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Evidence that the trump campaign and associates who were involved in it have engaged in lies, deceit, manipulation and an unwillingness to be truthful about what actually took place during the trump campaign and whether there was a conspiracy between members of the trump campaign, wikileaks, and russian spies to tell out our democracy and artificially place donald trump at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. its why we need to make sure that the mueller investigation continues to proceed, allow him to dra...

They tried to prepare him for lengthy statements, harsh tones and leading questions. dozens of department officials have helped him prepare. those officials told the daily beast, working through the government shutdown to brief him and get him ready. among the questions theyre preparing for him to field, did you have any communication with any white house official, including trump, about the possibility of your appointment as acting ag? did you consult with the white house about your decision to...

Sought to interfere in the investigation in the southern district of new york or mueller problem. in response, whitaker accuses the committee of engaging in, quote, political theater. from his statement -- the committee now has deviated from historic practice and protocol and taken the unnecessary and premature step of authorizing a subpoena. the justice department also demanded a written assurance by 6:00 p.m. tonight that whitaker wont be subpoenaed tomorrow. we will bring any response to you ...

Problem at the table. >> when it comes to russia there seems to be a big discrepancy. i want you to take a listen to president trump talking about russian election interference and christopher ray. >> i have president putin. he just said it is not russia. i dont see any reason why it would be. >> not only have they continued to do it but we have seen an indication they are continuing to adapt their model. >> the white house later said that he didnt know why it wouldnt be. i think the point has b...

Boarer patrol wa border patrol want why not give a little? >> we heard jeffreys from new york talk about that today. i talked to thompson yesterday as chairman of the homeland security committee. >> thank you very must have. >> he said that they were also fine with that. the problem is they are not going to do this big ball. i think -- and he also pointed out that the border patrol union is one of the few that endorsed donald trump for president. so there may be politics mixed up. he seems to th...

Problem. >> yeah. its their job to compromise. they can probably work this out. i was interested to hear a democrat earlier today talk about the fact that the 2006 secure if he said act there are 654 miles built. if they could give on the last 46 miles trump could declare victory. everyone could finish the fence mandated in the 2006 bill. i think fls an opening there if the democrats can at least come to terms with some kind of barrier fencing in order to get with daca or some other protections ...

For the members of the senate judiciary committee, particularly democrats there, to ensure the attorney general nominee, mr. barr, is resolutely committed to preserving the integrity of the special counsel investigation. if barr indicates in any way a bias, like the bias hes shown in his writings saying basically i dont think the president can be held for obstruction of justice to fire the fbi director to shut down an investigation into his own national security violations, if are b.bar articu t...

Eclipse disturbing news from the justice department. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, who served as a one-man human guardrail for the mueller investigation is expected to doe depart his post as soon as bill barr, the incoming general, is confirmed. a source telling me last night that rosenstein is leading. barr, who happens to be a sharp critic to the justice administration, to appoint his own deputy. adam schiff weighed in. >> its deeply concerning, particularly when we have an acting at...

Terms with what russia did. or with the intervention. and that to me is the big issue. the question is, okay, mr. trump, why did you say this wasnt happening during the campaign after you were briefed that it was happening. >> lets talk about just where this investigation is going to go, paul, because you have a.g. whitaker who did not recuse and who was advised that he should but didnt. and a new potential a.g. that will be put ford. he criticized an aspect of the mueller problem. he wrote a me...

Officials at the justice department advising whitaker about that. a rod rosenstein is currently overseeing the investigation, saying today it doesnt matter whos in charge. >> we continue to manage the investigation the way that we have in the past. it has been handled appropriately. bought me a letter or a rod rosenstein, whitaker, bill barr. it has been handled appropriately. >> dana: catherine herridge is live in washington. >> this story broke this morning, they have revealed more details abo...