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Correct statement of key first amendment law, that people are entitled to political opinions. now, you, sir, obviously expressed your political opinions as to mr. trump and hillary clinton and various others in text messages to lisa page. >> i did. >> and she to you. >> yes. >> and these were private political opinions. >> yes. >> which you did not express publicly. >> correct. >> and the inspector general found with respect to the investigation into hillary, quote, we found no evidence that the...

You dont think its going to happen. >> we are all wearing the same outfit, but we will not agree on that. >> the lawyer behind this lawsuit is the same lawyer behind the hulk hogan lawsuit against media outlet gawker which bankrupted gawker. this is not a guy who is particularly frivolous and he knows his way around first amendment law, but i dont -- i dont see what the merit is. i mean, they cooperated with the book. >> yeah, they cooperated with the book, and also i think it would maybe be dif...

These extremist, white supremacist hate groups are just not worth its limited resources. i think there is a change there. by the change is not a change about the interpretation of first amendment law. the aclu has not said that it no longer believes hate speech is protected. the aclu is looking at these groups and saying that they pose an increased risk of violence. by the way, speech that is violent or creates imminent danger isnt protected anyway. thesen groups really dont oftn fall under the ...

>> i want to play something on the points you raise. look, i used to practice first amendment law, so i definitely share the concern about the obama justice department. they were highly aggressive on this. in addition, the other context, of course, is the internet, and it became drastically easier with groups like wikileaks to put out more voluminous material without the gatekeeper function of the press. i think that was the other macro factor driving more of those prosecutions although they con...

>> jonathan? >> thats an excellent description. lets just take the health care situation, for example. the house passes a bill. its step one in, say, 20 steps to make this thing become law. what does president trump do? tells them to all come to the rose garden and have like a victory rally for this one step and say were going to get this done and then what does he do a few weeks later, he says, well, that house bill was really mean. so you have a president who basically just wants victories. he...

Justice, but anything you want to say about the enron task force here because its something that republicans seem to think is a kind of vulnerability for mueller. >> well, its ironic, ari, because the enron task force was created at the instigation of the bush justice department. john ashcroft was the attorney general at the time. larry thompson was the deputy a.g., and they certainly consulted with the white house as to how that case ought to be handled. and the conclusion was, lets have a very...

Now, you know, i do think sessions is sending a message here, but just on its face, the review of the media guidelines is probably not as significant as it sounds because the essence of the media guidelines was to require a higher level of review. >> no, a higher level -- >> for subpoenas of journalists. >> i think thats fair, michael. that higher level of review was put in as a safeguard. the tenor of todays talk didnt make you feel it was going to be more safe, but rather more aggressive. >> e...

I guess the opposition research is kicking around. you cant do the whole topic justice, but anything you want to say about the enron task force here because its something that republicans seem to think is a kind of vulnerability for mueller. >> well, its ironic, ari, because the enron task force was created at the instigation of the bush justice department. john ashcroft was the attorney general at the time. larry thompson was the deputy a.g., and they certainly consulted with the white house as...

How bills become a law. we want to see the senate get something done so we can move forward on this issue. >> thats paul ryan eyeball health care as we say in the news business my bad. what i was thinking of was mike lee ill read it to you. he says asked if trump is putting the blame in the right place. he says look were ray easy target. institution has a approval rating around 11%. only slightly more popular nan flunza. having fun with it but saying donald trump this is the boast you can do t...

Guidelines that were designed to have greater scrutiny of media subpoenas. now, you know, i do think sessions is sending a message here, but just on its face, the review of the media guidelines is probably not as significant as it sounds because the essence of the media guidelines was to require a higher level of review. >> no, a higher level -- >> for subpoenas of journalists. >> i think thats fair, michael. that higher level of review was put in as a safeguard. the tenor of todays talk didnt m...