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Mccaskill's home state of missouri and the asterisk was the democratic challenger, was killed in a plane crash just before the election. his name remained on the ballot, and he unseated as george w. bush carried the state by 3 points, unseated the incumbent by john ashkroft. mcgrath is trying to pull it off in a state. >> what gives you the optimism. >> first of all, i don't think trump will win by 25, 30 points, i think trump's numbers are going to be depressed. i think if she runs a smart campaign, and learned i think from the last campaign, i can list, and i know steve can list a lot of sen...

Burton's committee back when that committee was investigating bill clinton. he did work for john ashkroft in the justice department and then left and worked for valerie rose. so this is a guy who has a lot of time at the nexus -- not a lawyer but someone who knows a lot about the law for a nonlawyer and knows about the political implications and political jeopardy and the trouble you can get yourself into if you tell lies or try to cover things up. this is a sharp guy. it's clear now the "new york times's" very detailed report tonight. sources left right and center, some contemporaneous, some ...

Obstruction of justice or herself into obstruction of justice and it sounds like this is the kind of thing that made him get out of there. >> mark corallo is a familiar figure if you covered washington scandals and politics for a long time. he made his name working for dan burrton's committee back when that committee was investigating bill clinton. he did work for john ashkroft in the justice department and then left and worked for valerie rose. so this is a guy who has a lot of time at the nexus -- not a lawyer but someone who knows a lot about the law for a nonlawyer and knows about the poli...

Sure, it appears that this was an error. to throw out this kind of letter without more information, without really knowing what the facts are with respect to these additional e-mails, i think was a mistake. as i said, as a general manner, you would not comment on an investigation. and so, of course i work with james comey when he was my deputy when i was the attorney general, and you know, he is a man of integrity, but we all make mistakes in these positions. and you know, hopefully when you make a mistake, you can identify the mistake and correct it and move on. >> can we ask you just in clos...

Than his ten-year term. his term was up in 2011 but even after that ten years in office, they extended it and had him serve all the way until 2013. when president obama did finally consent to replace bob mueller, to pick somebody in uh to run the fbi for the next ten years, he picked a republican. james comey is a republican. he was the number two official in the justice department. but in that job, he was not, if not a dissenter, someone who would stand up when something seemed wrong. he's the story of literally racing through washington, racing to the hotel room of john ashkroft to try to st...