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Ari fleischer from judicial watch, tom fitton, i don't even think this is the most egregious side of this. i don't like that he hired hillary clinton's attorney who worked under the clinton foundation, will put up all the donors, political donations from mueller's team that went to democrats, as we put that up on the screen. you have been able to identify a very specific statutes and laws as you explain them, 45.2 disqualification statute, why don't we put them up on the screen and you can explain them in what they mean? >> it means that if you have a personal relationship with somebody substa...

I don't -- i don't necessarily agree with him when it comes to jeff sessions, that he's not doing a good job on really following through with what donald trump promised during the campaign. i have to say i'm disappointed in the president. seems to be, you know, now fixated on calling jeff sessions out again and again, because jeff sessions is carrying his water. jeff sessions is doing a great job on the policy front. as you mentioned. i didn't agree that jeff sessions should have recused himself. i didn't think he had to. i know there's justice department regulations but, you know, those are r...

Of federal regulations put out by the department of justice as part of the department of justice rules and it says this. i'll read from it. 28 cfr 45.2. unless authorized, no employee shall participate in a criminal investigation or prosecution if he has a personal or political relationship with any person involved in the conduct of an investigation. it goes on to say for political -- in a political campaign and it says if you have a close identification with an elected official or a candidate arising from service as a principal adviser, you should not participate in an investigation of that c...

Not to brief me or involve me in any way or any such matters. in fact, they have not. importantly, i recuse myself not because of any asserted wrongdoing or any belief that i may have been involved in any wrongdoing in the campaign, but because it is department of justice regulation. 28 cfr. 45.2. i felt required it. that regulation states an effect that compartment employees should not participate in investigations of a campaign if they serve as a campaign adviso advisor. the scope of my recusal, however, does not and cannot oversee the department of justice, including the fbi, which has an $...

Their staffs of this recusal and to advise them not to brief me or involve me in any way in any such matters and, in kt ffact, have not. importantly, i recuse myself not because of any asserted wrongdoing or any belief that i may have been involved in any wrongdoing in the campaign but because a department of justice regulation, 28 cfr 45.2, i felt, required it. that regulation states in effect that department employees should not participate in investigations either came pain if they served as a campaign adviser. so the scope of my recusal, however, does not and cannot interfere with my abili...