for human rights in myanmar says the head of the military should be prosecuted for genocide young needly is investigating crimes against evil hang a minority that have forced hundreds of thousands to flee the country. the independent mecha

but this is the first indictment to clearly link the hacked e-mails with the trump campaign and bruce fein says more charges are still possible you can issue what's called superseding indictment and add counts that aren't there necessarily in the first grand jury allegations so you can say you hold it to ratchet it up say all right if you don't cooperate we're going to bring in more indictments against you so that's certainly a possibility roger stone has been known for decades as a man who revels in pulling dirty political tricks who doesn't back down sending that message by tattooing nixon's face on his back netflix even made a documentary about him i revel in your hatred because if i were ineffective you would make me he's about to find out if he's crossed the line from controversial to criminal. behavior al jazeera washington. the un special rapporteur for human rights and myanma says the head of the military should be prosecuted for genocide yann he lays investigating crimes against the regime the minority that of false templates of thousands to flee the country least said evidence is

after james comey firing in may of twenty seventeen for more on this we bring in our expert it is bruce fein he is a former us associate deputy attorney general and a constitutional lawyer in washington d.c. for us hi bruce. the word i haven't seen i'm for i don't think i've read anything on this story today that hasn't used the word unprecedented. yes that would fit like a glove here no other president has ever done anything that skates close to the line of acting on behalf of foreign intelligence service or a foreign country it would necessarily constitute treason which under the united states constitution requires a leveling of war but certainly the evidence that was accumulated suggesting that there was some kind of collaboration between president trump and russia to obstruct prevent full inquiry into russian support for president two thousand and twelve twenty sixteen campaign is truly truly unprecedented and remember that we heard testimony from michael cohen mr trump's lawyer that there were flirtations with building condos and hotels in moscow and giving mr putin the president of rus

newspapers and the framing of this investigation is what really has people intrigued as we heard bruce fein allude to there it's this idea that the f.b.i. had suspicions or had questions about what donald trump was doing in terms of his relationship with russian officials while he was running for president but they were also very mindful at the f.b.i. that if they started looking into their suspicions and they do have the legal right to do that the fear was that somehow the investigation would be leaked and then the f.b.i. would be accused of playing politics of interfering with the two thousand and sixteen presidential election now what the f.b.i. could do in the meantime would be to keep an eye on russia under the rubric of dealing with counterintelligence matters and certainly being concerned about what a country such as russia or such as china such as iran would want to have in terms of influence on the u.s. political process those are areas where they could go ahead and look but it was when jim combing the f.b.i. director was fired in may two thousand and seventeen and when the preside

but this is the first indictment to clearly link the hacked e-mails with the trump campaign and bruce fein says more charges are still possible you can issue what's called sue. proceeding indictments and add counts that aren't there necessarily in the first grand jury allegations so you can say you hold it to ratchet it up say all right if you don't cooperate we're going to bring in more indictments against you so that's certainly a possibility roger stone has been known for decades as a man who revels in police dirty political tricks who doesn't back down sending that message by tattooing nixon's face on his back netflix even made a documentary about him i revel in your hatred because if i were ineffective you would know he's about to find out if he's crossed the line from controversial to criminal. behavior al jazeera washington. a recent bombing in several hijackings in northern ireland second largest city have raised fears of a new paramilitary threat police are looking at the suspected involvement of dissident republican groups and you are a and as new parker reports from london dairy