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Tidy way i think this week with these public remarks is trying to sound a sort of alarm about that. >> and i think we may be seeing a hero of the order of robert jackson in rod rosenstein. anyone who worries about the vitality of this democracy, just think about what happened that led to the possibility of rod rosenstein being the deputy attorney general and standing up to power and conceivably its not much to say saving this democracy. 30 years from now americans may conclude that in history bo...

Its kind of a weird moment, right? the guy whos interviewing rosenstein appears to have just given him the quote. not the name of the person who wrote it or the circumstances under which those remarks were delivered. but rosenstein recognized it, starts expounding on it ad-lib, who said, it the executive date on which the guy said it, what job he had when he gave those remarks, the building he was in when he gave these remarks, the room he was speaking in, how it has been received across history...

Whos robert jackson. its kind of a weird moment, right? the guy whos interviewing rosenstein appears to have just given him the quote. not the name of the person who wrote it or the circumstances under which those remarks were delivered. but rosenstein recognized it, starts expounding on it ad-lib, who said, it the executive date on which the guy said it, what job he had when he gave those remarks, the building he was in when he gave these remarks, the room he was saeking in, how it has been rec...

Court until he died in office in the 1950s. but interestingly, while he was on the court he took some time off. you never hear of a supreme court justice taking leave. but robert jackson did. he took leave as a justice of the supreme court in 1945 so he could go to germany and be americas lead prosecutor in the nuremberg trials. so a fascinating character in american legal history and somebody whoumtly ends up becoming rod rosensteins legal hero, up to and including the handsome portrait of robe...

And thats why congress usually does not do things like that. so when we see members of % congress, i agree with you, very possibly trying to abuse their office, get sensitive information out of the fbi and the doj and then presumably hand it to donald trumps defense team, that is something we dont see in american history. its totally off base. >> and rosenstein in his quiet tidy way i think this week with these public remarks is trying to sound a sort of alarm about that. >> and i think we may b...

Precedent for that? >> not busted in a big way. rosenstein mentioned one case was not exactly the same, but in that speech today where congressman carl vinson of georgia was asking robert jackson, who is a hero, who was attorney general, as you were mentioning earlier, for fbi information on a labor dispute with the navy, and that is when jackson said no, this would damage national security, would compromise our investigation, and vinson laid off. and thats why congress usually does not do thing...

To be familiar with rosensteins thinking and that of senior officials at the fbi who say they have come to suspect that some lawmakers are using their position as members of congress to try to get law enforcement-sensitive materials about the mueller investigation so they can hand them over to the white house, basically to tip the white house off about their -- the presidents liability in this investigation. saying that they suspect members of congress are doing that. has any member of congress ...

This guy robert jackson. attorney general from fdr. so he actually put it up so its over his own shoulder when hes sitting at the head of the table at that conference table. so other people are meeting with him looking down the table to where rod rosenstein sits, they will see robert jackson looming over rod rosensteins right shoulder, watching over what rod rosenstein does. he put that portrait up there himself. thats his guy. pride of place for rosenstein. this guy robert jackson was solicitor...

The departments long-standing practice of keeping information confidential has often been the source of disagreement with individual congressmen and sometimes with committees. in 1941 congressman carl vinson wrote a letter to attorney general robert jackson. he requested fbi and department of justice reports made in connection with an investigation of labor disputes involving navy contracts. there was no doubt that vinsons committee had a proper role to play in overseeing such issues, which is w...

Nobody gets access. not congress. not the president. not the press. nobody. ongoing law enforcement-sensitive materials are kept within the prosecutors purview. only. during ongoing investigations. you dont even need to go to law school to have that imbued in you as a rule of law american value, right? as soon as monday of next week republicans in the house of representatives may be mounting an effort to impeach rod rosenstein because he will not hand over to them internal documents from the mue...