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Some say that you could stop all this by declassifying -- >> i could fire everybody right now. >> well, he didnt, quote, fire everybody right now but he did fire sessions or kelly fired him. as you know the president never seemed to be able to get over the fact sessions recused himself. matthew whittaker was a cnn legal commentator. heres what he said back in july of 2017. >> i could see a scenario where jeff sessions is replaced with a recess appointment and that attorney general doesnt fire bo...

Just laid out that the special counsel is after. >> john heilemann, firing sessions, not surprising and potentially not politically perilous for the president. but naming whitaker could be like all things trump, the second half of the sentence that gets him in trouble. >> sure. although in some sense also not surprising, i think the thing so jarring -- whats jarring about this is not -- weve talked for months about the fact sessions is going to go some time after the midterms. its that it happen...

Presidents constitutional authority. out here in flyover county we might call that sedition. >> i was going to say there was a lot wrapped up there. president trump doesnt like the fact sessions reaccused himself and doesnt have control over the russia investigation. it is actually not a definition of an attorneys success that a president is satisfied with their work. if its working effectively theres a separation. and this is case where president trump is either confused about that or he just d...

Offenses. the decades old war on crime has failed abysmally, creating a system that cost the country $80 billion in a single year. but not attorney general jeff sessions. in fact sessions is introducing sentencing and drug directives that harken back to the worst days of the war on crime. hes even outmaneuvered the presidents son-in-law jared kushner whos pushed for drug law reforms. the government in the netherlands close d -- the prisn population decreased by half in a decade, going from a pea...

Least rogers went tine classified testimony but no indication that sessions is going to. >> in fact sessions was asked about that and no indication he was going to do that. they asked the justice department what is the precedent that hes questioning and they poented to 1982. one from president regan and the other from ted olsen who was then the ag for the office of legal counsel. but it was not something that sessions could site in the hearing and i think that you have this pattern here of sessi...

Realizes the chief in attorney general is someone who can shut down the russian investigation aga given the fact sessions had to recuse himself for ethical reasons he is unable to shut down the investigation so president trump feels he cant do the job which he sees as protecting president trump exclusively not pushing for justice in american. >> here is nancy pelosis take often working with the president. >> its unusual but if you want a job at a white house know your blood type because you will...

>> yes. and we asked for a letter for him to explain this. and it was very unsatisfactory. and, in fact, senator leahy who is also on the judiciary committee and i sent a private letter to cia -- then cia director comey asking -- >> fbi director comey. >> sorry, fbi director comey, asking him and the fbi to investigate whether in fact sessions had met other times with russians, including this meeting that were talking about in the mayflower. >> did you know than meeting in the mayflower when you...

And, in fact, senator leahy who is also on the judiciary committee and i sent a private letter to cia -- then cia director comey asking -- >> fbi director comey. >> sorry, fbi director comey, asking him and the fbi to investigate whether in fact sessions had met other times with russians, including this meeting that were talking about in the mayow. >> did you know than meeting in the mayflor when you sent that letter to the fbi director? >> yes. now it had been characterized one way, but we had ...

Important. he says, if theres no there there, why are they not telling the truth about these contacts? i think that kind of goes to the heart of why democrats are approaching this this way, the fact that shum achumer went out his way to say this is not about whether he had a meeting with the russian ambassador, this is about the fact that he misled congress when asked specifically about the trump campaign and their contacts with the russians when in fact sessions was a representative at the time...

Worried. he said hes not paid for his legal advice but he likes to give it on television. his message is, you should be very worried. this is somebody who is cooperating with an investigation into the president himself. as "the new york times" reported, he may have done so because he was worried about getting thrown under the bus. that leaves a lot of questions about what exactly he is telling these investigators, even though the president is putting on a tough face and saying he is not worried ...