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Immigration cases are not abused and are granted solely for good cause? >> we issued an attorney general order which set the standard, which had been different based on what the immigration appeals court, which is an internal -- the board of immigration appeals which is an internal d.o.j. body that the attorney general sits over. we passed rules and regulations in a new standard for issuing those continuances for good cause, as you mention. >> thank you. i yield back. >> thank the gentleman. i n...

Third article, all the time robert muellers new boss railed against the russia probe. trumps pick to replace jeff sessions said once mueller risk becoming a witch-hunt. and finally an article entitled trumps new acting attorney general once mused about defending robert mueller. >> without objection, these documents will be placed in the record. and i recognize the gentleman for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. whitaker, im going to be really straight with you up front. im going to c...

Investigation is a lynch mob? >> congressman, can you tell me specifically where i said that? >> id be happy to. so, in a tweet that you issued on august 6 of 2017, you made reference to a note to trumps lawyer, do not cooperate with muellers lynch mob. do you recall that? >> i recall that i said that i retweeted an article that was titled that. i did not necessarily agree with that position, but my point was that it was an interesting read for those that want to understand the situation. >> rec...

Cabinet, and the swamp will be a little less foul without him. his departure is one of four major staff shakeups since november midterm and president announced chief of staff would leave at the end of the year but director set to replace john kelly as acting chief of staff. the u.s. ambassador to united nations haley is leaving her job. the president is hoping the senate will confirm state department spokesman heather as her replacement. attorney general jeff sessions resigned in early november ...

Cabinet, and the swamp will be a little less foul without him. his departure is one of four major staff shakeups since november midterm and president announced chief of staff would leave at the end of the year but director set to replace john kelly as acting chief of staff. the u.s. ambassador to united nations haley is leaving her job. the president is hoping the senate will confirm state department spokesman heather as her replacement. attorney general jeff sessions resigned in early november ...

Wanting to do interpretation about the departments moves. theyve got an interest to move the case forward. i think its important for rod rosenstein to look at it that way. its unusual. typically the law and the process is to move the deputy attorney general into that slot. theres a reason for senate confirmation. that is to make sure somebody has the judgment, temperment, experience, knowledge, all those qualifications that we consider basic. i think you could -- were at a point where if whitake...

Relationship was seriously strained after sessions were curious himself from the rusher probe well now democrats and even some republicans are worried about what is removal could mean for that investigation. jeff sessions now the former u.s. attorney general fired by donald trump applauded by his staff as he leaves the justice department the attorney general oversees the department and its the department thats in charge of special counsel robert millers investigation into russias possible role i...

Now, this assumes that republicans would somehow try to get in the way of sessions replacement and it also assumes that there will be a sessions replacement, which as my colleague michael was just saying we think right now maybe thats not the case. maybe this has blown over. from what im hearing, as well, there have been senior aides in the white house telling the president that firing jeff sessions would abe terrible idea because of the rupture that it would cause with the conservative base of ...

Modern era last couple of years. theres a way to keep the senate minimally in session, maybe one or two members present. that way, most of the senates on summer break. but this cant happen. is that correct? >> thats correct from my understanding of the senate rules, brian. i think what weve never seen before and what kind of leaves an open question as to how this might unfold is youve never had a republican president and a republican congress together at such a tumultuous time where there is the...

Of power. hes going to look at everything in trump world. i think theres real deep concerns at the white house about that. >> to mr. peters, i used to know just two things about recess appointments and fact check me here to see if theyre still true. number one, its good still the next congress comes into town and number two, we havent had many full-on recesses in the modern era last couple of years. theres a way to keep the senate minimally in session, maybe one or two members present. that way,...