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Went out from the judiciary committee today. so heres my question. is this too much for one committee? are they biting off more than they can chew? imagine you are a congressional staffer whose job is working on the investigative staff. imagine its your job to receive all of the information thats going to be submitted in response to these document requests. its your job to receive the information, to digest it and fact check it and make sure its chased down and the leads it gives you. is this to...

Ivanka trump is notably not on the list. is she next? will she be in the next round? >> its possible. in terms of these document requests, they may open up new leads which will result in additional requests based on what we get. special counsel muellers investigation is narrow. hes interested only if anyone committed a crime related to russia interference. the house judiciarys oversight function is more broad. we want to know if donald trump, his family and associates committed any crime. we als...

To rachel maddow. >> weve been having very positive responses from a number of the 81 people today. for two years the american congress did no oversight of the administration. none. they in fact acted as shields for the administration, for whatever they wanted to do. we have to protect the rule of law. and that means we have to investigate and hold hearings for the american people if the administration is involved in abuses of power or obstruction of justice. >> now, chairman nadler says both mu...

Sater, wikileaks, concord management, the company that funds the internet research agency in russia. but 81 different entities and what is striking to me about these document requests, as you go through them and im sure you will, what is striking to me about them is how comprehensive they are, at least how comprehensive a portrait they paint of the trump administration and the kinds of levels of scandal we have been through thus far with this president. if you have been following the ins and out...

By having these hearings and making these document requests. are they trying to come up with an agreement behind the scenes on what exactly the bar is for bringing articles of impeachment? >> i dont think theres an effort to define in advance what is impeachable and what is not impeachable. you saw jerry nadler himself say on sunday that he believes the president has committed obstruction of justice. obstruction of justice is almost by definition an impeachable offense. the bigger question is no...

Its the broadness of the requests thats going to be a real challenge for this white house. >> hans there at the white house. hans, thank you much. let me bring in now chairman -- excuse me, congressman ted lou of california. thank you for being on the show. >> thank you, hallie. >> let me pick up. you heard him say folks have started giving the committee documents theyve had a positive response. who is he talking about? do you know? >> i dont know the specifics, but these document requests shoul...

Requesting documents from the estate of the late peter smith. remember that story. a long time republican donor and activist who said he attempted to make contact with russian government hackers during the 2016 campaign to try to get ahold of hillary clintons e-mails. is that it? is that all you guys are looking into? is there anything else on the list? thats not even a comprehensive list. thats the 22 points we came up with off the top of our heads when reading through these requests for inform...

Positive responses from a number of the 81 people today. for two years the american congress did no oversight of the administration. none. they in fact acted as shields for the administration, for whatever they wanted to do. we have to protect the rule of law. and that means we have to investigate and hold hearings for the american people if the administration is involved in abuses of power or obstruction of justice. >> now, chairman nadler says both muellers office and the southern district of ...

On access to the oval office and the way hes allowing foreign entities to stay in his hotel across the street from the white house and the way he attacks the free press and attacks the rule of law and as long as we can demonstrate to the american people were interested in making sure the rule of law stands because if you dont have it, you lose a free press. as long as we can a articulate that, they will be with us and well keep looking. >> presumably, these document requests could obviously lead...

On access to the oval office and the way hes allowing foreign entities to stay in his hotel across the street from the white house and the way he attacks the free press and attacks the rule of law and as long as we can demonstrate to the american people were interested in making sure the rule of law stands because if you dont have it, you lose a pfree press. as long as we can a articulate that, they will be with us and well keep looking. >> presumably, these document requests could obviously lea...