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Make a broad statement of what they want released, thats not fair to the american public. theyre trying to taint what is coming out by not saying what should not come out to the public because of what ive just listed. of. chris: but, you know, there are other areas besides grand jury testimony or classified material. democrats say that the president is in a unique legal position. they say on the one hand that they -- justice department regulations are they dont release information on people they...

Criticized, i think is generally regarded well by both sides of the aisle -- doesnt make any sense to me. theres a lot of pressure on the department, but i think if the department learned anything from the jim comey fiasco its follow the rules, follow their standard procedure, and even if you get a lot of heat for it, do what you would normally do in a typical prosecution. sandra: robert, as you said earlier, this is a good time to take a step back as we await the initial findings, the results o...

Actually release the find things of the report? >> well, i think what everyone needs to remember is that now that the special counsel is complete with his job, this becomes like any other doj investigation. and i think that attorney general barr and deputy attorney general rosenstein are going to be very careful to follow normal doj procedures in terms of withholding, redacting what is normally withheld and redacted. and particularly because you look back at jim comey, what got him in trouble wa...

The 1990s. starr was with maria bartiromo a bit earlier today, and heres how he phrased what we think is happening at the moment. just watch here. >> in that letter on friday that bill barr sent the first communication to congress, he made a very important statement that goes to who we are as a free people. he said there have been no instances, none, when the attorney general of the united states -- rod rosenstein, matt whitaker, now bill barr -- overruled the independent counsel. he has enjoyed...

Nitty-gritty of it, the top-line findings, that is what is going to really matter ultimately. were just sort of in this waiting game. bill: let me fake -- take you through a few things. for 48 hours, i believe, weve been going on the assumption here based on some of these senior level officials here that there is no more indictment contained in this report and that there was no interference on behalf of the executive branch and the department of justice on bob mueller. what does that tell you? >...

Try to spare innocent people from getting smeared with uncorroborated allegations from the report. sandra: but as we know, there are calls, bipartisan calls, for the report to be released in its entirety. is that possible? >> not under department procedure, it shouldnt be. i mean, if the department declines to indict someone, the general -- you know, you either indict and go to trial or you shut up. thats generally the rule. you dont let the public now do -- i mean, if people take a step back, t...

Sandra: but as we know, jerry nadler -- the ranking member on the judiciary committee -- not only is he demanding that the entire report be made public, but hes also demanding the underlying evidence. >> right. sandra: can that happen? >> it generally shouldnt. i mean, this may be upside lying evidence thats not -- underlying evidence thats not protected, but a lot of this evidence would have been secured by grand jury testimony which is protected under criminal procedure 6e. a lot of this evide...