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If youre that concerned, come out and let the american people hear your concerns. >> who is to blame for hiring people disloyal to the president? who is to blame for hiring these people, corey? >> the problem is, theres 4,152 presidential appointments alone. >> but who do you hold responsie? >> how many of these people are hold ores from previous administrations? we dont know. >> it seems unlikely to me this person is a holdover when the person is praising the tax cuts -- praising deregulation, ...

So he causes this bizarre dance even though it may be that the person who didnt says they didnt do it. >> none of this is normal. none of this happens in previous administrations. minus one, obviously. even in that case you didnt have 30 people, top officials in an administration coming forward pledging loyalty to the president saying it wasnt me. so yes we can have people come forward and say it wasnt them. the question is do we trust them? what happens to trust within the white house itself? >...

Youve talked about this issue quite a bit. people were asked to raise their hand, how many people believe as a matter of law that a sitting president cannot be indicted during the term of office, we saw the videotape. you raised your hand. you commented on it multiple times. >> it said law, right? it didnt say constitution. >> as a matter of law. >> yes, sir. its important to know that the justice department since 1973 and to this day through republican and democratic administrations has had tha...

>> go ahead. >> theres been a lot of talk about the person who wrote it being cowardly. i think it is more honorable just to resign on principle, as any number of people have done from administrations. but i think that whoever did this is not a coward. and i think at this point, they would come forward rather than actually deny it. i done think that someone who wrote it, especially if its some of the people who are being mentioned who are people who have served in government a long time, have th...

Disagree with him. confront him. take a stance and write your op-ed how terrible you think it is inside the white house. this is what so many people fear and understand is happening. we have seen it from other administrations figures more openly. david shulkin at the v.a. mcmaster at the national security council. brian: gary cohn wh. >> gary cohn who show up and say my job is to slow walk. because i dont like the pace of change or i dont like the way he says it thats not what the folks who dona...

It needs to be wrapped up soon for the good of the country and our national security interest. just to get this investigation done. this has been the most transpare transparent inquiry of a white house in history. 1.4 million documents. 30 witnesses put forward by the administration. i dont think bob mueller would argue this is not transparent. the question of where we are now, our policy is we wont comment on, on-going dialogue with the office of special counsel. i wont breach that here. obviou...

Distracting. >> harris: why is it happening? youve been inside the circle, you know these people. >> this city does leak a lot, thats true of all administrations, people want to be seen as more important, knowledgeable, in the room. what we are seeing now is undercutting trust between staff members as people have to worry about whether they are being recorded or going to be written about in an anonymous op-ed. those things damage of the staffs ability to work together. the president is going to ...

Administrations. they are supposed to be nonpolitical. i hope they are nonpolitical. they are civil servants. we should respect their judgment as they tried to take care of the privacy of people as they try to read directly into the night social security numbers, phone numbers, cell numbers, and all the sorts of things. then we also have senator whitehouse. but i want to go and let him comment. >> senator grassley, may i be recognized? >> yes. mr. chairman, thank you. >> i was disappointed to se...

I dont give timelines. it needs to be wrapped up soon for the good of the country and national security interests, get this investigation done. this is been the most transparent inquiry of a white house in history, $1.4 million, 30 witnesses put forward by the administration. i dont think bob mueller would argue this is not transparent. when you get to the question of where we are now im not going to use that. we are not going to comment on ongoing dialogue with the office of special counsel, no...

There for years under both republican and democrat administrations. theyre supposed to be nonpolitical. i hope theyre nonpolitical. we ought to respect their judgment as they try to take care of the privacy of the people by redacting late into the night. social security numbers. phone numbers. cell numbers and all those sorts of things. senator. and then we also have senator white house. but i want to go and let him comment. >> senator grassley, may i be recognized? >> yes. >> mr. chairman, than...