mr. bower, i really appreciate you being here tonight. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> let me just ask you first about what i was just saying there about the removal of attorney general jeff sessions. if he quits or resigns and the president does get to name a new acting attorney general and then appoint somebody new for that job, is that potentially a path for him to end the mueller investigation? >> he might think of it that way. he or his lawyers might also think of it as a way to make sure that they exercise a little more control or they feel like they can exercise more control over mueller. they may believe the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein is no longer able to did that, and as you know, they have expressed this concern that mueller is expanding his mandate to include the president's finances. he is, if you will, veering out of control. sessions can't do anything about it, and they may think that rosenstein can't do anything about it. they may feel their best bet is to h

mr. bowerk you again for sticking with us. >> certainly. >> i know that when presidential pardons are issued for all previous presidents, we have always known about it. there's always been a public statement about it. is that legally required or could a president do this in a way that we didn't necessarily know about it, at least if are the time being? >> i think it's highly unlikely for a couple of reasons. and of course this depends on the degree to which the white house is careful about looking at the exercise of the pardon power. eventually it has to become public or it's useless. it's an act of immunization. you have to have the pardon out there so whoever benefits from it can use it to their advantage. secondly it's clear from the pardon power that it was meant to be an act of full public accountability. it was extraordinary power balanced out by the president's requirement of answering for it. for example, to the congress, to the american public. and there's never been a pardon that has

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