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Trump and the trump organization say this is just continuation of a long standing practice, and that they have the right as an organization to protect their intellectual property rights. this is a very, very complex legal argument that will take place, frankly with people who know a lot more about the legal system than you or i, max. but it really begs the question, this is going to have to be discussed and its a very interesting question that is now raised. >> absolutely. matt in beijing, thank...

Question, whatever it is, without any delay. >> reporter: director comey dropped the bombshell despite the justice department and fbis long standing practice of not commenting publicly on politically sensitive investigations within 60 days of an election. comey explained in a letter to fbi employees why he felt the need to share. i feel an obligation to do so given that i testified repeatedly in reecent months that our investigation was completed. i also think it would be misleading to the ameri...

Anything. lets listen. >> trump issued a series of executive orders with great fanfare, though fewer than obama at this point q but theyre mostly hot air. reviewing a law, reporting back to him, considering action, or reaffirm some long standing practice. his one order that did something, the temporary travel ban was so poorly phrased that it got stuck in the court system and will have to be redone. there are two aspects of the trump presidency, the freak show, the tweets, fights with anyone who...

Justice department who raise questions why was the long standing practice of the justice department not to release anything like this within 60 days of an election? why was that violated? the former attorney general and a conservative republican said that and attorney general holder and former attorney general holder did. the attorneys general in both republican and democratic -- we should listen to the deputies earns general. and democratic administrations. this is not the policy of the differe...

Break with long standing practice and established procedures. not since j. edgar hoover has an fbi director positioned himself as a player in the political realm. the power to use the state to put someone in jail is an awesome authority. it should not be used against political opponents. it poisons the public arena. it makes politics a life and death affair, and it reminds one of third world banana republics, not an advanced democracy. for more, go to cnn.com/fareed, and lets get started. so j...

Investigation. he blew through those rules a long time ago. but even if you ignore that, they certainly have a long standing practice they dont do anything in close proximity to an election that could appear to influence that election. they usually interpret that as 60 days let alone 11 days before the election like he did yesterday. >> lets go back to the press conference to which you just referred. remind viewers what it is director fbi director comey said. >> that was the original sin. >> alt...

Hillary clinton. they were discovered during a probe of abedins estranged hus, anthony weiner. he notified congress about the e-mails because they appeared to be pertinent to the earlier investigation. all this playing out ten days before election day. fair to say that the fbi director is taking some heat. earlier, my colleague, natalie allen asked cnn political commentator about the long standing practice at the justice department to do smuting that can be seen to influence the election. list...

Saying anything about an investigation. he blew through those rules a long time ago. even if you ignore that, they certainly a long standing practice that they dont do anything in close proximity to an election that could be -- that could appear to influence that election. they usually interpret that as 60 days let alone 11 days before the election to come out like he did yesterday. >> lets go back to the press conference to which you just referred, remind viewers, what is it that fbi director c...

Cast a normal ballot for whatever reason and you had to cast a provisional ballot, you may be annoyed and outraged to learn your vote was never opened. your ballot was never opened. your vote was never counted. they never bothered going through provisional votes. they wouldnt make a difference. that would happen in a typical year. in this race, in this year, oh, boy, do they have to count every single one. because just a fraction of the nearly 500 provisional ballots that were cast in fairfax co...

Be the attorney general of the commonwealth of virginia. in the race between obenshain/herring. herring the democrat lead by 106 votes out of more than 2.2 million votes cast. which is really super incredibly crazy unbelievably close. in an ordinary election year if you had to cast a provisional ballot if they wouldnt let you cast a normal ballot for whatever reason and you had to cast a provisional ballot you. may be annoyed and outraged to learn your vote was never opened. your ballot was neve...