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Investigate you hire jay sec to investigate a democratic president, do you get huge pushback assigned to that legal team so heres -- but robert mueller says it shouldnt matter in the legal i never asked people their political affiliation. whats the truth? >> they were giving money to hillary clinton campaign and other democratic campaigns heres irony of this is bob was trying he says right to avoid even the appearance of bias or inpropriety yet they doapght ask that question and one that cant be...

Hide smith blocked each of the bills. she didnt give reason for her objections or say if she was objecting on behalf of herself or the senate gop caucus. a spokesman didnt immediately respond to the hills request for comment. joining us now, host of andrea mitchel reports, andrea mitchel. im hoping we can understand -- i mean, we learned a lot yesterday from robert mueller. we learned that republicans still wanted to undermine the credibility of his report and him. but we learned that russia is ...

>> you helped to protect this nation against another attack. you did such an outstanding job that when your ten-year term expired, the senate unanimously voted to extend your term for another two years. correct? >> true. >> when you were asked in 2017 to take the job as special counsel, the president had just fired fbi director james comey. the justice department and the fbi were in turmoil. you must have known there would be an extraordinary challenge. why did you accept? >> oim not going to ge...

>> im not going to -- >> we strove to hire those individuals that could do the job. my opinion in this business for almost 25 years and in those 25 years i have not had occasion once to ask somebody about their political affiliation. it is not done. what i care about is the capability of the individual to do the job and do the job quickly and seriously and with integrity. >> reporter: now, jake, bob mueller seemed more expressive in that second hearing about conspiracy. he said he was afraid it ...

That what sosoevewhatsoever? >> i do not expect your characterization of what occurred. >> how would you characterize it? >> im not going to talk about it further. >> reporter: mueller faced pushback. >> i have been in this business for almost 25 years, and in those 25 years, i have not had occasion once to ask somebody about their political affiliation. it is not done. what i care about is the capability of the individual to do the job and do the job quickly and seriously and with integrity. >>...

White. >> right. >> there were moments but overall it didnt. robert trrp moments where, you know, he was passionate and confident, okay. there werent a lot where he -- you felt fire. im not saying you should have but there werent a lot on one topic there was. he was defending his team trumps beingization about a angry witch hunt and donating money to democrats. >> can i speak for a second to the hiring practices. >> sure. >> we apostrophe to hire those individuals that could do the job. >> okay....

With the russians. >> you know, jim baker, let me get back to you because you know the players. one of the more energetic moments mueller had today was when he offered a strong defense of his team, of lawyers and fisher agents that he put together. watch this. >> you must be aware by now that six of your lawyers donated $12,000 directly to hillary clinton. im not even talking about the 49,000 they donated to other democrats, just the donations to the opponent who was the target of your investiga...

Nexus of what happened here is different mediums and different ways that this occurred. we are always going to have foreign powers that are attempting to do this and we need to do everything we can to protect our enemies, foreign and domestic. >> do you have more confidence that robert muellers investigation was fair after going through this process? >> no, i dont. and the reason is, and thats why my line of questioning. and robert mueller testified today that he did different lawyers working on...

Years, i have not had occasion once to ask somebody about their political affiliation. it is not done. what i care about is the capability of the individual to do the job and do the job quickly and seriously and with integrity. >> but thats what im saying, mr. mueller. this isnt just about you being able to vouch for your team. this is about knowing the day you accepted this role, you had to be aware no matter what this report concluded half of the country was going to be skeptical of your teams...

Dragged through the mud by president trump and by republicans in the house for their alleged partisan affiliation and more. >> the judiciary committee will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. we welcome everyone to todays hearing on oversight of the report and the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. i will now recognize myself for a brief opening statement. director mueller, thank you fo...