The Beat with Ari Melber, Feb. 20, 2019
Duration: 44 Minutes
Discussed Today:
Watch when Mueller endgame news broke on live TV
Ari Melber breaks down new signs that the Mueller probe may be reaching its conclusion, including a statement today from President Trump, saying the release of Mueller’s report will be “totally up to” his new Attorney General, Bill Barr. Former Prosecutor John Flannery tells Ari Melber that in his view, the Mueller would not end at this stage “except out of compulsion to issue a report now”. Former Governor Howard Dean, notes that whatever the time line of the release of Mueller’s report, “Trump’s label is now corruption”.
Debunking Trump ally claims of a 'border crisis'
President Trump’s stated rationale for declaring a National Emergency, to secure funding for a border wall, is that there is a crisis at the U.S. border with Mexico. Ari Melber examines immigration data from 1980 until today, noting how despite Trump and his allies claiming an immigration crisis, immigration is nearing an all-time low. In addition, data from a 5 year period shows that more people are actually returning to Mexico from the U.S., than entering the U.S. as migrants.
Why Mueller could ask AG Barr to indict Trump in office
In a special report, MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent, Ari Melber, breaks down a central question in modern American politics: Can a sitting President be indicted? Melber examines how the constitution’s core remedy for a President who commits “high crimes or misdemeanours” is through Congress and the power of impeachment, but that this doesn’t legally mean a sitting President cannot be indicted. Melber also walks through how both the Special Counsel in the Watergate investigation and Ken Starr, in the investigation of Bill Clinton, have both argued that a President could, in fact, be indicted while in Office and that while DOJ guidelines recommend against it, if Mueller thought there was a public interest requirement to indict Trump, he could ask Attorney General Bill Barr for an exception.
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