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>> only in a kangaroo court. >> as i was thing about if i was president, the thought that you have your energy secretary say we should work with this person and your answer is not let's talk to thes secretary of state. instead it's go to my private attorney. i think it's part of a pattern where this president is putting his own private attorney, his private interests, partisan political interests in front of the interests of our count cannery. instead of talking to the new head of ukrain about russian invasions and the annexation of crimea and what we should do, he's talking to him about diggi...

>> you shouldn't equate asking for an investigation with, what you're really doing is your digging dirt. investigations go wherever they go. if people deserve to be held to account as a result of what that investigation uncovers, including even in an election year, that's the obligation of the department of justice to pursue that. a great believer and defender of the departments legitimate function, and it doesn't mean that just because there's political consequences that are attached to an investigation that you just throw up your hands and say well, if it involves joe biden we can't look int...

>> you shouldn't equate asking for an investigation with, what you're really doing is your digging dirt. investigations go wherever they go. if people deserve to be held to account as a result of what that investigation uncovers, including even in an election year, that's the obligation of the department of justice to pursue that. a great believer and defender of the departments legitimate function, and it doesn't mean that just because there's political consequences that are attached to an investigation that you just throw up your hands and say well, if it involves joe biden we can't look int...

Created in the wake of some very serious congressional investigations leading up to its creation. now some problems came with it. the investigations weren't made public. they came often through anonymous tips. this riled up lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. some concerns about whether this was being done as political payback or digging dirt off before elections. this has existed -- this consternation about this committees has existed for awhile. this is the first time we've seen a major move not just to cut back or reform it but go the nuclear option of this and take away its independence ...

Candidates whose operatives or whose campaigns engage in this really playing to the cheap seats the lowest common denominator, digging dirt. we really have to have voters begin to strike back and punish the candidates that embrace it. >> as i mentioned, this isn't just about politics. curt schilling i'll bring you in here. it seems like part of the problem is the internet. makes it very easy to directly attack anybody, famous or not. you saw this happen with you. and your daughter. what do you want to take away from this situation? >> i think a significantly large portion of this problem is th...