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>> i am just hearing from my executive producer that elijah cummings has also sent a letter to the ceo of purdue pharma asking for documents about markets of oxycontin. >> yes, sir, basically the opioid crisis, did some of these pharmaceutical makers know the risks of addiction associated with them and marketed them in a way that would get people hooked? congress hann roger is a member of the oversight and energies committees, thank you, sir. >> the document request that

>> steve bannon sent you a few thousand documents? last night that was house judiciary chairman jerry nadler here on this show talking about what his committee had received thus far. when the deadline arrived yesterday for 81 people and entities who were sent document requests related to all that committees multiple inquires into president trump. and of course it is intriguing that former white house chief strategist steve bannon gave the committee thousands of documents. we have no idea what th...

Committee thousands of documents. we have no idea what those pages cover. we can see from the document request that was sent to bannon that it was more than a dozen topics that he was asked about so we dont know exactly what hes given them or what it relates to. today politico.com gave us more numbers, showing its not just bannon turning in thousands of documents. tom barrack turned in more than 3,000 pages, the nra, 1,500 page, george papadopoulos. one of the guys who went to the trump tower me...

Targets of the document request, most of the people targeted were asked what have you got that might tell us something about her finances, her interactions with for governments. she kept her business just like jared did after come together white house. and if they were to have received money in some way or profits from foreign business while in the whourks there would be an issue with regard to the emoluments clause. the constitution says federal officials should not take money from foreign inte...

Up on any indications from him, shadows or otherwise. i am joined tonight by one of those 81 people that has been pressed for documents, former trump adviser, sam nunberg. hes also, of course, spoken to muellers investigators. nick ackerman and former u.s. attorney, barbara mcquade, now a law professor at the university of michigan. at the risk of being a little too 2019, i will note, barbara, that you are back in a panel with mr. nunberg, who was more or less advised to comply with the document...

Whistleblowers and this is something that we have to investigate fully. >> sorry. are these whistleblowers alleging wrong doing? >> yeah, thats why theyre whistleblowers. >> well, we just made our document request, as you know, this past week. the good news is the trump administration is learning that there are people within this administration that are very concerned about the misconduct and some of the decisions that have been made and the potential conflicts of interest or criminality. theyre...

And this is something that we have to investigate fully, and -- >> are they -- >> sorry, are these whistle-blowers alleging wrongdoing? >> oh, well, i mean, yeah. thats why they are whistle blowers. >> yeah. i mean, seems obvious but i had to ask. has the judiciary committee had any interactions with whistle-blowers inside administration that want to provide information to your committee? >> we just made our document request as you know this past week. i think the good news is the trump administ...

Clause. if you work for the federal government, you cant accept money from foreign entities. you cannot accept payment. they are still connected business wise to companies across the planet. we need to understand if theres a reason for the security clearance and if there are any levels of malfeasance coming from the children of donald trump in the white house. >> justin, a big defense around the document request that congress has a constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight. that is what...

The document request from 81 people saying this plays into president trumps witch hunt? >> no, it plays into the media narrative. the congress has a legitimate oversight. >> [overlapping talking]. >> you want congress to ascertain the facts before bringing any charges or going after impeachment. they are doing that. thats their role. >> isnt it redundant and mueller has been doing this investigation since 2016? >> no, we dont even know what is in the mueller report. if mueller comes up with noth...

Such a short document request list but he is such a marginal player in this whole thing and you still want him to -- >> martha: what did they say about that? >> they said we may not or we may. they didnt actually ask me. heres the thing rethought, they intend to invite every single one of those 81 people. it is not just a document request. comply with the document request, i did and everybody will. they intend to invite everyone to testify. >> martha: you think the ground they want to do to cove...