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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 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...

Victims family is very upset as you noted in the intro there. they are very upset that it took over three days to apprehend this woman because they are saying it was preferential treatment. now, its in the hands of the texas rangers for the prosecution now to ameliorate the appearance of impropriety. different prosecutorial branch so it doesnt look like she is getting preferential treatment. its a sensitive situation. somebody lost their life. >> shepard: so the sheriff is saying that you can pa...

Derail a judicial process. thats the point of a pardon. but if you are firing the fbi director to end an investigation, and that is your purpose. if he said, for example, i am firing the fbi director because i want to derail an investigation. >> that would not be a crime. >> well agree to disagree. >> lets assume the following. lets assume the president said, forget with the filibuster. i am ordering the investigation to stop. i am the president. the head of the executive branch. thomas jefferso...