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Impartiality, which is the operative one in this case. you must go for approval to the ethics official. we have no record of there having been given any approval from the ethics officials at the doj. >> right. as a former justice department attorney, as joe was, you are supposed to take it on yourself to ask yourself, can i be impartial? its not even whether i can be impartial, when anyone knowing about my work, my past clients my personal friends or political contacts, would anyone on the outsi...

Analysis. its a multipart task. every lawyer needs to do it. clearly were allegations that they lacked impartiality, so they had to to do this analysi, and i think all you have to do is look at part two of the report to see exactly how that lack of impartiality manifests. its that new standard that john ratcliffe really laid out clearly is that we dont exonerate as prosecutors. ive charged over a thousand people with a crime. u.s. attorney for five and a half years, i never stood up at the podiu...

Anything by that definition of politically charged investigation, about your background, what youve done that could prove embarrassing t the investigation in terms of the appearance of impartiality? that is so important. my word, given the group of people he had around him. of course he must mustve known about andrew wisemans reputation professionally which he continues to stand firm on. he should have asked those toug questions. >>laura: mark meadows, this is big. did anybody do a conflict chec...

Republicans go down that road and they clearly seem like they will, they could get smacked pretty hard by robert mueller. >> because the dossier it was launched -- it began with george papadopoulos that prompted the fbi investigation. it wasnt the dossier, right? >> right. robert mueller says it in the report. he talks about why and how this investigation started. and i think where you might see him get his dander up a little bit is when people start questioning his credibility, his impartiality...

Republicans a lot, my advice would be to tread carefully when you get into that. two reasons. first of all, the very last thing robert mueller said when he addressed us a month or so ago, those nine minutes, was he defended his team. he said something to the effect of my team is impartial and they worked hard and did the right thing. second of all, having worked in doj for over eight years, theres a culture in doj of you can attack our work, you can say maybe we got the facts wrong, but you cann...

Accountability, we want the truth out, and we want the american public to know who theyre voting for in the next election. by the way, make sure this isnt influenced by the russians. >> you are not among those calling for impeachment proceedings. >> right. and im glad about that. it gives me some impartiality when im questioning robert mueller tad. i dont want to have prejudged what the special counsel is telling us. having said that, i think the president deserves impeachment. im talking about ...

When people start questioning his credibility his impartiality and that of his team. >> sometimes people dont let the facts get in the way of a good narrative. president president trump made the policy point before. ill play it again. >> i have an article 2. i have the right to do whatever i want as president. but i dont en talk about that. >> karl, 100% false. >> its important to realize this is an assertion of presidential authority that is demagoguic. authoritarian. and article 2 provisions f...

Obstruction and perhaps collusion depending what was being hidden behind false testimony. none of what the president said is true and whether hes read it or not he seems to be leaning on attorney general barrs characterization of the report and his decision not to bring indictments against the president. as you know, the attorney generals actions and statements made his impartiality clear, which doesnt seem to concern the president who is focused on just one individual. >> and robert mueller, i ...

Investigation of russian election interference. this speaks to obstruction and perhaps collusion. depending on what was hidden behind false testimony. none of what the president sid said about the report is true. whether he read it or not hes leaning on barrs initial characterization of the report. as well as his decision not to bring indictments against the president. the attorney jern actions and statements made his impartiality clear. which doesnt seem to concern the president focussed on one...

Leaching the europe. union. and who sees in sir kim, ambassador to the european union someone who is basic instincts are in favor of europe, and probably not an enthusiast for the brexit policy. this is a way of undermining him and making sure that the impartiality of the british services is put into question. >> i mean, you know, youve been in a similar position sir iver in your past. you had comments leaked. you prescribed then president george w. bush as i quote you al qaedas best recruiting ...