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Majority. now, to help in the presidents law enforcement capacity because thats why were doing this, congress created the justice department in 1870. it is part of the executive branch. thats the presidents branch of government. the fbi was created nearly 40 years later. long standing protocol prempbve the department of justice being run by the president to preserve the impartiality of the investigations. the president has shown hes simply not happy with this arrangement. in a recent swipe tweet...

Point that you guys were just making, its not just the president of the united states, its the justice department as a whole. they have an attorney general who is now trying to climb on the trump band wagon, accusing one minor fbi agent who was involved and then fired from the investigation of essentially poisoning the entire well. heres someone who doesnt defend the fbi. its very unusual for an attorney general and whose own, i think, impartiality is compromised because of the lies he told on t...

Doubt about that. he never, ever should have spoken about a case or given his opinions on a bureau electronic device. does that mean partiality and bias was infused in the case? no, i can tell me you a case that sensitive, i heard people weighing about it being called a special case. special cases are major cases. thats part of the culture. thats a terminology we use for cases where the subject of your investigation is either a politician, or journalist, or clergy member. somebody in a sensitive...

Contradicts himself again. thats why i think donald trump is in a lot of trouble today because of what he did over the weekend. he should have just -- >> muellers move is actually really a net positive because it shows hes putting the integrity of the investigation. these werent even tweets. you cant have a political opinion privately. when the private texts came to muellers attention over the summer, he said youre out. no ifs, ands or buts. you cant have its credibility and impartiality questio...

For something he had texted. the fbi coming into focus again in part because the president is introducing it into the focus. >> reporter: yeah, removed him over the summer, in fact, because of course, the special counsel wanted no signs of partiality surrounding that investigation, so it was really some time ago. we just got word of it not too long ago, and so the president is seizing on that issue to sort of recast the narrative here on his own terms, showing that, in fact, the overall russia i...

>> maybe his lawyer tweeted it too. im not sure who tweeted it. you know, look, this is a problem because you want the perception, just as dianne feinstein was extraordinarily careful to preserve that impartiality, im waiting for the evidence. when you have an investigator who obviously has an ax to grind against the president, you want to get rid of him. mueller is being very careful and i applaud him for doing that. >> if he made one error here, doris, it seems they didnt let everybody know im...

Beautifully confounding to the american people. and the exchange between the two would be beautifully confounding if it in fact allowed wikileaks to disseminate information and have an air of impartiality. and so you have a theme here thats emerging in more than one location about this notion of trying to infuse the nations discussion with confusion and also to have a duplicity that is inherent with every single conversation thats had. and certainly its been successful in the notion that we are ...

American people. and the exchange between the two would be beautifully confounding if it in fact allowed wikileaks to disseminate information and have an air of impartiality. and so you have a theme here thats emerging in more than one location about this notion of trying to infuse the nations discussion with confusion and also to have a do you policety that is inherent with every single conversation thats had. and certainly its been successful in the notion that we are doubting and casting doub...

Improve the perception of our impartiality. >> its important to note the atlantic notes trump jr. did not respond to that, you have wiki leaks -- >> these messages have a chatty quality as if they know each other pretty well. but theres also just a -- you know, theyre so clearly in bed together, so clear that the trump jr. welcomes these contact s because it will have a payoff. whether that amounts to a conspiracy, im not sure. theres no campaign in history, of which im aware. thats ever been so...

Evaluation before we make a decision on whether or not a special counsel is required. i have made no prejudgement. >> and i appreciate that. but i guess what im getting at in particular, is that so even with the idea that many people are questioning the impartiality of mr. rosen stein that would be in line to help make that decision on special counsel? >> im not aware that he has a problem in that regard. but, if so, we have senior counsel in the department who would give advice on that. and we ...