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Statements to the media criticizing the mueller probe were not sufficient to trigger a formal ethics review, but what he did was ask for ininformal advice and the senior advisor told him its a close call, but he would advise that the acting attorney general should recuse himself because a reasonable person could question his impartiality based on the many statements he made denouncing and prejudging the mueller probe. but he declined to take that advice. hes said hes going to continue in his rol...

Formal ethics review, but what he did was ask for ininformal advice and the senior advisor told him its a close call, but he would advise that the acting attorney general should recuse himself because a reasonable person could question his impartiality based on the many statements he made denouncing and prejudging the mueller probe. but he declined to take that advice. hes said hes going to continue in his role in supervising the mueller investigation. and as you said that could mean if in fact ...

Informal advice he got from a justice department ethics officer that all things considered he probably should recuse himself. he said there was no collusion on television. now he would -- he has told associates that he was acting as a television commentator back then without information. >> sure. >> that was a ruole hes had. hes in a different role now. hes promised to follow the rules of the justice department but hes setting a standard that the appearance of impartiality is not enough for recu...

Advised that he is fully legally clear to oversee the mueller investigation and, in fact, has been seeing regular briefings. he has never been recused from the mueller investigation, after having roundly criticized that investigation as a television commentator and seven house republicans would say that would make a person question his impartiality. doj advisers have now cleared him. hes being briefed on the investigation and mueller has to consult him on any major investigative move, hallie. >>...

He hasnt made any public comments about that. there are questions about his impartiality. but hes not, per se, conflicted from that. houfrks wi however, with respect to the mueller probe, weve gotten used to seeing crazy things out of the justice department the left two years. what happened today has left me speechless. an acting attorney general who has gone to ethics officials and said were not going to officially ask for your opinion because we dont want to be bound by it, but if we were to a...

And despite the way he was treated by planned parenthood, he ruled not to hear the case that would have stripped them of their -- that upheld as a lower court ruling that said they couldnt participate in the medicaid program. i was trying to speak to his temperament and his fairness and his impartiality, which i think he did demonstrate in this case. >> last question, senator. the race for 2020 as you saw from our opening has already started on the democratic side. on the republican side ohio go...

Despite the way he was treated by planned parenthood he ruled not to hear the case that would have stripped them -- that upheld a lower court ruling that said they could participate in the medicaid program. i was trying to speak to his temperament, fairness and impartiality, which i think he did demonstrate in this case. >> the race for 2020, as you saw from our opening, has already started on the democratic side. on the republican side ohio governor john kasich, who you supported in 2016, has b...

Department of justice, by two different parties. so his impartiality has been basically endorsed by both parties. he has served 12 years as head of the fbi, ten years under george bush, the 43rd president and two years under barack obama. he served in three different united states attorney offices. the biggest, most important san francisco, boston, washington, d.c. he had served under dick authorize enberg as deputy attorney general of the united states on an acting basis and as head of the crim...

Former fbi director james comey talking to reporters after his meeting. >> after a full day of questioning, two things are clear to me. one, we could have done this in open setting. and two, when you read the transcript, you will see that we are talking again about hillary clintons e-mails, for heavens sakes, so im not sure we need to do this at all. but im trying to respect the institution and answer questions in a respectful way. youll see i did that in the transcript. youll see that if you ge...

Mentioned nominating william barr, and he said an outstanding man who previously led the doj with distinction. >> i think they william barr is a home run selection per president trump. if the democrats dig in their heels too much it could prove to be a case of him playing pretty dimensional chess with a rubiks cube behind his back. heres why. here is the ingenious nest. he was unanimously approved to be attorney general under bush 41. we just spent several days praising bush 41 as a 20th century...