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Constrain the mueller invest gairxs he's immediately called before congress to answer for why he's obstructing the investigation. any communications with the white house, on this investigation, are subject to discovery. if he starts to get into the fraud area where his own former company is being investigated, he's accused of obstruction. he literally must stay in his office at this point and hope to god that nothing worse comes out. so i -- this turns out to be the nominee or the acting position that we were all very worried about that essentially is wounded deeply by this and probably going ...

Justice, the department of justice view as someone who would strip out the unpinnings of the mission of the department of justice, what happens, potentially to the department itself? >> i think what we're seeing and have been seeing over the past two years, first of all s-a dis deep erosion of the department itself and a big concern of the rule of law and whether the department will remain an independent law enforcement agency that pays primary attention to the laws of the land. i think what happens if we have -- we know it can't be whittaker, legally it can't be whittaker because he would hav...

Interpretation analysis but overlooked a couple things. it blurred the lines. they were looking to support a decision that had already been made. the really important fact i think here is regardless, again, of the legality because while that's important, i don't know that we're going to have time to see this play out in the courts. >> what do you mean? >> his appointment is temporary. it's 210 days. although, once they appoint a nominee, my understanding is he can stay acting during that time. things take a while in the courts. there are ways to speed that up through preliminary injunctions bu...

Legislation protecting the probe is brought to the senate. it complicates republican efforts for his nominee by the end of the european here is a senator flake from earlier today. >> the improper installation of an acting attorney general, who has not been subject to confirmation by this body, the president now has this investigation in his sights, and we all know it. >> of the justice department released a 20 page legal opinio opinion. relying on the federal vacancies reform act. the department of legal counsel, which provides legal guidance to the federal government, found senate confirmatio...

Attorney general jeff sessions resigned the acting position falls to his deputy, rod rosenstein. he recently oversaw robert mueller's investigation. the office of legal counsel found presidents may use the vacancy reform act as an alternative which was recognized and used by president bush and obama. earlier today more reaction on the hill. >> we went to make sure the acting attorney general does not interfere with the mueller investigation. >> how the president feels about the mueller investigation, he never said he wants to shut it down. i never heard anybody say they want to shut it down. i...