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There were issues with donald trump on the moscow trump tower. his son welcomed incriminating information or data about hillary clinton. trump and the campaign knew about the hacked e-mails that were stolen and released. so there is a lot of information about collusion and obstruction of justice. it may not rise to the level of an indictment. proof beyond a reasonable doubt. the special counsel may have concluded he has to abide by the department of justice office of legal counsel opinion. it is...

Security clearances with our and thats the real oversight function. so im confident that the courts would rule for us. >> congressman, thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks, wolf. just ahead, well have more on the breaking news. a top democrat says his kmiet tee has now received tens of thousands of documents before tonights deadline for responses from 81 individuals and organizations connected with the president. also, one theory about president trumps latest twitter tirade. its tied to ...

Aggressive oversight function as it relates to being a check and balance on an out-of-control executive branch that is our responsibility. with respect to impeachment, as you know, listen, the house fundamentally is the grand jury. the senate is the ultimate jury. >> uh-huh. >> impeachment is like an indictment, and we can indict in the house of representatives if the evidence is compelling enough to move forward. but the ultimate objective presumably of the people who believe appropriately that...

Talking about which is his border policy, how he can be tough on immigration, then you obviously have house democrats launching these investigations. no question that investigations play well with the base. certainly did when republicans tried to take on president obama. but do they, do the democrats worry about alienating the center that cares more about policy than they do the politics of document requests? >> i think its a delicate balance. i dont think we would necessarily be here if the rep...

Sometimes did say look, congress, youve gone too far. this is not within your legitimate function. though if i were one of the people who got a letter or a subpoena, i would at least think about the possibility of bringing a lawsuit and suggesting that congress is abusing its oversight function. as far as the environment is concerned, im a strong supporter of the environment but we need a balanced environment. >> sean: we can get rid of oil in airplanes and cows. we need cows. i will buy you a s...

Political differences, this is worse than ive ever seen it. >> this is not the worst ive seen. i live through mccarthyism. >> sean: this is mccarthyism. >> some innocent, some guilty. congress has a legitimate oversight function to perform but it has to make sure it doesnt go too far. it cant use that oversight function, which is really designed to help get legislatio legislation, in order to really prevent a president from finishing out his term and they are interfering with the executive branc...

This is not within your legitimate function. and so if i were one of the people who got a letter or a subpoena, i would at least think about the possibility of bringing a lawsuit and congress isthat abusing its oversight function. as far as the environment is concerned, im a strong supporter of the environment but we need a balanced environment. >> sean: we cant get rid of oil and airplanes and cows. we need cows. i will buy you a steak, professor. last word. >> what theyre looking to do with th...

But michael cohen, whether you believe him or not, gave a field for the democrats to harvest last week. and in much of that field he backed it up with documents. >> harris: well, hes bringing them to the hill. thats what weve learned. >> it doesnt take much to start a congressional investigation. >> harris: but ive heard you say you dont even believe this man. >> well, he has a lot of credit ability problems. a lot of layers come after they are caught, they tell the truth because i know the cons...

>> this is not the worst ive seen. mccarthyism.gh >> sean: this is mccarthyism. >> some innocent, some guilty. congress has a legitimate oversight function to perform but it has to make sure it doesnt go too far. it cant use that oversight function, which is really designed to help getet legislation, in order to really prevent a president from finishing out his term and they are interfering with the executive branch. the balance has to be struck between the legitimate function of congress to inv...

>> in your oversight function on judiciary, do you believe the committee should revisit this issue with barr and the justice department as to what kind of pressure they had from the white house, given what jane mayer is reporting about what gary cohn and former chief of staff kelly were told? >> i do. and thats why, andrea, i sent letters to the white house and to the justice department. i never got a straight answer. i have my own issues with this deal. but you have issues with the deal, they s...