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Mueller investigation. the new attorney general bill barr announcing he will not recuse himself from overseeing special counsel bob muellers investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. now, in a sense taz not a surprise, but some democrats had concerns because of a memo that barr wrote last year, a very detailed memo where he argued that the firing of former fbi director jim comey did not constitute obstruction of justice. and joining me now, congressman ted lieu, congressman w...

But i fear that our investigation is going to expose some wrongdoing. were going to leave no stone unturned. were going to connect the dots if they are to be connected. and we want to hear from these individuals and get their documents and at the time american people what happened. >> so chairman nadler was telling me youre going to subpoena, youre going to do whatever it takes. if any of these 81 dont comply, youre going to go all the way to the mat? >> thats correct. and a number of them did n...

Concerns because of a memo that barr wrote last year, a very detailed memo where he argued that the firing of former fbi director jim comey did not constitute obstruction of justice. and joining me now, congressman ted lieu, congressman who sits on the judiciary committee. thank you so much for being with me, congressman. lets start with this. 81 people getting letters like these. ive been looking through them today. i got mr. kushners and donald trump jr.s here. whats your response to people wh...

Team in oklahoma, i was in oklahoma over the weekend getting a lot of support from people. my old colleagues. we will have to see. so far we have a couple of motions or i per se have a motion outstanding. we will see how that plays out. i am confident that as the information continues to come out there it, it will be clear that there was a lot of wrongdoing on their side. >> martha: were you surprised to be on this list and get the letter? >> nothing will surprise me after everything we have bee...

Democrats? >> alan: no, its not. it backfired when the republicans did it to clinton. look, if the republicans were in power in the house today and hillary clinton where the president, i have no doubt they would do the same thing. this is the way its come down and its not right. its not right when the democrats do it and its not right when the republicans do it. investigations by congress are supposed to be looking towards legislation.at they are not supposed to be open-ended inquiries into a li...

What do you think will happen in is this the right move for democrats? >> alan: know, its not. it backfired when the republicans did it to quentin. look if the republicans were in power in the house today and hillary clinton were in the house today i have no doubt they would do the same thing. this is the way its come down and its not right. its not right when the democrats do it and has not right when the republicans do it. investigations by congress are supposed to be looking towards legislati...

The white house has issued a letter, a white house lawyer, essentially saying to elijah cummings, you have asked us for all this information about security clearances, which are an inherently executive branch function. you, the congress, have no right to inquire into this. you certainly dont have a right to know what the fbi and cia determined about jared kushners fitness for a security clearance. and elijah cummings has responded this hour saying, well, in fact, theres plenty of press dependent...

Democracy. what is your take on this? >> so i agree with cynthia. the rules are one thing. they are subject to change and revision. i dont think bob mueller would stand for a process that would ultimately bury important information that the public not only wants to know but has every right to know with respect to what, you know, our elected officials have been up to. i dont happen to think barr has any interest in burying information that is going to be really important for the people to assess ...

Look -- >> why is it the only way to enforce the law when youre talking about the president of the united states? >> its the president of the united states and everyone around him, and ill anticipate your question. i gue i guess youre hinting at the question of impeachment. >> it is the question in the venue and what the committees come up with what at least the democrats believe is evidence of wrongdoing. their only avenue is members of congress. i suppose they could say, look at this, look at ...

>> allen weisselberg, the chief financial officer of the trump organization. where is the line between oversight and yeoverreach and should democrats learn from what happened to republicans during the clinton years? >> well, they remember that, but they also have to remember democrats in 1974 which investigated and found real corruption and wrongdoing. and so this is what oversight looks like. there is a certain risk that you go to backlash. but they are not there yet. this is a legitimate inves...