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Officials that have recommended recure sal and under what scenario that you would go against their recommendation that you recuse yourself? >> there's different recusals. >> let's imagine it's a judgment call. the july by the career ethics officials in the agency are that you recuse yourself. under what scenario would you not follow their recommendation? >> if i disagreed with it. >> what would the basis of that disagreement be? >> i came to a different judgment. >> on what basis? >> the facts. >> such as whatever fact are relevant to are recusal. >> what are the facts that -- >> could be enum...

Concern? that the recommendation that you recuse yourself from the mueller investigation that there would be nobody left -- >> in some contexts there might be because who is confirmed for what and who is in what position. >> dana: apart from that, it's a judgment call and the attorney general is the person who makes the judgment. that's what the job entails. >> as a general matter, that is true. specifically on this issue, what -- under what scenario would you imagine that you would not follow the recommendation of the career ethics officials and the department of justice to recuse yourself fr...

Career ethics personnel, but under the regulations, i make the decision as the head of the agency as to my own recusal. >> let's imagine it's a judgment call, and the judgment by the career ethics officials in the agency are that you recused yourself. under what scenario would you not follow their recommendation? >> if i disagreed with it. >> what would the basis of that disagreement be? >> i came to a different judgment. >> on what basis? >> the facts. >> such as? >> such as whatever facts are relevant to the recusal. >> good enough? >> no, not at all good enough, and in the absence of his wr...

>> in some context there might be because of the -- who is confirmed for what and who is in what position. apart from that, it's a judgment call and the attorney general is the person who makes the judgment. that's what the job entails. >> as a general matter that's true, but specifically on this issue, under what scenario would you imagine that you would not follow the recommendation of the career ethics officials in the department of justice to recuse yourself from the mueller investigation? >> if i disagreed with them. >> okay. we will move on. senator feinstein previously asked you whether...

Situation or scenario you would go against their recommendation to recuse yourself? >> there are different kinds of recusals. some are mandated and others are judgment calls. >> let's imagine it's a judgment call and the judgment by the career ethics officials are that you recuse yourself. under which scenario would you not follow it. >> if i disagreed. >> under what basis? >> i came to a different judgment? >> on what basis? >> the facts. >> such as? >> whatever facts are relevant. >> what are do you remember the facts would be that are relevant? >> they could be enumerable. there is a rule o...