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Its hard for me to figure out what leverage could be used against him. >> well, congress has considerable leverage, and certainly we would begin by requesting the voluntary production, the information, and then move to subpoenas and then move to court enforcement, and then think about other means of pressuring the department to be transparent, but it will be unsustainable for the justice department to take that position. in the last congress, rachel, the justice department provided over 880,000 ...

Im just going to sit on all of the rest of it. presumably subpoenaing the report, subpoenaing mr. mueller himself, subpoenaing other people involved in the investigation, ultimately those subpoenas get enforced through the justice department, dont they? i mean, if william barr decided that he was going to dig in his heels and let none of this out, its hard for me to figure out what leverage could be used against him. >> well, congress has considerable leverage, and certainly we would begin by re...

That any initial summary from the justice department is insufficient. they want to see not just the full report, but also the underlying do you wants in this. and jerry nadler for instance, ramping up their own investigations. he is making clear that they expect not only to get the report but underlying documents and prepared to fight all the way to the supreme court if necessary as part of the subpoena battle to come here. so we should remind everybody that lawmakers -- the democrats in particu...

>> thats right. i think what bob mueller is going to piece together for us is the extent to which our president, our presidency, and ultimately american foreign policy is under the influence of the foreign adversary nation, and is compromised. and how a presidential candidate, campaign allowed itself to be under the leverage, political leverage and financial leverage of an adversary. i think its important to point out, brian, that that activity may not violate the criminal laws of the united sta...

Talked to said theyre pushing for transparency because they felt like if they dont release the public report to the public, democrats can go and do what theyre doing now which is saying we want to see the full report, we want to see every period and comma. they thought releasing it would get rid of the conspiracy theories. that said theres a world that the president said all looks so good for him y. bother reading every word and adjective in that report? >> i want to say its not good news, brend...

Indict president clinton over potential perjury charges. we may find something like that from mueller, and hes developed this great body of evidence that the congress can use for whatever they think is appropriate. >> help me underscore this report, it could be absolutely sprouling. it could be monumental and it could contain language that will surprise all of us tonight who will look back on this broadcast on the friday we got the report. and will marvel at how little we knew. >> i think bob mu...

Say. let me know when you have that. thats nadler reacting to what has just come out from the department of justice. >> im going to be very clear about what were hearing in that barr statement. either hes name checking mueller on good faith basis he wants to finish this out in a great and cooperative way. or he knows what you just pointed out, which is bob mueller has a lot of leverage, as a former fbi director and as of tonight a former special counsel because if you cut him out of the process ...

Chair in the house. he said well see what has beent made public.wh well react to that. take a listen to what he has to say. let me know when you have that. thats nadler reacting to what has just come out from the o department of justice. >> im going to be very clear about what were hearing in that barr statement.wh either hes name checking mueller on good faith basis he wants to finish this out in a great and cooperative way. or he knows what you just pointed out, which is bob ou mueller has a l...

I believe that the principle conclusion should be briefed and as far as im concerned, the principle conclusions are these are the people indicted and there is no justice department responsibility to pass anything else on. i dont care about public clamber or statements about what i must do from anybody, im just going to sit on all of the rest of it. i mean, presumably subpoenaing the report and subpoenaing mr. mueller himself, subpoenaing other people involved in the investigation, ultimately tho...

How a presidential candidate, allowed itself to be under the political leverage of an adversary. that whether or not of course, the broader question is, what forei foreign -- >> robert mueller owns a baseball cap and a valid license, and drove a car to work this week. julia sat at the booth in a