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Against the vice president, against congress, and the insurrection which stormed the capitol. a lot of those people are involved which is why we're calling the new committee the select committee -- because a lot of these people are in it to try to make sure that they don't get investigated and they don't get prosecuted. but it is that larger principle it's not just about january 6th, it's in, general about make sure there's no neutral and objective law enforcement. for any crimes they may have committed so the rule of law and america. traditionally, the political parties have taken the positio...

Position that the law enforcement function is independent and the politicians will not try to micromanage or interfere or obstruct what's taking place within law enforcement. and the whole purpose of this committee is to obstruct the fbi or what donald trump today called the fake bureau of investigation. it's an attack on law enforcement. lots of my republican colleagues are calling for defunding the fbi. defunding the federal prosecutors and investigators. >> maryland congressman jamie raskin, the top democrat on the oversight committee. former member of the january 6th investigation. sir, th...

And when they do that, they're fighting against people like john eastman who are saying you're trying to usurp the law enforcement function of the department of justice, to which the house is quite recently saying no, we have a legislative purpose here, it is fact finding to inform further legislation. if they cooperate with the department of justice, they're undermining their own fact finding efforts. last night they told a judge in california they want all 600 new emails from john eastman to complete their investigation and to be able to write their report. now, on to the political. this com...

Implications for the rule of law in america. and you've got to look at deterrence. do we want to move into a system of government where losers in presidential elections can try to overturn the election by nonviolent or violent means. >> given everything you know, if you were in his shoes, do you think this is a close call or not? >> i'll leave that judgment to them. one of the many things that donald trump destroyed during his time in office was the idea that the political branches have to respect the independence of the law enforcement function. so that really is up to them. we're talking abo...

Conventions that was crushed during the trump administration was respect by politicians for the independence of the law enforcement function, and so i'm going to try to observe that. attorney general garland is my constituent. i think he knows, his staff knows, the u.s. attorneys know what's at stake here. they know the importance of it. but i think they are rightfully paying close attention to precedent and history as well as the facts of this case, so what we've laid out in different legal pleadings, the criminal statutes that we think are violated and judge carter in california said he thou...