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Is a coconspirator. so not only is he a witness, hes a coconspirator. >> sean: you know, ive been very disappointed in the attorney general, gregg jarrett. >> you should be. >> sean: i should be because he has a role here. this is about separation of power. equal branches of government. congress has constitutional oversight, and they are stonewalling and obstructing. how long can they get away with this? and why doesnt he step up and say enough. handed over? to go the people that you trusted to ...

Analyst gregg jarrett also here. joe digenova, full disclosure, he has done legal work for me in the past. he has been off my christmas party, we have broken bread together. and we actually join together. it send everything. all right. joe, let me start with you. this is too important. slow walking, reductions, lies about national security interests. like for example, what they redacted in the name of national security and that was jim comeys embarrassment last week. as it relates to the fbi is ...

Was one of the documents that they sent over and practically the entire page is redacted. so we will continue to do our job and get this information. chairman nunez has been doing ag good job and his committee at uncovering more.is but think about this, this shows where the media wants to go with this. the economy just this week posted new record numbers. we have the lowest unemployment right now since almost 20 years ago. the right track-wrong track is always an indicator of whats happening in ...

Analyst gregg jarrett is with us and also joe digernova. a full disclosure, joe has done legal work for me in the past. he has been at my christmas party, we have broken bread together and drink together, shots and everything. joe, let me start with you because this is too important.uc slow walking, reductions, lies about national security interests that are proven false like for example, what they redacted. in the name of national security, that was jim comeys embarrassment last week. as it rel...

>> sean: okay, joe, same question. >> i would concur with that numberns and i would say rob rosenstein is in serious jeopardy of contempt. i believe he should be held in contempt and i believe his arrogant statement said he was being extorted by congress because they were demanding oversight and documents that are so outrageous that he should no longer serve as deputy attorney general. and after that beat down, this has not been a good week for him and his witch hunt. when we come back, ed henry...

Presidents consigliere huge amounts of money. why are russian oligarchs paying the presidents consigliere a huge amount of money, theyre talking about possibly holding the attorney general in contempt, subpoenaing the department of justice. you know, sadly, the committee on which i serve for a year now has been given over entirely to the defense of the president of the united states. and so the question is now do any of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, and there have been a few of t...

Contempt, subpoenaing the department of justice. you know, sadly, the committee on which i serve for a year now has been given over entirely to the defense of the president of the united states. and so the question is now do any of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, and there have been a few of them, do they say my god, at what point do we continue to attach our own reputations to a president who -- and again, lets wait for the facts to emerge, but who is getting these hidden payments...

Knew that trump had contempt for michael cohen back in the transition period. so people were just -- >> i get that part of it, john. >> made $4 million in lobbying fees in the first couple of months of 2017. corey lewandowski got fired off the campaign. all im saying is -- >> i get that part of it because if youre at&t and you want to figure out how donald trump operates, youre not going to hire ben rhodes. you will hire corey lewandowski or hire michael cohen. i get that part of it. im talking ...

Doesnt make money on the side either directly or indirectly. >> okay. so here is the sleazy but innocent plot line. okay, the sleazy but innocent plot line line trump gets elected and the world of politics is in a panic because this is not a conventional political figure. they dont know what is going to happen in terms of how you get access, who to talk to, who is the back channel? how to get your issues before the highest people in the land without people knowing about it, and they had to start...

>> well, you know, hes basically doing everything that he can to muddy the waters, and oftentimes i think to smear the intelligence agencies on behalf of the president. and i think make it easier for him to get rid of mr. rosenstein and perhaps others who are conducting the mueller investigation. >> well, lets look at two possibilities. one is to overload them with so many requests, so many demands that you just wear them out. but the other is to get that information is hand them over to the whi...