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Those other two men. what does it say about this white house that if they were involved in this and allowed this to continue to happen, say they did, im not sure from the reporting so far, what does that say about the culture of the white house that they thought it would be okay to do that? >> this is a white house, you and i both saw during the campaign and it followed them into the white house, but a white house that basically flouts the rules, sometimes brazenly and only sort of corrects thei...

Appeared to show frustration over the response to subpoenas about the dossier. take a listen. we have had document request with the fbi for a long time. theyve been stonewalling. the fbi and justice department need to give congress the documents its been requesting. they need to do so immediately. >> you used the word stonewalling. you think theres intentional stonewalling. >> weve had document requests out there for sometime. >> president trump pledged to shrink the federal government. would se...

This kind of document request of the inspector general ongoing investigation, could it interfere with that investigation? is it proper to respond? what are the limitations here? >> i think a lot of that is -- requires, as the chairman referenced, us to make sure were touching base with the inspector general since its his investigation and not ours. if the inspector general is comfortable with the information being provided and it is not going to interfere with or impede his investigation thats o...

Can this kind or does this kind of document request of the inspector general in ongoing investigations could it interfere with that investigation? is it proper to respond fulsomely? what are the limitations here? >> i think a lot of that is -- requires as the chairman referenced us to make sure that we are touching base with the inspector general, since its his investigation and not ours. if the inspector general is comfortable with the information being provided and its not going to interfere o...

Matter that robert mueller would see that as inappropriate as a potential witness. is there anybody else he would go to or take it to rosenstein himself? >> i imagine the document request was sent to the liaison. one thing im not sure about is if its a subpoena or demand that doesnt have the force of law but to the extent the deputy attorney general is a witness in this case and right to say that this aspect of the case suggests he might be, then the natural order of things oversight would fall ...

Left with this kind of unusual circumstance. and its going to be an interesting story to see how it plays out going forward. >> this would be unusual and would have that almost backwards dynamic youre describing even if the deputy attorney general was not himself directly personally a player in the obstruction of justice matter that is being investigated here. rod rosenstein of course played a key role in at least the public explanation what happen in the firing of james comey. is it possible ro...

Done. i do like the idea that we are elevating this discussion. we are actually coming to a consensus that this is never, ever acceptable and people need to pay a price. >> melissa: people thought they could bully their way into keeping a quiet and of the people quiet, people would not come forward. >> kennedy: feminist defended bill clinton for two decades. they knew and admitted what he did, and they defended him. it was not just about keeping it quiet, they openly defended him and said it was...

Because he said i did not conclude with the russian story, nor did i know anyone that did. that would include don junior. he would say the communication don junior had with wikileaks or with the russians didnt constitute collusion. thats how the defense will shape up from that standpoint. >> all of that technical wording, you dont see legal trouble for jared kushner. >> no. to make a perjury count or obstruction of justice count, you would have to show intentional act to deceive congress and thi...

He was actually suggesting that he had a message he wanted to carry to trump from putin, and jared kushners lawyer just now put out a statement about this so we know that kushner responded, according to his lawyer, pass on this. a lot of people come claiming to carry messages. very few were able to verify. for now i think we decline such meetings. but, chris, we know that this same man told bloomberg news that he had dinner with donald trump jr. around the same time at a meeting on the sidelines...

Attorney says that the wikileaks is a gotcha question, he adds in over six hours of voluntary testimony, mr. kushner answered all questions put to him and demonstrated that there had been no collusion between the campaign and russia. and lowell also says that kushner complied with the document request. they should ask other congressional committees for the transcripts of their kushner interviews and that they should ask the white house for additional documents. don. >> evan perez, thank you so m...