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Why is everybody laughing? [ applause ] >> he knows exactly why everybody is laughing. because while he is running the justice department weve got a president and a republican party in congress that is hellbent on firing him or impeaching him or removing him because they want to fire their way through the justice department in order to make the russia investigation go away. and separation of powers is the only thing that stands in their way. and they know that. and they are very, very prepared t...

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 mueller investigation. ...

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 exact 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. he even knows at what point in that speech this quote is taken from. hes like oh, this is the concluding paragraph. hmm. right? and he knows that o...

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 who ultimately ends up becoming rod rosensteins legal hero, up to and including the handsome portrait of robert jackson that looms over ...

I did not give him the name or -- he said april 1st, 1940. i mean, this is right from the top. i just wanted to make sure we credit you for that. >> it is one of my favorite quotes. >> yes, sir. >> and i encourage you to read the whole thing. but this is actually the concluding paragraph. it says, "the qualities of a good prosecutor are as elusive and as impossible to define as those which mark a gentleman." and you should read or woman. "and those who need to be told would not understand it any...

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 general under fdr which ...

>> hes stealing my thunder. but im happy to give it to you. so id like to hand you a piece of paper with the words of a famous american. id like you to just take a look at it. and then if youd be so kind to read it slowly and aloud to the audien audience. here you go. >> well, this is robert jackson. robert jackson was the attorney general of the united states in the roosevelt administration. his portrait also hangs in the deputy attorney generals conference room. and he gave a speech in the gre...

Of paper with the words of a famous american. id like you to just take a look at it. and then if youd be so kind to read it slowly and aloud to the audience. here you go. >> well, this is robert jackson. robert jackson was the attorney general of the united states in the roosevelt administration. his portrait also hangs in the deputy attorney generals conference room. and he gave a speech in the great hall of the department of justice april 1st of 1940. and he spoke about the role of the federal...

Why is everybody laughing? [ applause ] >> he knows exactly why everybody is laughing. because while he is running the justice department weve got a president and a republican party in congress that is hellbent on firing him or impeaching him or removing him because they want to fire their way through the justice department in order to make the russia investigation go away. and separation of powers is the only thing that stands in their way. and they know that. and they are very, very prepared t...