The Constitution and the Mueller investigation
We the People
National Constitution Center
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2017
⏱️ 42 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate. |
| 0:17.1 | The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America chartered by Congress |
| 0:22.1 | to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a |
| 0:25.4 | nonpartisan basis. |
| 0:28.0 | At the end of May, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenbergstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller |
| 0:33.8 | to investigate allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. |
| 0:38.3 | Since his appointment, the Mueller investigation has raised a series of constitutional questions, |
| 0:44.2 | including whether the president can be prosecuted for obstruction of justice. |
| 0:49.9 | Joining us to discuss these important questions are two of America's leading thinkers on |
| 0:55.1 | constitutional law and national security law. |
| 0:58.1 | Our returning champion Laura Donahue is professor of law at Georgetown Law School and director Georgetown's Center on National Security and |
| 1:05.7 | the Law. |
| 1:06.7 | She joined us for We The People Podcast with Alan Dershowitz on this subject a few months ago. |
| 1:12.1 | And Cypress is James Monroe, distinguished professor of law, |
| 1:15.8 | and Paul G Mahoney, research professor of law |
| 1:18.4 | at the University of Virginia Law School |
| 1:21.0 | and author of important books and articles about the presidency and the Constitution. |
| 1:26.0 | Laura, Cy, thank you so much for joining. |
| 1:28.0 | Thank you very much for having me back on. |
| 1:30.0 | It's nice to be back. |
| 1:31.0 | It's great to be back, Jeff. |
| 1:33.0 | Wonderful. |
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