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We will look to whether he is abiding by the law in making a decision about those requests. so well use whatever leverage we can. but at the end of the day we are determined to validate the whistleblower process to make sure that people can expose wrongdoing. and because whats at stake here goes well beyond this complaint and this president to whether any oversight is possible, any whistleblower is protected and were determined to validate that authority of the congress. thank you. >> harris: yo...

To make sure people can expose wrongdoing. >> there are plenty of signs indicating this complaint contains something pretty significant, whether it is the inspector generals efforts to inform congress, the administrations effort to thwart them, the reports linking to discussions with a foreign leader or of course the presidents nondeenl deninial d. but we havent seen the complaint. we didnt know what he said or how this whistle blower even found out. and perhaps the bigger question, whether we w...

Congress for authorization to reprogram funds for one purpose or another, we will look to whether he is abiding by the law in making a decision about those requests. so we will use whatever leverage we can. but at the end of the day, we are determined to vallidate the whistle blower process to make sure people can expose wrongdoing. because what is at stake here goes well beyond this complaint and this president to whether any oversight is possible, any whistle blower is protected and were deter...

Government is empowered by the constitution to serve as a check on the executive branch. in that capacity it has a need to know of allegations of wrongdoing within the executive branch including allegations of wrongdoing in the intelligence community. this law specifies this very clearly and does not claim any of the exceptions the director so far seems to be claiming. >> the justice department is completely outside of this process. according to schiff apparently they are not denying they may ha...

Facing criminal liability, not to mention professional jeopardy. >> ellen, let me put this back to you. the story and your reporting, one of the hallmarks of your reporting is the care with which everything is described and written for us, the readers. but i wonder if you can tell us if this whistleblower ever intended or desired for any of this to become public. usually they do not. >> yes. usually they do not. i believe the whistleblower did want this to eventually get to the congress. but the...

The military is outstanding. these are all very, very good people. but when the top makes it clear that they welcome -- the president, when he welcomes onto his property literally millions of dollars of taxpayer money to support him at mar-a-lago and at his other resorts, it doesnt surprise me that all across, in this case, the military, that they see -- well, why dont we go ahead and book some rooms at the resort at turnberry in scotland. its just -- this whole thing is just a corrupt administr...

Saying this is credible. msnbc analyst, good to see you. >> good to see you. >> prosecutors often side with the people who run these agencies. you enforce things, prosecute a leak if its an illegal leak. you also understand when have you someone following the rules and fought leaking illegally but using the whistleblower process, walk us through what you know and where the doj fits in. >> surprising we are at this place the whistle proceeder process seems to break down. it was explained you woul...

Said this is ush against, it cant wait. which is a profound concern that we have over what we have seen over the last year, which is a concerted strategy to run out the clock on any information getting to congress. here where it is urgent, that is simply not an option. >> why were you not able to get an answer today on whether or not the white house intervened, why are you not able to get the answer about the substance of the complaint? >> well, there is no privilege that covers whether the whit...

That they welcome -- the president when he welcomes on to his property literally millions of dollars of taxpayer money to support him at mar-a-lago and at his other resorts, it doesnt surprise me that all across, in this case the military, that they see, well, why dont we go ahead and book some rooms at the resort at turnberry in scotland. this whole thing is just a corrupt administration. it sifts down. i dont believe there was any intentional wrongdoing on the part of the military. but the lax...

Congress setup this process so that whistle blowers could talk about -- could tell congress about wrongdoing in a way that would protect them and protect the material and also protect from retaliation and interference by agency heads. so the way its setup is the whistle-blower goes to the inspector general and its the inspector general who fingerprintly decides whether this material is urgent and is credible. >> the statute creates this sort of pipeline where if you see something bad you can go ...