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Justice. anybody that suggests that the attorney general should resign for justice department incapable of handling a full inquiry, we're three weeks into his tenure, seems overblown. richard, he maintains he didn't lie to congress. do you think he perjured himself or are democrats overplaying their hands as president said? >> what he said wasn't true. he said he had no contacts with the russians. he didn't qualify it saying no contacts about the campaign. he said he didn't have contacts with the russians. >> are you saying it's convenient excuse now he's found out? >> well, he had two contact...

Late last evening breaking in "the washington post" when senior official said it's all partisan, nothing to see here. but end of today attorney general holding news conference at justice department recusing himself from any investigations at all. this is not any cabinet member. senator sessions was first to endorse this president. as close as anyone on thor in circle is to this president and by the end of the day recusing himself not simply because democrats complaining but republicans calling for him to step aside, he's not objective enough potentially to address any type of investigation. bu...

Written questions from senator leahy. i think he said in one answer to tucker carlson he could not recall discussing the election in any significant way. that's two caveats in one sentence. i work at justice department. strikes me as lawyer speak for yes he discussed the election with the russian ambassador. i think democrat and republicans are justified in calling for investigation. >> good question from tucker, considering what happened with michael flynn why didn't you amend your statement. or did anyone on your staff say holy smokes perhaps should clarify? no. never gave that a thought, or...

Democracy, intervening in our election to support donald trump. number two is if everything they were doing is above board and innocent, why lying about it? doesn't make sense. only way to get to bottom of it is have independent counsel appointed by justice department. it's great that attorney general sessions said would recuse himself. but that's not enough. republicans on the hill are shielding trump. being patsies for president trump. not going to get to the bottom of this. >> that's the subpoena power. >> great digging by "washington post," "new york times," "wall street journal" and other...

Mackaceae. and the president got to right, i don't think there's any intention to mislead and anybody who says the little there warranted perjure prosecution doesn't understand how difficult that is to do. issue is not that but the underlying facts and what the context is. now that the attorney general has recused himself, ordinary processes will get at whether there is issue or not. >> shouldn't there be recordings, acting in capacity as senator, be someone in the office with him at the time during the meeting? shouldn't there be a transcript of the meeting? >> i don't know if transcript. i t...