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Snippets but i dont think we have the whole story. hopefully well have the whole story should mr. comey testify publicly, as he requests, either before a house or senate hearing. >> both republicans and democrats would like to hear him testify publicly. many americans as well. questions have been raised though as to why the attorney general who recused himself from the russia probe and president trump whose campaign of course is part of the russia probe are the ones selecting the next person who...

Youre bound by the rules of classification. in the counterintelligence investigation, that would be held pretty close to the chest. he cant compromise the integrity of an ongoing investigation. >> let me rephrase because i didnt mean to put you on the spot there with classified information. what i mean is the fact that he was kind of hedged in before in his ongoing role as fbi director and fbi investigation, what is his private citizen leeway to be able to give those nuggets of details maybe abo...

Is to restore the political independence and impartiality of the bureau. if there is anything weve learned in the last year, its that politics and the fbi are a toxic combination. so this is deeply engrained in the bureau, whether its somebody who is coming in with former experience as an agent or as a prosecutor, its got to be somebody who understands how investigations work, that you leave your political beliefs at the door when you approach investigations, you leave no stone unturned and you ...

Shark rick schline. how bad is the recusal piece of this? >> its quite bad there are three different reasons that attorney general sessions had to recuse himself from the firing of james comey. one, there is a regulation from the justice department that says you have to recuse yourself from participating if you have a political relationship with the subject of the investigation. and we now know that the firing of comey was related to the fbis investigation of the trump campaign. that is reason n...

>> nor should we. if most elected officials on republican and democrat sides of the aisle think how great our country would be because she is reasonable and rational. even schumer said comey had to go. releasing the clinton emails was horrible, he thought he had lost faith in comey -- we have to remember the director of the fbi works at the pleasure of the president and he can only do his job with impartiality, not only to the american people, members of both parties. david: do you think should ...

Politics. a.b. stoddard and we have errol louis. the acting ag goes there and despite what the president said. you have trouble with flynn, act on it. the next day, the president meets with the director of the fbi and acknowledges he tried to interfere with the investigation and make sure that he was clear. we focus on that second paragraph in the letter dismissing comey for a reason. it is a window into what this was all about and the major concerns for impartiality into the matter going forwar...

Capitol hill eager to hear from james comey, as the actual fbi director he may have been tied up a little bit in terms of what he can say and dont say, now that he has been fired, he will be free to talk and the presidents critics on the hill, democrats believe they have more information from james comey, there has been no damaging information out of this investigation so they are not worried about what james comey has to say. >> democrats setting their sights on ron rosenstein calling him a par...

Into these matters be fair, free, thoroughly and politically independent? mr. rosenstein answered yes, i do. if there was ever a time when circumstances warranted a special prosecutor, it is right now. mr. rosenstein already expressed concern that director comey damaged the integrity of the fbi. the attorney general has already had to recuse himself from the investigation for being too close to the president. if mr. rosenstein is true to his word that he believes this investigation must be, quot...

System that any investigation be fair, free, thoroughly and politically independent? mr. rosenstein answered yes, i do. if there was ever a time when circumstances warranted a special prosecutor, it is right now. mr. rosenstein already expressed concern that director comey affected the f.b.i. the attorney general has had to recuse himself from being too close to the president for tin vest gaition. if mr. rosenstein believes this investigation must be, quote, fair, free, thorough and politically ...

Do now to restore any kind of confidence? thats why i suggest a special prosecutor. >> shepard: do you believe there will be any republican support for that? >> i hope there will be. i hope as people really look at this and examine the situation and conclude that in the interest of justice and impartiality, its important to have somebody conducting this investigation on the executive branch side that does it without being encumbered by the fear of being fired, by the fear of having the axe come ...