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Not credible as a matter of law is not something that judges really do i think that to a certain extent the judge was cutting through and saying the standard here is that no reasonable juror could possibly find on these facts and that usually is successful. If the evidence produced the trial skips and element entirely, you have no evidence of a Shooting Evidence is somebody got shot and then they just forget to bring in the autopsy so that nobody actually testifies the guy died. Then you ask for...

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Him advice and counsel. i was aware of everything going out of the department of justic justice. that general sessions wasnt recused from. i think the president was comfortable that you continue the momentum of that affirmative justice, we have established in addressing these important parity issues like reducing violent crime, combating the opioid crisis, and others of the president felt i was the best position to do the duties of attorney general. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i will just say to...

Mr. tabet. mr. gohmert. mr. jordan. mr. buck. mr. radcliffe. miss ruby votes they. mr. gates. mr. johnson. mr. bigs. mr. bigs votes no. >> harris: as we watch the roll call, i want to bring in andy mccarthy, former federal prosecutor whos with me today and "outnumbered." what is fastening about this, andy, is that we are talking about whether matthew whitaker, the acting ag before this house judiciary committee today, should have to answer the question which we didnt even hear of the total quest...

>> why did he send a letter concerning the scope of the counsel investigation? >> congressman, thank you for the pete i know this is of a great interest to you. i hope we can have a discussion about this today. the special counsel regulations require a scoping of the special counsels investigation that identifies the subject and the targets of the investigation. so i am certain that it would have identified the scope of the investigation pursuant to the special counsels -- >> my question is -- i...

>> who else customer county people were in those briefings with you when you were briefed about the mueller investigation? >> come spent, not going to go into the specifics of the briefing. but it was a very limited group. there is only one member of my staff who was present with me. >> have you ever attempted to use any intermediaries to get information to the president or others on his staff? >> no, i have not attempted to use anti-intermediaries to get information to the president or his staf...

It. you know what our under these reductions come mr. whitaker? >> i do, sir. >> you do. are there names under the reductions come mr. whitaker? >> in my experience with investigation, generally would not have a public document identify targets or subject matter of an investigation. especially if somebody is not ultimately charge. >> let me from it this way. did rod rosenstein give the special counsel the authority to investigate specific americans? >> congressman, mr. rosenstein acting as the a...

Very explicitly the process that we went through. ultimately, the decision whether or not to recuse was my decision. >> mr. whitaker, you are asked a direct question. mr. whitaker, your a direct question. its getting a little tiresome here and use tall and weighs the number of prosperous time. the member only has 5 minutes. he asked you a specific question. did you last receive advice on that on december 18th? the answer ought to be yes or no or some other date. or "i dont remember." we dont nee...

>> welcome mr. whitaker, we already know that there has been some modification of the broadet order i think you can have with this august 2nd, 2017 memo. all im asking is, are there any other modifications? any other changes to the parameters of investigation into the president of the united states customer can speak of the time of the gentleman has expired. but witness may continue. >> just to be clear, the special counsel understands the scope of the investigation. it is complying with all reg...

We will pick up our live coverage today. if youre watching out numbered over time now. in that a five minute were so bright, we already see people milling about and milling back in so as they begin the life action again, it has had a lot of action today. this hearing of the acting ag matthew whitaker. he is outgoing we know at some point, he has chosen another man for the full-time job of attorney general, and the senate judiciary committee cleared him through for full senate to vote on him as e...