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Agents for keeping us safe. >> hell get like three votes. he was very politically devicive. he used law and court as a weapon to advance his own politics and beliefs. he did. hes the only attorney general in u.s. history to be held in contempt. that is not a winning endorsement to run for president of the united states. not to mention with all the cover ups with the i.r.s. and targeting conservative groups, fast and furious, border patrol agents killed. benghazi. hes not uniting anyone. >> you n...

>> i realized that contempt is not a big deal to our attorney general. but it is important that we have proper oversight. >> you dont want to go there. >> i think we are still a nation that is too afraid to confront racial issues. i think any one of my kids would make a better president than donald trump. >> okay, dana, you were jumping out there. >> i didnt realize we had more to go. i think its fun to watch all the possible 2020 contenders dip their toe in. i dont think it will be warm for him...

Didnt know there was an investigation of donald trump, candidate for president, is to believe in the tooth fairy. >> sean: does that make him a witness? >> absolutely. >> sean: he should be subpoenaed? >> he should be. heres the problem with all of the subpoenas for the department of justice and the fbi. they should have been held in contempt already because they have been stone walling for a long time. jeff sessions awakened from his slummer and told christopher wray hand over the documents. we...

Bureau staff from 27 to 54 to comply with house republicans documents requests concerning corruption in their hillary clinton e-mail server probe. it comes after congressman devin nunes leveled this threat. >> when we get back in two weeks, if the 1.2 million documents arent in the capitol then he should immediately move to hold department and justice and the fbi in contempt and if we have to vote on contempt then we should immediately move to impeach those officials. that would be using the ful...

Potential use of that power to commit a crime to save himself to stop or stymie an investigation. the second point is that those cases about the broad and limitless discretion of the president are very old. they date from 1867 and 1871 and i think a court viewing what the presidents done here would be absolutely furious at his contempt for the rule of law, not to say he hasnt demonstrated contempt for the rule of law continuously as president but in this instance, his misconduct goes to the core...

Accused of contempt of a federal order. and was it appropriate for a president to step in with his, you know, very expansive pardon power, but ultimately limited. and to make that kind of gesture for somebody who was snubbing the entire federal government and a court order. >> jeremy bash, among your bona fides i did not mention harvard-educated lawyer which is the side of you we desperately need in this conversation. as i understand the law, which isnt saying much, its not illegal to mention in...

And remember how many of us thought that was kind of a potential bellwether, maybe a little signal. >> absolutely. and there was a lot of recoiling in the legal community about just that, brian. fear that the president had overstepped. because remember, the difference there was that the sheriff was accused of contempt of a federal order. and was it appropriate for a president to step in with his, you know, very expansive pardon power, but ultimately limited. and to make that kind of gesture for ...

False statement. how could anyone assume its a false statement the way he worded that. so the judge will look at that and not even close to be defamation on its face. that will be thrown out. >> but if it isnt and he is told to sit down he will, he wont be in contempt, hell sit down? >> of course he will. but he wont have to in that case. >> the question now is stom attorney michael avenatti is saying, look, ordinarily 7 plus hours. im not asking for that t im asking for two hours because i want...

His response is, its not that were not cooperating, this has been a slow process. you turn around and you see the double of the process. i dont know, i havent seen the list exactly all theyre looking for. i know its a treasure trove of stuff. does this really answer the call -- its different when you give somebody more stuff than if you give them more specific stuff. we dont know the answer to that. >> theyre looking for a 1,200,000 pages of documents. when one party controls congress and same p...

Opposed to saying we dont need them, we stand alone. i dont think this is something he did or the administration did with enormous enthusiasm. >> according to general michael hayden it was done in coordination with european union -- >> which is a heartening sign. hayes shown contempt with the european union. >> he is working with them. >> that is good for us. >> i want to play this exchange. this is white house press secretary raj shah. he was asked about the white houses credibility. watch this...