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Federalism and the powers that states have are reserved to the states heres a core prosecutorial function in the state of new york and you can imagine the kind of abuse that could be in store here if any member of congress could look back to their home state and protect, you know, their governor, their senator, or just a family friend from prosecution by trying to interfere in a state prosecutors work. much like doj always pushes back whenever congress tries to subpoena information about an ongo...

And we need our criminal justice system to hold corrupt politicians accountable. i live in the chicago area, in the state of illinois, we have a big corruption trial now, ou governors in prison. >> a lot of history. >> - prosecutors keep our politicians clean. >> barb, we heard bill barr, o all people, trumps former attorney general, weigh in o the case watch this >> which, the archetype al abuse of the prosecutorial function to engage in politica hijab. and its a disgrace. and legally, i think ...

President biden deliberately avoiding e topic. >> im not going to talk about it. >> reporter: republicans are slamming it as a democratic d.a. trying to take out president bidens top political opnts with a bogus legal case like this reaction from former attorney general turned critic bill barr. >> its the archetypal abuse of the prosecutorial function to engage in a political hit job, and a disace. >> reporter: some ■mof mr. trumpbigges defeerho him for the gop nomination. >> the unprecedented...

Proactive as a deterrence measure. is there a way to stop this? >> i dont think theres any one law, or set of laws, really that is going to put a stop to this problem completely. that is not to believe legislators of the responsibilities to try to find a way. that being said, i think it is two parts. i think that you have to be aggressive in pursuing criminal charges against individuals like this, using the laws that we have on the books, now. what were also seeking out new laws and prosecuting ...

Be able to see on like a trial where we wouldnt be able to see every interview. >> david, what kind of political risk might come with criminal referrals? could they help donald trump rally republicans around him? do you think it will be the final straw to inspire the gop to move past him? >> i dont know that it allows donald trump to rally people around him. the committee does not have a prosecutorial function. it could galvanize people into recalling the amounts of january six. i think susan is...

>> our role in the senate select committee was to make disclosures through televised hearings. we had the power of subpoena, the power to put people under oath. >> but congress does not have a prosecutorial function. its only to investigate, to legislate, and to inform. >> by march of 1973, you had the senate select committee pushing for hearings. >> but nixon by and large did not want his aides to testify. >> people were very interested in the senate hearings and whether nixon was going claim e...

We had the power to put people under oath, but, congress does not have a prosecutorial function. it is only to investigate, to legislate and to inform. >> by march, 1973, you have the senate select committee pushing for hearings. >> nixon by and large did not want to testify. >> people were very interested in the senate hearings and whether nixon was going to claim executive privilege to keep his top aides from testifying. >> a president cant use executive privilege to shield his own criminal co...

Election fraud lie. bill barr was one of the perpetrators of that lie and many times in between that have got enforgotten in the midst of these scandals. >> you criticize barr for using the doj to promote a political agenda. can it be okay for an attorney general to consider politics and what made barr different from other ags before him? obviously people talk about eric holder. when he was barack obamas attorney general referred to himself as the shield for barack obama. this is not robert -- k...

This is about a cover-up potential and protection of the attorney generals boss, the president of the united states. lets track back in time. robert mueller wrote a letter, no one should think this is about protecting the andrew wisemans or any of those who prosecuted the probe. this is about bill barr saying, no obstruction, no collusion, which let donald trump throw a victory lap that he was not entitled to. this is about distorting what the mueller probe found. who wrote -- who authored -- ...