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To politicize the department of justice. if it was a wrongdoing this occurred in the previous administration, we van obligation to the american people to find out what it is and make sure it doesnt happen again. that information is important because this kind of report is terrible for the morale of the department, for the career individuals. its terrible. the other thing he might want to do is have some sort of public announcement statement on his views. if true, hes going to condemn them. hes g...

No wrongdoing found of leaking information to reporters. but they are trying to seek more information, that is really all that the intelligence committee, democrats know about this investigation. and theyve been asking many questions including what specific data and metadata was being subpoenaed, what topics, who specifically and that is just information that theyre not able to get right now. and despite repeated inquiries, and so there is a lot of frustration. and as you mentioned, it is kind o...

Initiated an investigation? this is really, really serious stuff. and the inspector general must look into this with intensity and aggressiveness and from that point, the inspector general can refer, for criminal prosecution, anyone who did any wrongdoing as part of this investigation. >> jeremy, youre both blowing my mind here, but i want to try to pick up on this idea of what was happening in 17 and 18, and youre both right, unprecedented tactics and an unprecedented standard, we believe, like...

Operational action, like, you know, youre involved in a counterterrorism raid and somehow that information gets spilled to the media and it tips off the target so they can get away. here, the information that was revealed to the public was wrongdoing. wrongdoing by the trump administration. wrongdoing by mike flynn in conspiring with kisliyak. wrongdoing by donald trump to beat down jim comey, wrongdoing in terms of contacts between the trump team and agents of the russian federation. so, first,...

What should not have happened? i mean i understand that theres a point. you said theres a point to a gag order, but in this case, it serves to conceal wrongdoing. >> well, there is the end to the gag order. again, think about politics. think about what were talking about. if that had come out a year ago that any one of those members, republicans or democrats -- in this case, it appears theyve only targeted democrats, which is a problem, but if that would come out, that would be used against them...

Investigation on our new attorney general arriving in his job. there is now going to be an internal investigation, chairman schiff, one of the targeted lawmakers has said he has been unable to get biden administration officials to give him details about anything. there is a lot of frustration that there is only now an investigation out of this. what do you think? >> let me say im not surprised, it wouldnt surprise me at all if the attorney general only found out about this very recently. i can t...

Do that for members of congress, right? >> it is incredible unusual to do it for members congress, particularly when the president has been so explicit about the need to go after his political opponents. long, certainly members of congress can engage in wrongdoing and can mishandle information and can potentially get caught up in criminal liability, and if they do they should be investigate and prosecuted. the problem is president trump had a long track record of identifying adam schiff by name....

0 covering the beat. its very much a place that looks like america, but that means it does tend to skew a little bit more to the right because while you have a lot of black and latino, latino people you also have a very strong -- a lot of people coming from the american south and west. >> aline cooper, a great reporter on this beat, thanks for making time tonight. i appreciate it. >> that is "all in" on this thursday night. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. >> thank you, chris. thank yo...

Procedures and how they actually pursue wrongdoing, but as a general matter, you want a department to be consistent in the way it approaches cases. it builds credibility and upholds morale within the department. i think it was the right approach. >> the question is it was the approach that was taken up until january 0th this of this year? in other words, is that the approach that the last administration used? >> that will be something for historians to look at and people like yourself, john. you...

Have done my darn best to make sure the white house wasnt engaged in any kind of wrongdoing. >> former tone jern real, former white house counsel, alberto gonzales, unique perspective. thanks as always for joining us this morning. >> thanks, john. free beer, free joints, cold hard cash, states getting creative with incentives to get people vaccinated. but a former attorney general says that may not be such a good idea. and a florida high school forced to halt sales of its year book. wait til...