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believe their republican officials on this. what is your response to that and reaction? >> you know, my reaction is that state district attorneys are generally pretty fiercely independent. i mean, they are prosecutors in a sovereign, in a state that is separate and apart from the federal government. i was a federal prosecutor my whole life and i could not tell a state district attorney, commonwealth's attorney or state attorney what charges to bring and what charges to decline to bring. there were times when i would coordinate with them if i were prosecuting somebody they may have had an interest in for a state investigation, but i couldn't control or direct, nor would i even suggest how they should go about making their prosecutorial decisions. this is all political theater, pure and simple. ana, as you say, there are