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Subpoenas even though it began under his tenure and the effort continued under trump's attorney general, bill barr, who had this exchange with then senator kamala harris in 2019. >> could you repeat that question? >> i will repeat it. has the president or anyone at the white house ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone? yes or no please. >> the president or anybody else? >> seems you'd remember something like that and be able to tell us. >> yeah, but i'm trying to grapple with the word suggest. >> reporter: this afternoon barr told politico he was not aware of any con...

Targeting trump's political opponents. instead, barr told "politico" he doesn't recall getting briefed, that doj prosecutors did any of this. wasn't aware of any congressman's records being sought in a leak case and that trump wasn't aware of who the doj was looking at in leak cases. remember, barr is also the man who couldn't recall during testimony whether trump had ever asked him to hope an investigation into someone. i want to ask you, what's more alarming, that they don't have a good explanation? that barr would lie this brazenly? or imagine if he really can't recall something he was at t...

Congressmen's records being sought in a leak case. i mean, what do you think of that? i mean, is that really plausible? that something, as serious as trying to pursue the private records of sitting congressmen on the intelligence committee wouldn't have crossed bill barr's desk? >> i think that's precisely why members of congress want to subpoena bill barr to get him to answer that question, under oath, rather than a phone call with "politico." they -- justice department inspector general's, also, going to look into this. let's remember, bill barr does not have high credibility. he misled the ...

>> seems you'd remember something like that and be able to tell us. >> yeah, but i'm finding to grapple with the word "suggest." >> reporter: still, barr told politico that while he was attorney general beginning in 2019 he was, quote, not aware of any congressman's records being sought in a leak case. and added that trump never encouraged him to target democratic lawmakers saying trump was not aware of who we were looking at in any cases. barr did not become attorney general until 2019, that was after the secret subpoenas or data from congressman swalwell and schiff were issued. instead, atto...

Learn more as the months go on, that his justice department not only targeted reporters, who cast critical scrutiny on him, but also on members of the opposing party who were bringing to light his cooperation with russia, his welcoming help with russia, as robert mueller later showed in his report. >> you know, it's such a shame because here we are trying to in many respects have the public reassured about the integrity at the justice department, and just a few months into the tenure of a new attorney general, the shadow looms large of the last one in a really profound way. attorney general ba...