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>> i hope trump supporters who fear big brother see that donald trump was the biggest brother we have ever seen in our country who did weaponize this to go all the way down the stack into the private communications of people he perceived as political opponents. >> reporter: president trump made it clear he wanted the doj to investigate leaks and congressman schiff. >> i've called the justice department to look into the leaks. those were criminal leaks. i think it was leaks from the intelligence committee house version and i think they leaked it and i think schiff leaked it. >> reporter: barr e...

From trump's push from then senator kamala harris during a hearing in may, 2019. >> attorney general barr, has the president or anyone at the white house ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone? >> i wouldn't -- >> yes or no. >> could you repeat that question? >> i will repeat it. >> yeah. >> has the president or anyone at the white house ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone, yes or no, please, sir. >> the president or anybody else. >> seems you would remember something like that and be able to tell us. >> yeah. but i'm trying to grapple wit...

I said what kind of a man is this? >> reporter: barr was accused of trying to even protect the president's associates, like michael flynn and roger stone, who were both charged in connection with mueller's investigation. >> i agree, the president's friends don't deserve special breaks, but they also don't deserve to be treated more harshly than other people. >> reporter: former president trump repeatedly called for investigations into the officials connected to these probes. >> somebody has to get to the bottom of it. >> reporter: barr repeatedly tapped prosecutors to review issues of politica...

Possible. >> well, we are optimistic both senator scott and senator graham talked to the family for over an hour, talking about how they're making progress, how both sides of the aisle are at the table and they are trying to define specific terms because they feel that they are close, the closest they have ever been, so we want to encourage them in the spirit of this day. meantime, in louisiana a police officer involved in the death of another black man has been fired for using excessive force in a separate incident. ronald greene died in may 2019. body cam footage shows officers tasing and ...

Pleading with louisiana state police officers, who wrestle him to the ground following a pursuit in may 2019. >> put your hands behind your back. >> taser, taser, taser. (screams) >> reporter: after excerpts were published by the associated press, state police released 40 minutes of body camera videos, which show greene being tased and punched from several angles. officers say he continued to resist. greene can be heard repeatedly saying "i'm sorry." >> i'm sorry. i'm sorry. i'm sorry. >> reporter: the f.b.i. is investigating greene's death and what led up to it, but on the tape, trooper chris...