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Way. if people have been making threats, privately and publicly, against me for quite some time, and i think they should understand by now the department of justice is not going to be extorted. >> one of the authors of the draft documents was house freedom caucus chairman mark meadows. he says the draft document is a last resort option and he responded to rod rosenstein saying that rod rosensteins stone walling of this investigation has embarrassed the department of justice and the rule of law. ...

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To discredit the fbi. >> so chuck, you hear it there. how likely is it to go over among your own colleagues in your beloved institution that the fbi to up aerate on the knowledge this attack on this american institution may just be an act of deflection away from the president in. >> well, brian, it wouldnt be the first time. and it is my beloved institution and beloved for a reason. because the men and women there are good and decent and honest and try very hard to get it right. ill say this. co...

Discredit christopher steele, the fbi. >> so chuck, you hear it there. how is it likely to go over among your colleagues at your own beloved institution at it fbi to operate fd the knowledge that the attack on this american institution may be an act of deflection away from the president? >> it wouldnt be the first time and it is my beloved if stugz and it is for a reason. the men and women for are good and decent and honest and try very hard to get it it right. congress has a legitimate oversigh...

Our checks and balances system in our democracy. theres too much comingling here between the white house and the oversight function, the congress. the congress is there for a reason. its to oversee the work of the executive branch, hopefully in a constructive way, but not in a i way that amounts or at least appears to be collusion to effect the out come of that oversight. and that, essentially, is going to the heart of our checks and balances system in our democracy and in turn, therefore, i thi...

As far as information i received as ranking democrat on the committee, that was in the oversight function, that information was made available to democrats and republicans on the committee. it was marked classified so i cant tell you the specifics. but most of the information were talking about has been released publicly. the intelligence community has determined that russia indeed did cyber attack us, they did try to influence our elections, and they tried to influence it in one direction. >> s...

Session. with that, mike, im certain with your experience on hpsii and your involvement in the house select committee on benghazi investigation, you understand how valuable intelligence can be to oversight. if asked by the committee, will you provide the raw intelligence and sourcing behind agency finished products and assessments if in fact this committee needs it to complete its job? >> senator, i have been on the other side of this, and i know how central it is to make sure you have all that ...

Unfair treatment and this is the important part, and the deliberate effort to overturn citizens united using the power of the irs. which is not -- not something i think we talked about before. irs overturning citizens united. >> this is such a huge point youre making here. it is what comes to the core of it. congress does have an important oversight function and daryl issa is in some way or another trying to fill that out though he often does so in a way that seems unusually partisan and also ha...

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