MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show December 18, 2019 05:46:00
Had to do it. i have been a part of both of these institutions for a long time, and i know what it looks like when the department is trying to protect people and protect information. and i know what it looks like when they're not. there were plenty of ways to fulfill their congressionally mandated oversight responsibility without politicizing our messages, without shoveling them out in the way that they did. >> why do you think they did it? >> well, my speculation is because this was not a great time for the justice department. you had attorney general sessions constantly beleaguered and being...