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Pictures im looking at here. im looking at rod rosenstein smiling, laughing, shaking hands with folks as the lawmakers go out to vote. this is a man who faces potential, you know, impeachment proceedings in an attempt to impeach him from republican members of the house and he seems just fine ahead of this hearing. >> yeah. i think that he views maybe some of this as an empty threat. but actually moving forward with the issue of contempt is a long process. but potentially may not actually amount ...

>> you were serving in the department of justice under both these cases, the harriet meyers case and then the fast and furious where the attorney general himself was held in contempt, and they obstructed and did not allow the case to go to the u.s. attorney. you oversee u.s. attorneys including the one for the district of columbia at this point. the attorneys of the district of columbia did not make that decision, it was made simply to hold out. an obama appointee gave us the information we want...

The justice department believes they have provided information, they provided enough and democrats believe they provided too much and this is all in an attempt, according to the democrats, to undercut the fbi, to undercut robert muellers credibility and ultimately help donald trump. expect those lines of questioning to play out of the this comes at a day in which rod rosenstein could face even more pressure by the full house which is expected to vote on a resolution calling for documents to be t...

General, theyre interested in holding you in contempt. maybe they may be nullified by resolution that really has no real point to it, but this is the absurdity that we are dealing with in an investigation that has proceeded and i believe has concluded. let me ask you, to investigations on going in 2016, could you very briefly say what they were? to investigations roord regaega presidential candidates, what were those investigations? what was the investigation for -- >> im not going to comment on...

Here, so hell correct me if my understanding is incorrect. but i understand mr. jordan accused you, mr. rosenstein, on the floor during debate, of threatening the hip sy staff if they attempt to hold you in contempt for failing to comply with document requests. i think it is important to put this on the record. have you ever threatened congressional staff including but not limited to house intelligence committee staff as it relates to requests for your -- for you to produce documents or any othe...

Hes the ranking member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, they are really the republicans, the members of this committee, and weve been watching it very closely, the house judiciary committee, theyre really going after rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, even threatening that he might be held in contempt, even impeachment because the justice department, they say, is failing to turn over to them documents involving the hillary clinton investigation. your reaction? >> well,...

Team, some of the best lawyers in the country, career, political appointees. we are not in contempt of this congress and we are not going to be in contempt of this congress. thank you. >> thank you. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. bass, for five minutes. oh, okay. the ranking member advises me that mr. cicillini has a pressing need to go first. >> thank you, and thank the gentlelady from california. thank you to our witnesses for being here, and were here today because th...

>> good. i will take that as if youre held in contempt, it will go forward. yes and no is fine, that you dont believe youre above the law. >> correct. >> the former director of the fbi came before exactly where mr. wray was sitting, he was that far away, and he told us nowhere in the fbi did you have the capability of cracking open an iphone, and as a result, you needed to go to court, you needed to order and get an order to force apple to create a back door so that you could remotely get into i...

Objections that weve heard about the delay really dont apply when its in camera, do they? >> i cant answer that question -- >> but perhaps one of the individuals can. >> if the attorney general would like to respond, theyre happy to. >> im happy to respond in part, that even information thats provided in camera has to be reviewed first, for example, for grand jury secrecy which we are prohibited from disclosing. there are some things we have to review for even to put it in the in-camera room leg...

Of documents that have been turned over. they say that is simply not enough. moments from now were expecting the house to vote on a resolution, calling for these documents to be turned over to the hill by july 6th and if that deadline is not met to the satisfaction of the republicans, thats when we should expect some next steps, potentially to hold rod rosenstein in contempt, which you be a symbolic measure, not necessarily forcing him to do anything, to be protracted fight, but nevertheless, th...