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That -- that theres any problem with the probe. i think that rosenstein whos been working with mueller, overseeing mueller, i think muellers an adult, i think he understands what the timetable looks like and what the politics are like here in terms of just going forward with his job. i think everybody understands that. and i think, as you said, john, the questions now for barr will just be will you let him finish his job? and i think that will be the commitment that they try to get out of him. >...

Senate. his involvement with a company that appears to be under fbi investigation, according to public reports. his involvement today reported in a publicly supported land deal that he appears to have walked away from that left a lot of victims and unhappy people including government agencies that appointed money for it. there is also his public statements about the mueller investigation. all of these things would go into his vetting by the senate if he were up for confirmation, which he is not....

On the issue of overseeing the mueller investigation, though, the question of potential conflicts of interest, the question of him prejudging the case, presumably the ethics officials at the justice department would consider those when deciding whether or not he should be recused from overseeing mueller. how does that process work, though? and how much transparency are we allowed to see? how much transparency are we allowed into that process in terms of seeing whether he has been given that advi...

Or not its constitutional. the question mwhether or not its an appointment for purposes of the constitution. as to some of the other views you mentioned, ana, look, matt whitaker has a number of very troubling views. not only the view you mentioned which would be unconstitutional, that we have a religious test for judges, but he doesnt believe that courts should have judicial review of whether or not laws are constitutional. it was recently reported that he believes in nullification, which we di...

The justice department and good in overseeing mueller. when he was in the state of maryland he was highly respected. its a shame that anybody gets close to trump that doesnt do exactly what he wants to protect his -- i cant say protect his name because his name really isnt good, but to protect him, period, ends up getting sullied, whether it was mccabe, comey, rosenstein. people end up getting you are the had, and thats because he demands total fielty. he came out and said attorney/client is dea...

Political environment that would be expected that the president would fire him and just tonight, the president said that the democratic rebuttal to that republican memo cant be released. the whole point of that whole exercise was to lay the groundwork for the president to fire rosenstein who oversees the investigation. if he did fire rosenstein, not like jeff session would be in charge. of the investigation. that would elevate the next person at the justice department to become the new official ...

Staff that was supposed to have been brought in to give order to the white house, to be somebody who could be man of good character, and lead by example. yet, under his watch, staffers, fbi investigators showed there was credible accusations of abuse, and the people stayed in their job until it went public. >> it is remarkable to me as well, that this, the story that they are attempting to tell now, so obviously in -- >> the integrity, glowing profiles of him last year, for example, when he came...

Rebuttal to that republican memo cant be released. the whole point of that whole exercise was to lay the groundwork for the president to fire rosenstein who oversees the investigation. if he did fire rosenstein, not like jeff session would be in charge. that would elevate the next person at the justice department to become the new official in charge of overseeing mueller and thats a very important hands on role. right? mueller has to come to you if he wants to bring charges against somebody new....

Are, what affect could it have had on national security? this man was to bring in discipline to the white house. he let one aide, who could not get a security clearance,the reason why the fbi does the background check, making sure those who surround the president cant be blackmailed. two cases of those two people easily black mailable. >> i find background checks are not patty cake. you had an issue? >> well, when i was nominated by george w. bush to be secretary of labor, i had taken a woman a ...