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Secretary of the department of transportation. rosin has a strong legal background as general counsel for a number of government agencies. on another day this book tour mccabe also down played and challenged the findings of the justice departments internal watchdog that led to his firing last year for lying to federal investigators about a media leak. >> investigative report includes all the evidence. it includes all the information. not just those facts that support the conclusion that you woul...

Presidency. he might have done so with the aid of the government of russia, our foremosted adversary. >> reporter: the justice department stopped short by saying that. it reads, quote, the deputy attorney general never authorized any recording that mr. mccabe references. based on his personal dealings with the president, theres no basis to invoke the 25th amendment. in a tweet this morning, president trump hit back, disgraced andrew mccabe pretends to be a poor little angel when, in fact, he was...

Was fired for violating the ethics code. the justice department watch dog referred the case to the u.s. attorney here in washington for possible criminal prosecution, shep. >> shepard: catherine herridge reporting live from washington. a federal judge has ruled that president trumps former campaign chairman intentionally lied to prosecutors and the federal grand jury. that is after he pleaded guilty to multiple counts and agreed to fully cooperate with the government. so manafort broke his plea ...

On absolutely solid ground in an indelible fashion that were i removed quickly or reassigned or fired, that the case could not be closed or vanish in the night without a trace. i wanted to make sure that our case was on solid ground. >> investigative source told fox news mccabe was fired last march for committing three violations of the f.b.i. ethics code included lack of candor under oath, lack of candor not under oath and the improper disclosure of non-public information to the media about the...

Criminal investigation of the president of the united states. its unconscionable. >> he gets to -- whitaker gets to then just say, no, i dont want to recuse myself regardless of what the recommendation is. is that the end of the story? >> i dont think its -- >> its absurd. >> heres the law. heres the law, its exactly what jeff sessions, as soon as he came in, he was a trump partisan, and the ethics officer says, look, this is the magic number. its 5 code of federal regulations, 2635.502 a2. as s...

Because hes actually questioned the fundamental premise of our constitutional order. hes actually said that the supreme court should not be able to tell congress or the president whether or not theyre behavior is unconstitutional. >> a lesser branch of government. yes. >> thats a pretty -- i think he wants to fight the civil war over again. just saying. states rights has been his talking point. so theres so many reasons but fundamentally he cannot sit on top of this investnvestigation. hes made ...

Which mr. whitaker has to recuse. he just does. in fact, if he doesnt recuse, we are essentially saying that our ethics code and the ethics code for the department of justice doesnt mean anything. and thats really devastating for our legal system. im alex trebek here to tell you about the colonial penn program. if youre age 50 to 85 and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. what are the three ps? the three ps of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price,...

The deputy attorney general and goes up to the attorney general, and that hes committed to following regular order and i dont think hes going to do anything unsavory. i have a lot of confidence that mr. mueller will be allowed to do his job, and that the legal process that was in place before mr. whitaker arrived will be followed. >> did he express any concerns with the way that the investigation is being handled or is being run? >> he says as far as he knows -- no, not at all. he didnt say anyt...

And that hes committed to following regular order and i dont think hes going to do anything unsavory. i have a lot of confidence that mr. mueller will be allowed to do his job, and that the legal process that was in place before mr. whitaker arrived will be followed. >> did he express any concerns with the way that the investigation is being handled or is being run? >> he says as far as he knows -- no, not at all. he didnt say anything out of sounds, no concerns at all about mr. mueller. >> litt...

Statements about whether or not there was the commission of a crime without access to all the evidence and information that bob mueller has. so youre pre judging an investigation in the absence of having all the facts. he should be going directly to the office of ethics and asking whether or not he should recuse himself, but i agree with nick, its very hard to imagine he shouldnt. he also has a relationship with sam clovis who is essentially someone who has been talking to the mueller investigat...