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They started this. other than maybe that dossier and some miscellaneous tips they had heard. beyond that what's interesting is the idea the justice department made the call to not prosecute on this. you remember in the famous james comey news conference when he said he said no reasonable prosecutor would bring a case on these grounds. and remember he didn't use the phrase gross negligence. that's drawn from the statute. he said i think extremely careless in the handling of classified information by hillary clinton. a lot of people complained when comey took it upon himself apparently according...

When he said that it was his call to make. because the justice department was compromised. well, the compromised justice department, because the attorney general had the famous meeting with bill clinton. the compromised justice department seems from this testimony may indeed have made the call. which may have been the right call but maybe by the wrong people. we'll see, i guess. >> bill: two points to be made here. if ratcliffe is right d.o.j. said lay off on the clinton investigation and the second point he is making there was no evidence of russian collusion to advance the investigation. >> ...

Until richardson names a special prosecutor acceptable to the committee with guidelines guaranteeing his independence. >> he was pushing him to commit to one, appointing the special prosecutor and two, respecting his independence. >> mr. cox will have full independence as far as i'm concerned. he has been given or will be given upon his appointment full authority to investigate all aspects of the watergate cases. >> what if this trail leads into the oval office at the white house? >> the trail should be followed where ever it leads. >> now the senators didn't know that trail would lead to the ...

Not let them cancel out the rule of law or separation of powers just because the heat is on and that is why next week's confirmation hearings are crucial. it's no accident that a congressional branch has the final say on this crucial appointment. the senate not only decides whether to approve the attorney general, but it can require that this attorney general under oath will back up bob mueller and we know that because it's happened before. this is very important. richard nixon appointed his foreign general in 1973 and according to james doyle, an insider on the staff, nixon cast richardson as...

Respected experienced prosecutor, and he is, there isn't a whole lot more they need to do. some nixon allies in the senate made the same argument about richardson's appointment. you can see these echos already. >> he's proven worthy of his trust in many posts and he ought to be trusted. >> he has a high opinion of mr. mueller and no reason for mr. mueller to stop doing his job. >> but history teaches the opposite and this is so important for next week's hearings. the constitution is not based on trust or opinion. attorney general richardson was pressed into a path that people hoped would be un...