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He said in his first statement i wrote and researched that entire memo. if that was brought to me by a second year associate, i would be shocked. >> i would also think it should work against him that he was the former attorney general in that period. because he seems not to have grown or learned. one of the things astonishing about his testimony about mass incarceration was he would not disavow. almost everyone, including those who voted for the 1994 crime bill recognizes it was not what they an...

Alleviate the concerns people have. what ive been struck with in impressed with is how much he took on the concerns that both republicans and democrats who are supportive of the mueller investigation had voiced, and made sure to address them straight on. to say, "it should not be misconstrued that i think bob really would be associated with anything even remotely like a witch hunt. times have changed since the 1990s. i am supportive of the first step act." for instance, he made clear that his id...

Up with him. >> so i finish on time versus going two minutes over. i want to get your recommendation on intellectual property. we want the give the justice department more tools to go after bad actors like china, russia and brazil that are stealing our intellectual property and more on the americans with disabilities act particularly about website access. the web didnt exist and now we have attorneys filing a number of frivolous lawsuits. i would lconfirmed. finally, i want to make sure that you...

Theres this border wall or this government shutdown deadline. they try and blame each other, and will you have -- >> schumer got blamed very briefly. >> because it was a very basketweave threat of a shutdown. >> for him being called how the in the this very moment i dont think he would have done this. hes ready for the 16 days, but because his people called him out very harshly he had to backtrack yet again. does he serve the american people or rush limbaugh? >> they were giving mixed signals, t...

Was a letter, no one signed it? what do you make of it? >> i think its more of the same, chris, this presidents inability or lack of desire to tell the truth at every turn. you went over it. at any turn, anything wary or bearing the trumps name is running into legal trouble, whether its in a civil court or under criminal investigation. whether we are talking about the trump organization or trump university or the trump foundation now. right at every single turn, anything attached to donald trump...

So i had it. why put out that michael cohen had a letter he signed? why would his letter say there was a letter, no one signed it? what do you make of it? >> i think its more of the same, chris, this presidents inability or lack of desire to tell the truth at every turn. you went over it. at any turn, anything wary or bearing the trumps name is running into legal trouble, whether its in a civil court or under criminal investigation. whether we are talking about the trump organization or trump un...

>> this is beyond mueller. this is about the fbi. >> thats right. >> republicans dont feel the need to talk about a fundamental principle and the fourth amendment, and protecting the search and seizure tenets? >> i cant speak for them. when we have private conversations most of my colleagues recognize this is not healthy, not good. but theyre so happy with what theyre getting out of the trump administration in terms of deregulation, tax cuts, two new justices to the supreme court, that theyre wi...

Mcconnell, is planning to bring this up during the lame duck session. should he? >> i would love to see this come forward. there are a number of organizations that have provided some feedback. and i am certainly looking to look at any textual changes to the bill. we need to involve as many vois as possible. we need to reduce recidivism in those exiting the prison system and fairness in sentencing for federal crimes. we see an ever-increasing number of women, especially mothers, that are serving ...

Mcconnell, is planning to bring this up during the lame duck session. should he? >> i would love to see this come forward. there are a number of organizations that have provided some feedback. and i am certainly willing to look at any textual changes that might occur to the bill. i think we need to involve as many voices as possible. we need to reduce recidivism in those exiting the prison system and fairness in sentencing for federal crimes. we see an ever-increasing number of women, especially...