REP. ADAM SCHIFF:

Well, I think you're right.

In this case, the president is being very transparent, at least as far as his intentions are concerned. He wants to force Jeff Sessions to resign, and, therefore, he would less have his fingerprints on hit than if he fired Jeff Sessions.

And I think the motivation is quite simple. He wants to appoint a more malleable attorney general when it comes to the Russia investigation who is not recused, who can tell Bob Mueller, you will look at this, but you won't look at these other areas that are evidently so concerning to the president, including whether there was any money-laundering going on with the Trump Organization.

What should we do about it? If there is any effort to interfere with Bob Mueller's investigation, we may need to reenact the independent counsel law, and make sure that Bob Mueller has a completely free hand to look at anything relevant to the Russia investigation or that arises from it, which is his charter now, but something clearly the president is uncomfortable with.

The president needs to understand this is not his prerogative to determine what the investigators are investigating when it involves his own organization.