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If hes going to go out, hes going out in a blaze of glory. theyre going to have to fire him for doing his job. but he is not going to change his behave or department of justice policy to keep his critics, even his critics who are in effect his bosses, to keep them happy. >> josh, i want you to take a listen to part of what rosenstein said when asked about members of the house freedom caucus drafting these articles of impeachment. lets roll that sound. >> any reaction to the news that certain mem...

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 care to elaborate on that? >> i saw that draft. i mean, i dont know who wrote it. i can tell you, there have been people making threats privately and publicly against ...

Answer them without subjecting himself to any legal peril here? the white house on tuesday did not answer any questions saying if the president would or would not sit down with bob mueller. that, of course, hanging over the white house here amid so many things going on. of course, north korea, other matters. but will the president sit down? we still dont know the answer to that question. christine and dave? >> jeff zeleny. thank you. the threat of impeachment by house conservatives not phasing...

Said that harry reid called him and told him we would be sending a letter. those point out the cia and fbi are supposed to be nonpolitical independent agencies, they want an independent investigator. >> this is a big development, a big story. donald trump has long railed against what he calls partisanship at the fbi. molly hemingway at the federalist said that is the reason the doj is slow to give congress required documents in this case. >> not sure people understand how bad the department of j...

If he faces any kind of a trial it will be in the congress, and it will be a political fight. and itll be hugy determined by public opinion. >> hey, chuck, since youve been a u.s. attorney and since youve worked for and with mr. mueller, we keep reporting of this coming meeting between the trump legal team and the legal team of investigators. no one puts out pres releases of this stuff, dont know if it happened today or 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, can you walk us through what a meeting of this c...

Clip earlier at the top of the show where i believe it was senator franken was asking about, did you have conversations with people about russia and the campaign? hes like, well, we didnt have conversations, then he kind of melded it into, conversations about collusion that affected the election. >> right. >> i felt like he had a lot of qualifiers all the time. >> yep. >> it was a deliberate strategy on his part. >> yeah, and i want to talk about this. we were talking about obstruction. again, t...

In the habit of sending you a target letter or giving you a phone call, saying, hey, were investigating you right now. usually, defense -- you know, people who are in a position where theyre the subject of an investigation learned because their friends get interviewed, people they know get subpoenas. so, for example, in the presidents case, the white house has received document requests for information relating to his actions. theyve received document requests, if "the new york times" and "washi...

Committee subpoena in the russia election meddling investigation. phil mattingly live on capitol hill. very big news, phil. >> thats exactly right. former national security adviser will later today send a letter to the senate intelligence committee saying he will decline to provide any documents requested by that committee, subpoenaed by that committee and will also invoke his fifth amendment rights if requested to testify. now, this was somewhat expected. we had some idea this was coming. his a...

There. on the second phase they have a witness list. they are on the cusp of propounding document requests to witnesses. there is some consternation by democrats on the committee but some folks i talked to expressed confidence that they will, they will get after these document requests. and then and only then will they make decisions about immunity, regarding flynn, manafort, page and others and bring them before the committee for questioning. >> jerry, what possible explanation could there be? ...

To take payments from foreign governments three years ago. this is coming from the house democrat, elijah cummings who lashed out today. >> the white house refused to release even a single document, not a single document in response to the bipartisan document requests. not one syllable. i watched sean spicer say how hard it would be to respond to our request. come on, man. i do not understand why the white house is covering up for michael flynn. i dont get it. after the president fired him. for ...