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Here. 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 hipsi staff if they attempt to hold you in contempt of refusing to comply with document request. have you ever threatened congressional staff including but not limited to house intention committee staff has it relates to requests for you to produce documents or any other matter, for that -- >> congresswoman, people make all kinds of allega...

Th this. they have eliminated the cloture vote on supreme court nominees, thats how gorsuch got confirmed. its hard to see as a practical matter, put aside appealing to the country and making the moral case, but when you get down to parliamentary tactics, its hard to see what cards the democrats hold? >> well use every tool available in terms of parliamentary rules but this republican leadership demonstrated nothing but contempt for the normal rules. they made the rules for neil gorsuch eliminat...

Bush appointee, this judge just completely outraged at whats going on here. but if you look at the level of chaos thats going on, even if the government were to try in good faith to reunify, could they do it in this very tight deadline? if they dont, whats the remedy? is the judge going to hold donald trump in contempt? i dont really know. i think it underlines how this situation, this completely -- this complete situation that is not a natural disaster entirely the result of the trump administr...

Doors. why are you letting him get away with that? we will have a full report and find out what happens anyway. meanwhile, sarah carter reporting. for the first time the house judiciary committee passed a resolution amending rob rosenstein filmic demanding rod rosenstein handlebar all documents about impeachment or contempt. finally tonight, we end with one more almost unbelievable revelation about the mueller pool probe. bloomberg, robert mueller is now actually focusing on trump and russian co...

>> sean: i would think that jim jordan tomorrow is the guy to watch tomorrow. >> i think jim jordan, matt gaze. there will be quite a few questions coming from both of them. and it something else thats very important, and he touched on it, how many informants did they have? how many people were actively involved and the taxpayers actually pay for this? >> sean: why was michael cavuto approached? there was a game before they even came anywhere near this trump and russian collusion. the fbi brough...

Let the american people see it. we will have a full report and find out what happens anyway. meanwhile, sarah carter reporting. for the first time the house judiciary committee passed a resolution amending filmic demanding rod rosenstein handlebar all documents about impeachment or contempt. she will have more on the groundbreaking development. finally tonight, we end with one more almost unbelievable revelation about the mueller pool probe. bloomberg, robert mueller is now actually focusing on ...

Who else? >> i think jim jordan, matt gaze. there will be quite a few questions coming from both of them. and something else thats very important, and he touched on it, how many informants did they have? how many people were actively involved and did the taxpayers actually pay for this? >> sean: why was michael cavuto approached? there was a game before they even came anywhere near this trump and russian collusion. the fbi brought in a convicted criminal from russia to do this, why? who authoriz...

If there is an order of contempt, i think the courts will refuse to apply it. >> so, senator, look, some people watching may say, okay. did the fbi use informants? how many were there? how much were they paid is pretty basic stuff. this stuff should be provided. which is why i want people to understand what manu just said. which is that rosenstein and the fbi did brief top republicans and democrats on these questions, the gang of eight. there was a classified briefing. everyone came out of it sa...

Adversaries know that those tariffs have to come down. we didnt talk about due process. do we have time for that? >> no. but senator blumenthal is going to talk about that. and i think its interesting you made your point that you believe people deserve due process. >> its a constitutional right to protect american citizens, and youve got to protect american citizens by allowing everyone due process. thats just the way it works. >> all right. thank you very much, anthony. as always. next, the bre...

To because of the now totally discredited and very expensive witch hunt currently going on. but you do have to ask why the doj and fbi arent giving over requested documents. so manu raju is standing by. the deadline came, 5:00, answer these questions, was there an informant, et cetera. what exactly is this dispute over? and now that rosenstein has failed to comply, what next? >> reporter: well, its possible that the house republicans actually move to hold rod rosenstein in contempt. this after a...