Mike Crute: “Roberts basically alludes to the fact that he's an executive…”

“If, of course, Trump doesn't win reelection and completely squash the investigation of Donald Trump being done at the Department of Justice, because apparently didn't, didn't they also talk about the presumed innocence of the president? And if I understood correctly, Roberts basically alludes to the fact that he's an executive branch officer and he can direct his attorney general to investigate his political foes. That would be somehow construed as a. Well, whether or not he directs his attorney general, the Department of Justice, which is under his constitutional purview, whether or not he does, you can't ask him about it.” (08:00–09:00)

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