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It will absolutely reflect the diversity of the state of alabama. im not going to get bogged down on numbers but i can promise everyone that were going to represent the entire state of alabama. >> in the wake of al frankens resignation, some of your democratic colleagues have been calling for president trump to resign because of the allegations against him including senator cory booker who campaigned for you in alabama. take a listen to senator booker. >> clearly, we have a standard in which al ...

Confidence in the process. lo and behold, those who are supposed to make sure there are no conflicts of interests seem to have a few of their own. there is a senior prosecutor who sent emails to a fact witness. she is a really important fact witness if you pursue the line of inquiry that my democrat friends want to pursue. they got off of collusion and now theyre on obstruction of justice. >> martha: here exclusively on the story tonight house judiciary member trey gowdy. congressman, welcome. i...

With the department of justice and the fbi? the reason we have special counsel, this is a very important point. and you know it the reason we have special counsel is because of a conflict of interest. the regulation itself specifically makes reference to a conflict of interest. and we dont like conflicts of interest because it undercuts peoples confidence in both the process and the result. so, lets be really clear why we have special counsel. it was either a real or purr receiveperceived confli...

When i go home to south carolina this weekend, true me no one will tell me about any of these issues. they will ask me what in the hell is going a with the department of justice and the fbi. the reason we have special counsel, and you know it. the reason we have special counsel is because of a conflict of interest. the regulation itself makes specifically reference to a conflict of interest. we dont like conflicts, because it undercoat peoples confidence in the process and the result. so lets be...

Recusal. >> mr. rosenstein, if you are overseeing an investigation and lead a team of investigators, and you learn that one of the investigators has demonstrated a perceived bias against an individual in the investigation, should you, a, keep the person on the team or, b, remove the person from the investigation? >> b. >> and knowing that fact pattern, what did bob mueller do with a similar fact pattern? >> he chose the correct option. >> mr. rosenstein, the president has said a number of things...

Youre one of five democratic senators calling for president trump to resign over the sexual harassment allegations. with senator al franken there were more than 30 calling for him to resign. why are there only five of you saying the same thing to the president. some folks are asking that specific question. i cant speak to what others are doing, but to me its a question of obvious integrity. al franking resigned for a fact pattern of behavior, that shows that he was doing things that were wrong, ...

>> i dont want to argue with the congressman. im aware of the recusal and not aware of any evidence though the attorney general has violated his recusal. >> if you are overseeing an investigation and lead a team of investigators, and you learn that one of the investigators has demonstrated a perceived bias against an individual in the investigation, should you, a, keep the person on the team, or b, remove the person from the investigation. >> b. >> know that fact pattern, what did bob mueller do...

>> senator cory booker basically spells it out. he said i just watched senator al frank endo the right thing and resigning from office. why isnt president trump doing the same thing who has more serious allegations against him, and more women who have come forward. the fact pattern on him is far more damning than the fact pattern on al franken. >> i think that was part of their calculus. we sack is guysed one of our own for a standard. the franken starpld is not a standard because no one can say...

Have been verified. a number remain neither verified nor proven false. but none so far have been publicly disproven. the ranking democrat on the intelligence committee in the house is california congressman adam schiff. >> when you look at just what has become public, some of the public information is very much in line with what is reported in that dossier. >> reporter: msnbc contributor john mclaughlin spent 40 years analyzing the dark arts of counterespionage for the cia. he said that while th...

Controversy. some have been verified. a number remain neither verified or proven false but none so far have been publicly disproven. the ranking democrat on the intelligence committee in the house is california congressman adam schiff. >> when you look at just what has become public, some of the public information is very much in line with what is reported in that dossier. >> msnbc john mclaughlin spent 40 years studying the counter espionage. he said while the broad themes of the dossier seem t...