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Developments in the crisis commission. gambling with our money in secret. this week the commission slapped the credit rating agency who goes largely unreformed under the president or the democrats reform plan with a subpoena after investigators determine the company was not complying with document requests. the first subpoena the panel has issued to force compliance. think of these ratings agencies as the ones that are rubber-stamping effectively the toxic bonds being sold by the goldman sachs, ...

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>> thank you, harris, good afternoon. paul ryan said that he does not support the article of impeachment that was tabled by members of the freedom caucus. he says that he believes that the issue could derail the larger agenda for the party. but he says that he still wants the justice department to provide withheld records. >> it is appropriate that we conduct oversight of the executive branch and then we get full compliance with the executive branch on what our very legitimate document requests....

I think we have more digging to do. we are waiting for more document requests. we have more documents to review. >> richard burr, senator from north carolina, added trey gowdy description of the process was correct. not exactly "profiles in courage" but pushing back. >> some and little are the key words in everything you said. this is the bar which is so low. he just threw an accusation out there. republicans heard the evidence and did not hear anything to support it. a few republicans, one who ...

Will take or under what circumstances the public will get to see it. >> and phillip rucker, your reporting was so interesting, because its trumps folks looking ahead to the potential after november getting control of congress. you get that power, that means you have the power of oversight. it also means, hey, majority rules in the house. if a majority -- if all democrats say they want to impeach, they can impeach. we saw republicans do that to clinton. is this a white house now thats thinking in...

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[ ? normally like to comment on classified briefings. i think chairman gowdys initial assessment is accurate, i think. we have more digging to do. were waiting for some more document requests. we have some moreents to review. we still have some unanswered questions and it would have been helpful if wed gotten this information earlier. as chairman nunes said the other day, if we had the information we were looking for we could wrap this up faster, but i have seen no evidence to the contrary of th...

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Pushing back against the kind of pressure hes been under. >> thanks so much for doing this, mr. deputy attorney general. as you think about the importance of separation of powers on law day here, any reaction to the news that certain members of the house freedom caucus have talked about drafting up articles of impeachment despite your best efforts to comply with their document requests? >> they cant even resist leaking their own drafts. >> would you like to elaborate on that? >> i saw that draft...