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When it came to the confirmation hearing. so you have a situation, you know, where the very purpose of a confirmation hearing, of vetting nominees so that there isnt something, as you said, that could be used as blackmail, we are very close to patrick shanahan being put before congress for a confirmation hearing, possibly having this never come up. you know, if there hadnt been such a delay around the latest fbi investigation. but possibly a very long time before, you know, this was out there an...

But one of the core functions of a functioning white house, that we didnt used to have to even spell out because we thought it was intrinsically obvious, right? we thought theyd at least see it as in their own interests enough to do it. one of the i cant believe we even have to say this basic rules of a functioning white house is people who have been caught up in criminal activity or shady activity or cheating or stealing or violence or lying about any of those things or trying to keep their inv...

Earth, that plan "a" did not work out for them. dont worry, though, they had a plan "b." the president found another guy to nominate for that same job. "whether it is his distinguished military service or his highly impressive track record in the world of business, vinnie has proved throughout his life that owe knows how to be a leader and deliver major results in the face of any challenge." that was the announcement. that announcement, vinnie viola, that plan "b" seemed to be going well until t...

Fault, even if its just something that you really want to keep secret, therefore you are vulnerable to blackmail for anybody figures it out and tries to use it against you, right? even if you didnt do something all that bad but its something you find embarrassing or otherwise so un -- not the way you want to think about yourself that people could use it against you as leverage. that kind of thing, anything serious like that would generally disqualify you from getting a high-level security cleara...

Something that you really want to keep secret, therefore you are vulnerable to blackmail if anybody figures it out and tries to use it against you, right? even if you didnt do something all that bad but its something you find embarrassing or otherwise so un -- not the way you want to think about yourself that people could use it against you as leverage. that kind of thing, anything serious like that would generally disqualify you from getting a high-level security clearance. it would turn up in ...

Confronted by him in public. now, its -- to your point earlier about the vetting issue, its pretty remarkable because for the past five months now or six months nearly patrick shanahan and those close to him, his family, people working with him in the pentagon, have been working to, you know, make sure this didnt come out in the press, to make sure that congress never asked about this when it came to the confirmation hearing. so you have a situation, you know, where the very purpose of a confirm...

Currently written. but thats certainly my intent. >> senator coons, a lot of observers were uncomfortable with the tentative nature of the attorney general nominee thens answers about that. but his letter today seems as though -- certainly what hes saying in the letter is his ambition on this is full disclosure and that the public interest is definitely something that he believes is absolutely already here in this case and should be honored. thats what hes saying in writing anyway. >> thats what...

Report. he commits in his letter to being as transparent as possible within the boundaries of policy and law. and as some of your guests before have pointed out, there are legitimate reasons why the attorney general might decline to share either classified information or information that would interfere with ongoing investigations. but other than that, everything should be shared with congress and im going to be pressing for the attorney general to be as transparent as possible and to move as qu...

I remain committed to as much transparency as possible and i will keep you informed as to the status of my review." the attorney generals letter was short. it was only one page. here it is. but each paragraph has something important in it. the first paragraph contains important information that the attorney general is required to report to congress. it says, "the special counsel regulations require that i provide you with a description and explanation with instances if any in which the attorney ...

About what there might or might not be in terms of revelations about russian interference in the election, which the word "collusion" is just a descriptive term that some people have come up with basically in the news media. thats not a legal term. and what about the presidents continued use of that phrase "no collusion, no collusion"? and many in the news media thinking that it has legal meaning. >> i think he just likes the sound of the word "collusion" or something. because youre absolutely r...