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Investigation of domestic. the danger you were referred to is taken care by the bill. and i endorse the comment of the chairman to that effect and you should take a look at that. i urge you to take a look at that. thank you, i yield back. >> thank you. recognize the gentleman from texas, mr. smith, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. rosenstein, i am concerned that the special counsel may be casting too wide of a net. that hes trying to catch all the fish in the ocean, not just the...

You can see here, its basically the margin in this race. i think, look, in the presidential election in 2016, there were about 20,000 write-in votes. that was also very high. a lot of people didnt like the choice then. a lot of them obviously didnt like the choice last night. the question here was, i think, it probably was where these were typically republican voters. a good guess is they were. does that mean they otherwise would have voted for moore? who knows. maybe they were close to voting f...

Minutes, i can explain to you to explain this publicly. hypothetically, for example, a local police department received a call that somebody larged a quantity of hydrogen peroxide. theres nothing illegal that the person did buzz t it causes concern. >> general rosenstein, let me interrupt you. because the specific instance you are citing was cited to us in our discussions with the fbi, and that very specific answer is what we are looking for. >> what we are trying to a avoid is a sichindication ...

Has expired. gentleman may answer the question. >> those issues are worked out with the department so in the event he came across evidence that was not appropriate for him to prosecute, he could refer it to other components of the department. so we wouldnt allow something like that to slip through the cracks. we would root it to the appropriate prosecutor. >> mr. shabbot for five minutes. >> thank you. mr. rosenstein, you already indicated that mr. struck was removed for impropriety. its unclear...

Counsel? >> donald trump? >> thats right. this investigation wont be going. mike pence hasnt been interviewed. we are nowhere near the end of this. >> that statement is not a statement of hope. thats a statement saying, robert mueller, hurry up. >> we want to go back to what youre looking at the screen, the first question to deputy rod rosenstein. well listen to how this is unfolding for a minute. >> would that be a justify in your mind to reopen the investigation? >> mr. chairman, we are certai...

They brought reporters over to the justice department last night, gave these texts to reporters, these are career fbi agents who have due process rights, and they leak them out to the press in advance of the hearing. >> why do you think that? >> i dont know if it was to get rosenstein a place on the committee, or if the doj is committed to undermining the bob mueller investigation. either way, it is something doj never does and its a pretty inappropriate thing for them to have done here. >> you ...

We have regulations in the special counsel subject to all the departments rules and subject to oversight by the department, including the inspector general. im not aware of any violation of those rules by the special counsel employees. >> so you dont think it creates the appearance of impropiety? >> appearances to some extent is in the eye of the beholder. we apply the departments rules and regulations and make determination. we have career ethics adviser who is provide us counsel about that. >>...

Of delivering his open statement live, thats rod rosenstein. well hear from rosenstein. it looks like from the movement on the photographers on the house floor there, hes getting ready to begin. getting sworn in now. so hes going to speak for a little bit. and then we expect the real fireworks to start, matt. >> yes, absolutely. the texts will be a big part of it. something fishy is going on at the justice department. these texts if you look at them, the fbi agents are allowed to have political ...

Like for a number of reason thats the thing that sticks. it just keeps haunting him. >> its alabama, the doj, the special counsel. >> its everything. >> its recusing himself and then the special counsel being appointed. >> jen archibald, thank you for joining us from alabama after a late night. and rod rosenstein is expected to be in a fiery hearing, probably mostly focused on the special counsel investigation. we just got through some of the opening statements. remember, rosenstein, directly ...

Rosenstein hearing. we talk with you and christopher ray with the oversight hearing. jeff sessions asked about the special counsel probe when they were on the hill. what do you expect to see today, particular lip givly given rose role? >> reporter: a lot about the special counsel investigation from republican who is are concerned it is politicize. lots about president trump from the democrats, hallie. >> and will rosenstein have satisfactory answers, pete? so far it seems as though neither side ...