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So they can hand them over to the white house, basically to tip the white house off about their -- the president's liability in this investigation. saying that they suspect members of congress are doing that. has any member of congress ever tried to do that or been busted for doing something like that? is there any historical precedent for that that you know of? >> not busted in a big way. rosenstein mentioned one case was not exactly the same, but in that speech today where congressman carl vinson of georgia was asking robert jackson, who is a hero, who was attorney general, as you were menti...

The doj and then presumably hand it to donald trump's defense team, that is something we don't see in american history. it's totally off base. >> and rosenstein in his quiet, tidy way i think this week with these public remarks is trying to sound a sort of alarm about that. >> and i think we may be seeing a hero of the order of robert jackson in rod rosenstein. anyone who worries about the vitality of this democracy, just think about what happened that led to the possibility of rod rosenstein being the deputy attorney general and standing up to power and conceivably it's not too much to say sa...

I mean, this is right from the top. i just wanted to make sure we credit you for that. >> it is one of my favorite quotes. >> yes, sir. >> and i encourage you to read the whole thing. but this is actually the concluding paragraph. it says, "the qualities of a good prosecutor are as elusive and as impossible to define as those which mark a gentleman." and you should read or woman. "and those who need to be told would not understand it anyway. a sensitiveness to fair play and sportsmanship is perhaps the best protection against the abuse of power and the citizens' safety lies in the prosecutor w...

Ongoing law enforcement-sensitive materials are kept within the prosecutor's purview. only. during ongoing investigations. you don't even need to go to law school to have that imbued in you as a rule of law american value, right? as soon as monday of next week republicans in the house of representatives may be mounting an effort to impeach rod rosenstein because he will not hand over to them internal documents from the mueller investigation. which they presumably want to use to tip off the white house about what the mueller investigation is doing. well, in this quiet little out of the way off ...

Individual congressmen and sometimes with committees. in 1941 congressman carl vinson wrote a letter to attorney general robert jackson. he requested fbi and department of justice reports made in connection with an investigation of labor disputes involving navy contracts. there was no doubt that vinson's committee had a proper role to play in overseeing such issues, which is why he wanted the documents. but attorney general jackson flatly refused the request. he did not compromise at all. jackson explained that disclosing investigative reports would harm the national interest in a number of di...