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Which is why he and other house republicans are asking resident trump to declassify up to 20 additional pages. there also requesting additional documents and interviews with officials from the justice department and fbi. on sunday morning futures, nunes says he believes there intentionally dragging their feet on the request for lawmakers. >> are trying to stall as much as they can, hoping and betting that republicans would lose the house in the fall. and if that happens, were essentially shut do...

Recess. even for that it will be used against them if efforts are made to impeach president trump. >> but they have a legitimate grievance that their attempts to get oversight have been blocked. >> they can move for sanctions for contempt, move to have him recused if they theres a conflict of interest but not impeachment. impeachment requires, according to the research in my book, treason, bribery or other high crimes or misdemeanors, not simply not complying with congressional ma mandates or ha...

If that happens, you essentially shut down everything. rod rosenstein will not be held in contempt. fbi will not be held accountable. everything will be buried. >> doj has not responded to those specific criticisms, but they did say this if they continue to work with gop lawmakers until the conversation as long as doj meet the deadline for the request by the end of next month. liz: everybody has a side and theyre sticking to it. thank you very much goodly land. leland: president trump says hell ...

Largely redacted particularly debeers justification for seeking the surveillance warrant. the unredacted fashion show that the democrat funded an unverified steel dossier was a major component of the fbis application. documents are real deputy attorney general rod rosenstein signed up for the last request for surveillance which was prompted house republicans who claim he should not be overseeing an investigation that hes a witness to it. gop lawmakers are threatening to hold in contempt for not ...

Stuff without your committee and colleagues and over site. we wouldnt know half of the stuff tax cuts took place in the 2016 elections. what happens if the house flips and takes the majority? >> well thats what i said in the wall street journal interview. i stated that im quiet confident because ive seen this played before. there is a stall game going on. they are trying to stall as much as they can that the republicans would lose the house in the fall. this would shutdown everybody. rod wouldnt...

Jr. didnt tell the truth in front of congress, should he be held in contempt? would there be any appetite from republicans obviously to do so? >> right now, theres no appetite from the republicans. they closed our investigation. i think this revelation shows how premature and irresponsible it was that we ended our investigation because ideally with this new information, you would bring michael cohen back, give him an opportunity to come clean, and then youd also want to confront donald trump jr....

What he said, but i do believe this is all the reason that the republicans should release the transcripts, not just for michael cohen but every witness who was interviewed around the trump tower meeting. i will say this, though. michael cohen is being accused of being a liar, but all of the lies that he has told were on behalf of donald trump, and we have seen every day in america witnesses who come forward, testify in court, change their story because they want to tell the truth, and juries rel...

Order for an investigation to be properly completed. >> exactly. the argument on the other side is we are still investigating and this might hamper that investigation that ison going at this point. remember, who does that answer to? its the oversight. its those branches are in place so there is oversight by congress. while that tension continues to play out, that plight sig is whs frustrating. the integrity of the investigation has been called into question and certainly more by now the refusal ...

Recess but supporters say all options are on the table when congress returns in september. we are back with james freeman, kim - - and bill mcgurn. how seriously should we take this threat to impeach rod rosenstein? >> even though the word this week was impeachment, the word everyone was all that was contempt. mark meadows, the head of the freedom caucus after they filed those articles of impeachment and after paul ryan said he disagreed, he gave a little talk. he said he spent the day with lead...

Enough, could call for the arrest of someone whos in contempt of congress. you made a really strong argument in your columns that if congress doesnt enforce its subpoenas, its losing its authority to oversee the executive. do you want an impeachment? >> i could use an impeachment in the sense that im not opposed to any constitutional exercise of power. congress gets to decide high crimes and misdemeanors. if you go back to the federalist papers its not just treason or bribery. however, i think c...