Department Seizing News Today

Harboring criminal entities that are intending to do harm to the critical infrastructure is not acceptable. and there is new report on the trump justice department seizing the phone records of reporters. the biden administration informed the "times" that officials had seized phone records from january 14th to april 30th of 2017 for four "times" reporters. its a lot. lets bring in ashley parker, erin haynes, and frank figliuzi.

Ever dealt with. waged a war on whistleblowers and remember the justice department seizing phone records. >> but dont they look rather small compared -- >> i think it affects your ability to have principled criticism of it when you behave that way. started with the bush administration. >> doesnt every administration have adversarial relationship with the press? >> they have but since the bush administration been getting worse. if you talk to long-standing white house reporters they will tell you...

>> i did. i reached out to the irs through my congress woman which was jean schmidt at the time and she helped to reach out to the irs on my behalf. >> greta: and what did the irs say? >> they denyd that they asked about individuals within the groups despite having a copy of the letter included in the query. >> greta: and straight ahead, secret seizures. the president of the associated press calling the justice department seizing of phone records unconstitutional. not just the ap. the doj target...

20 associated press reporters and editors over a two month period. >> an overbroad and secretive taking of a massive amount of telephone records from ap. >> other than press reports we no knowledge of any attempt by the justice department to seek phone records of the associated press. we are not involved at the white house in any decisions made in connection with ongoing criminal investigations. >> i dont know what happened there about with interaction between the ap and the justice department. ...

>> greta: the thing that i think is most telling under the department of justice guide lipes in the 70s, they are supposed to give notice to the news organizations before they subpoena them. the reason they didnt here is they claim they could be destroyed. james rosen doesnt even have the records. you would have to believe the phone company who is not a target wanted to destroy the records or might in order to do this. they blew up theyre own guidelines and for what purposes. >> they did go to t...

Investigation the justice department comes to them and they negotiate over what is needed. maybe the justice department wants everything from the whole office and the media organization says that is too broad, lets talk about this. allowedfox nor ap was loued to do that because the justice department did it all in secret. >> greta: byron, thank you. straight ahead, many republicans insisting the benghazi coverup is not over yet. congressman inintroducing g the greatt weekekend sale a at hotwire....

Hands. they proved themselves unworthy to have that kind of power. >> eric: its scary to me. they have so much power especially over something so important. congresswoman, michele bachmann. >> always a pleasure. >> from the irs to the epa, is another potential scandal at the pump. first.... >> there must have been must have been a good reason. >> mr. attorney general. >> knowing the to and from, knowing the to and from.... >> from the government demanding facebook accounts to the justice departm...

They were worried during the bush administration and they loved the leaks every day in the new york times. they julian asan. but not anymore. >> you remind me if montgomery burns was ever young. the hand movement you know with the hand movement. yes, you are montgomery burns as a bachelor. >> i dont know. i am not familiar with his body of work. >> all right, mikey, what is the deal here? if the leak puts america at risk, the justice department, are they wrong to do what they did? it is a hard p...

Proved themselves upworthy to have that level of power over the average americans life. >> the thought is scary to me they will have so much power and influence over something so important. congresswoman michelle bachmann thank you for joining in cashin in. >> is another potential scandal hitting us at the pump in >> i am sure there is a good reason why the two front parts. >> they didnt want us to see the details. mr. attorney general. knowing. >> i am not stop talking now. nfrom the government...

Damage control big time. thats the mod us operandi as the white house struggles to get out not from one but three scandals. the irs targeting the tea party and the other conservative groups, the killing of four americans in benghazi, libya last year and the justice department seizing the phone records of the associated press in an investigation. the obama investigation in clearly on the offensive, trying to limit this fallout, including accepting the resignation of the acting commissioner of the...