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Declassify information. what the intelligence agencies are worried about is that the attorney general will selectively, will cherry pick documents. >> what is declassified. >> what is declassified to set a narrative -- >> thats a good point. >> to set a narrative just as he did in that first opening weekend when the mueller report came out. even though there are these sort of four investigations that could lead to different places, whats in the interest now is that president trump trusts this at...

Already seen there is no criminal predicate that would actually support continuing to investigate this further. >> okay. susan hennessy, thank you very much. lets keep talking about this with my next guest, patrick healy is here with the "new york times," their political editor and also a cnn political analyst. good morning to you. >> good morning, poppy. >> how did this thing get started and the man who was the former fbi general counsel at the time who signed off on this probe, james baker, to...

Overturning an executive order thats been in place since president reagan that said these intelligence leaders and only these leaders have the authority to declassify information. >> so much to unpack there. let me follow-up with you on two points. one, two former intelligence officials likened this move to the one that put secretary mattis over the edge. ultimately a lot of officials believed secretary mattis finally resigned not because he disagreed with the presidents syria policy but he fear...

Of the power of the president. both presidents barack obama, bill clinton used their authority to declassify information. obama declassified hundreds of c.i.a. records in 2015. former president clinton declassified thousands of confidentialal documents surrounding the military.as but according to top democrats tonight, president trump hasou no authority to declassify these important fisa-related documents. we got shifty schiff calling it an abuse of power to put the country at risk. he joined th...

This constitutional investment of the power of the president. both presidents barack obama, bill clinton used their authority to declassify information. obama declassified hundreds of c.i.a. records in 2015. former president clinton declassified thousands of confidential documents surrounding the military. but according to top democrats tonight, president trump has no authority to declassify these important fisa-related documents. we got shifty schiff calling it an abuse of power to put the coun...

By the way, i want a full investigation. why dont you? when senator grassley says he wont even call or compel supposedly the third party in the room there, wont do anymore due diligence -- >> he doesnt want a full investigation. then we get all tangled in the midterms. heres a woman who, you know, is a victim and now her situation is being tangled in the timing of an election. >> one last point. shes being victimized a second time by the process. yesterday we had the president declassify informa...

Show. coming up next, the surprise move from the west wing. the president opting to declassify information. the deal with the special counsel investigation. why he did it. whats inside the documents and why the presidents legal team might not be as in the know as you might think. im ray and i quit smoking with chantix. i tried cold turkey, i tried the patch. they didnt work for me. i didnt think anything was going to work for me until i tried chantix. chantix, along with support, helps you qui...

Doesnt expect them to do. its both the volume and the lack of being able to assign context to it. >> mark warner talked about this, actually. we caught up with them. here is what the senator had to say. >> the president has the right to declassify, but i cant find any indication where a president would arbitrarily choose to declassify information in the midst of an investigation of his own campaign and some of the efforts are even actively in terms of dealing with mr. ohr, a current justice depa...

General jeff sessions to, quote, stop it right now via twitter and doubled down on some of his criticisms. >> now, were being hinderedded by the russian hoax. its a hoax, okay? ill tell you what, russias very unhappy that trump won, that i can tell you. but i got along great with putin. >> reporter: elsewhere in the executive branch, newly-released e-mail showed that peter strzok asked to keep some of the investigatory powers he held when he transitioned over to muellers team. on july 13, 2017, ...

Letters, conduct, some rejected stuff, declassify information, rejected, agent travel, etc. of those, most problematic, and declassification authority. so tom, why did he ask for this? >> a rather extraordinary request. he was a senior official of the fbi asking all the powers of being a senior official be given to him even though he was moving out of his job and declassify, and this was a classified investigation. someone like peter stzrok who had this anti-trump hatred, you have to remember, h...