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Briefing from doj officials later in the day. tom dupree, you have worked within the department of justice is a deputy attorney general. so tell me, what exactly is going on here? for people who are looking in from the outside, its very confusing. dual briefings, threats of impeachment, whats going on? >> tom: whats going on is a classic instance of confrontation between congress which has oversight responsibility over the justice department and the department itself which obviously wants to pro...

Inner branch debates you guys had? certainly eric holder did face a house willing to hold him in contempt. >> right. so theres one thing thats important to know. there are no statutes. theres nothing in the constitution that really governs this area. its all based on norm and precedent, in some limited areas, some previous court cases. theres kind of three areas. one bucket where the department of justice always provides information to congress. one bucket in the middle where they sometimes prov...

Precedent, which isnt always that informative in the trump era because they seem to delight in breaking precedent. how does this compare to the inner branch debates you guys had? certainly eric holder did face a house willing to hold him in contempt. >> right. so theres one thing thats important to know. there are no statutes. theres nothing in the constitution that really governs this area. its all based on norm and precedent, in some limited areas, some previous court cases. theres kind of thr...

At the same time the house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes says he wants to hold d.o.j. officials in contempt for not releasing information about a secret intelligence source tapped by mueller. d.o.j. rebuffing that request as dangerous and could involve the potential loss of human lives. now, there is a flashback here. this whole scuffle echoes house republicans quest to release secret surveillance information through that famed nunes memo. many experts concluded the republicans los...

I wholeheartedly agree with joe biden. john mccain is an american hero and cannot comprehend why she has not apologized, i cannot understand how she can continue to work in this white house. the only thing i do think is worth noting, this attitude of contempt towards john mccain starts at the top with the president himself, and it has real consequences. john mccain voted against the overturning obama care in large measure, i suspect, because he did not have a good effective working relationship ...

Hold the attorney general jeff sessions in contempt. if he didnt turn over certain documents related to the russia probe. was it the right call do you believe, congressman, for the department of justice to invite lawmakers to the classified briefing today? >> inviting them to tell them were not going to give you the information, yes, its the right call. theyre only seeking to act at the presidents fixers in congress. we dont turn over the keys to the fbi evidence locker to subjects of investigat...

Ability to gather sources generally. they have to assure people that the fbi, cia, the government will protect them and this is sending a strong message for all kind of cases to these sources that the government may not be able to do that for them. its pretty important for justice to find some middle ground here i think. >> whats extraordinary is that devon nunes has threatened the attorney general, jeff sessions, with contempt unless he does what they want him to do. the white house is backing ...

Campaign aide mike cavuto. and the author of the upcoming book. "the russian hoax," the lists came to clear hillary clinton and frame donald trump. fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett. all right, lets go right to where we are. everything was time subpoenaed documents, they slow walk. everything the time they say redacted for national security, we are finding instance after instance where it wasnt about national security. for example, comey, who lied, said the fbi didnt think michael flynn was l...

Its hard to get all the daily thats why i love fiber choice. it has the fiber found in many fruits and vegetables, all in a tasty, chewable tablet. fiber choice... the smart choice. there are new developments in a stand off between house republicans that raise the possibility of contempt charges against the attorney general, jeff sessions. our senior congressional reporter is working the story. >> reporter: development in these negotiations that have been going on since devin nunes, the house ...

Question. >> i concur with that number. and i would say that rod rosenstein is in serious jeopardy of contempt. i think that he should be held in contempt. i believe that his arrogant statement that he was being extorted by congress, because they were demanding oversight of documents is so outrageous that he no longer should serve as deputy attorney general. >> sean: and with that beat down by the judge on friday, this has not been a good week for robert mueller and his witch hunt. joe, greg, th...