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There were serious issues around trust and who could handle sensitive information. they also showed really difficult realities around the united states' relationship with russia. you could see why the government would be incentivized to try to figure out who had leaked the information. but again, by the time barr revived these investigations in 2020, we know from our reporting that inside of the u.s. attorney's office in d.c., many people thought they would never get to the bottom of the leak and these cases were all but closed, they were all but dead. barr revives them. and it might be coinci...

Information for email records from "the washington post" and from "the new york times" both occurred on december 22nd, bill barr's last day in office was december 23rd. this was literally one of his final acts as attorney general. and of course keep in mind he would have needed to know about this. he would have needed to be briefed and he would have needed to okay the kind of request that was made. typically if you're going to go after the media, the attorney general has to sign off. so this is literally the thing that he did going out the door. they were looking for emails for stories that ha...

Wake of the mueller information. earlier this month, a federal judge ordered the full release of the memo arguing that barr was disingenuous about the process behind his decision to clear trump. in court filings the doj released a portion of the memo that signaled it would fight to keep the rest of the document under seal. justice department lawyers wrote this, in retrospect, the government acknowledges that its briefs could have been clearer and deeply regrets the confusion that caused. but the government's counsel and deck larnts did not intend to mislead the court. according to "the washing...

Some believe that that should be set aside and the articles of impeachment that get drafted should focus very narrowly on ukraine. nancy pelosi wouldn't answer my question about that this morning. but democrats i talked to on the judiciary committee all want to see the mueller information included. but the specific information about obstruction, they think the president's obstruction of the mueller investigation establishes a pattern that supports the obstruction they see here on the ukraine investigation. you won't be surprised to know republicans have a slightly different view of that obstru...

Confidentiality. i recognize this is not my privilege, but i am respect's the white house's decision. >> when you refuse to answer these questions, you are obstructing the work of our committee and i will remind you article 3 was based on obstruction of congress. >> reporter: democrats arguing that privilege is not valid. >> i don't think it's anyone's privilege to waive because i don't think it exists. i think the whole thing is imaginary. it's like the tooth fairy. >> my children are watching. thank you, congressman. >> reporter: democrats pressed lewandowski on a request from trump to tell ...