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Cipollone and flatly rejects the demand for documents and demands that congress puts an end to the investigations into president trump and his administration. quote, congressional investigations are intended to obtain information to aid in evaluating potential legislation, not to the harass political opponents or to pursue an unauthorized do-over of exhausted investigations already completed by the department of justice. earlier i asked speaker nancy pelosi if she agreed with chairman nadler. >> madam speaker, jerry nadler says the conduct of the administration is such that he cannot rule out ...

Completely outrageous. it says the president is above the law and congress has no right to investigate any of the actions of the president, hold him accountable in any way. one of the purposes that the constitution spells out for investigations is impeachment. so it isn't about impeachment, it's about impeachment as a purpose, a constitutional purpo purpose. >> and to give you a little insight into the letter from pat cipollone, one excerpt goes this way. congressional investigations are intended to obtain information to aid and evaluating potential legislation and not to harass political oppo...

It's very good that the white house is actually having dialogue with us. and something i've been concerned about since i've been in the senate is, whether it's president obama or the current president taking military action without going to the senate, as the constitution spells out for an authorization to use military force. so i thought i was going into this thinking that this sort of unprecedented putting senators on two buses and taking us would be something pretty significant. >> you mean this you'd be briefed on significant information? >> significant information, new information, or in-...

Senator booker joins us tonight for the interview. senator, it's really nice to have you here. >> it's going to be here, thank you. >> let me just -- i don't want to talk to you only about this briefing but i do want to get your impression. senator corker did seem underwhelmed there. was that also your experience? >> i think it's fair. i mean -- look, first of all, it's very good that the white house is actually having dialogue with us. and something i've been concerned about since i've been in the senate is, whether it's president obama or the current president taking military action without ...

Was that also your experience? >> i think it's fair. i mean -- look, first of all, it's very good that the white house is actually having dialogue with us. and something i've been concerned about since i've been in the senate is, whether it's president obama or the current president taking military action without going to the senate, as the constitution spells out for an authorization to use military force. so i thought i was going into this thinking that this sort of unprecedented putting senators on two buses and taking us would be something pretty significant. >> you mean this you'd be brie...