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Have i to put that out, but in my experience, congress has always had a deep and hands-on role with whistleblower complaints against the institutions and the agencies that comprise the executive administration, i have not ever seen an objection along the lines of this one. >> congress aint the fbi, but in what we saw in that hearing today, if theyre going to have potential witnesses say, well, the president claims his immunity, his privilege over me, even if they didnt work in the white house, a...

Basically has. i think that it is painful to watch quite frankly. the whole hearing because not well organized. >> not withstanding the organization and the questions and lewandowski may be acting in good or bad faith or the fact that he is giving donald trump a big hug, lets just talk about the legality of the whole situation about this immunity or this executive privilege that is over corey lewandowski when asked, the deputy press secretary said that mr. lewandowski will testify are regarding ...

About the way you have been thrust to the forefront of this debate over the 9/11 first responders? and does the kind of attention that jon stewart has brought to it have an influence on how you will proceed? >> i dont know how many times i can say weve never left the 9/11 victims behind, and we wont again. >> so this bill has bipartisan support. mcconnell says hes going to take care of it. can you help -- i was trying to press schumer on this earlier today, the minority leader. why it is that th...

Deals like this tit-for-tat and it could feel very petty. folks at home, this is not petty. this is very important stuff. congress cannot just say, geez, you gave a press conference and you dont want to come. okay. that is fine with us. who are we? were just the elected representatives of the nation. >> they have to do their job. >> and they like him. democrats like him. which is why it is such a difficult decision. >> thank you. thank you very much. on more than one occasion robert muellers sta...

>> it begins in the house. thats what is in the constitution. somebody has to stand up and ripping the bell and say read the mueller report. i dont care if youre a democrat or a republican. read the mueller report on obstruction. as the more than 600 federal prosecutors that, there it is. the criminal indictment is right in front of us. mueller made clear that all the elements are there for obstruction. criminal obstruction. in multiple incidents. congress cannot cover its ears and close its eye...

Ripping the bell and say read the mueller report. i dont care if youre a democrat or a republican. read the mueller report on obstruction. as the more than 600 federal prosecutors that, there it is. the criminal indictment is right in front of us. mueller made clear that all the elements are there for obstruction. criminal obstruction. in multiple incidents. congress cannot cover its ears and close its eyes and pretend this isnt happening. this is about what kind of a country we are. we swore no...

Letter as a former prosecutor. here is the thing. it was a punt to congress if anything and congress is a body that has the authority and can investigate whether a president has engaged in impeachable or serious wrongdoing or conduct but what has happened now is that the president and administration have frustrated any attempt of congress to engage its constitutional duty. again, piggy backing what kim said again, congress isnt exactly tripping over themselves to go impeach the president right n...

Letter as a former prosecutor. here is the thing. it was a punt to congress if anything and congress is a body that has the authority and can investigate whether a president engaged in impeachment or serious wrongdoing or conduct but what has happened now is that the president and administration have frustrated any attempt of congress to engage its constitutional duty. again, piggy backing what kim said again, congress isnt exactly tripping over themselves to go impeach the president right now b...

Conclusion on obstruction was a failing of -- i signed that letter as a former prosecutor. here is the thing. it was a punt to congress if anything and congress is a body that has the authority and can investigate whether a president engaged in impeachment or serious wrongdoing or conduct but what has happened now is that the president and administration have frustrated any attempt of congress to engage its constitutional duty. again, piggy backing what kim said again, congress isnt exactly trip...

Conclusion on obstruction was a failing. it was a punt to congress. if anything, congress is a body that has the authority and can investigate whether a president has engaged in impeachable, serious wrongdoing or conduct. whats happened now, the president and the administration have frustrated any attempt of congress to engage its constitutional duty. again, you piggy back on what kim said, congress isnt tripping over themselves to impeach the president now, but at the end of the day when the ad...