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Weaponized because of the fact that they conducted that search of mar-a-lago. so, a lot of the republicans are even admitting and i think comer did to jake tapper, that it is not so much the classified documents theyre concerned about, they think that there has been some unequal treatment. but there is a very valid reason from officials, from doj officials, from the fbi, why there was different treatment. because of the fact that president bidens lawyer so far appear to be cooperating and immedi...

In public, which is a multi-month process by which the justice department was trying to negotiate with trump to give back documents, which he refused to do, and then there was a warrant that seized them -- whether or not theres evidence in those documents of additional criminal behavior besides holding them improperly. if there is additional evidence of criminal behavior hidden in those documents and theres a sense that trump knew that and thats why he was withholding it, i expect the justice de...

Because he simply did not make the showing that he needed to make in order to have these documents held back. its a balancing test when youre talking about executive privilege, the right of a president to hold back documents. and youve got to show an overwhelming, compelling need for each individual document. and sometimes even a paragraph for a line on a document to be held back, and he just failed to do it. so once again, trump was brought down by lousy lawyering. >> of course we did come clos...

Its a little more insidious and harder to see. so im glad to hear a prosecutor say shes going to go where evidence takes her and not be bothered by fact this man used to sit in oval office. hope she adheres to that pledge. >> talk about national archives having to go to mar-a-lago to take back documents. he routinely ripped up documents. >> donald trump was a lawless president. you know, kim was just talking about the threat from the inside to the united states. donald trump was the leader of th...

At the ukrainian border, thats taking over a country from the outside. we understand that. when america, with donald trump and those around him, cronies in congress and others, whats happening is takedown of the country from the inside-out. its a little more insidious and harder to see. so im glad to hear a prosecutor say shes going to go where evidence takes her and not be bothered by fact this man used to sit in oval office. hope she adheres to that pledge. >> talk about national archives havi...

Some kind of a crazy, wacky trumper who has, you know, is spreading fake news. so it was a weird, weird year. >> so your ten-year quest to find out what we were doing with germ warfare research and possibly even using it in the korean war ends, i think, in what a courtroom would call kind of a hung jury. it ends without the absolute conclusive proof beyond a reasonable doubt. and that proof, by the way, as you point out in the book, may be being blocked. the freedom of information act may not be...

Without becoming some kind of a crazy lackey trumper who has, you know, spreading vic -- fake news. it was a very weird, weird year. >> so, your tenure quest to find out exactly what we were doing with germ warfare research and possibly even using it in the korean war ends, i think, in what a courtroom would call kind of a hung jury. it ends without the absolute conclusive proof we -- beyond reasonable doubt. that proof, by the way, as you find out the book, maybe being blocked. the freedom of i...

Political errand. >> the fact that some democrats in congress previously called for impeachment of the president because of -- we have brad sherman mexico honext hour. he called for it after comeys testimony. many called for it after muel r muellers investigation. does it hurt them politically because theyre calling for it again? >> there was a case for impeachment last year. there were a lot of facts to fill in. you saw the outlines of a case for impeachment. thats what an impeachment inquiry...

Presidents a tweets sessions and the justice departments decision to prosecute two allegedly corrupt congressmen, chris collins and duncan hunter. preet bharara tweeting this, by the way, is next level crazy, unethical, stupid, incriminating. with that as the backdrop, senate confirmation hearing again tomorrow for president trumps second supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. however, lawmakers will not have all the information some might like to have about his record. thats because of a last-...

Presidents tweets sessions and the justice departments decision to prosecute two allegedly corrupt congressmen, chris collins and duncan hunter. preet bharara tweeting this, by the way, is next level crazy, inappropriate, unethical, stupid, incriminating. with that as the backdrop, senate confirmation hearing again tomorrow for president trumps second supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. however, lawmakers will not have all the information some might like to have about his record. thats becau...