If you're the president of the United States and you got people in your organization who in effect have become disaffected and have, you know, testified against you in some fashion, I don't think it's unreasonable for a president to sort of think that's not -- that's not a great team player on my particular team.
David Gergen: “If you're the president of the United States and you got people in your organization who in effect have become…”
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Gergen argues that a president may reasonably consider the loyalty of those who testify against him.
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