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2011 because i think it's important for the united states to litigate cases through the department of justice. and if former u.s. attorneys responded to media inquiries about pending cases and this is a pending case, there was a live and there still is a live civil matter, the former u.s.'s attorneys responded to media inquiries all the time, we would have havoc in our justice system. you can't have a department of justice as a litigating entity with u.s. attorneys giving press statements. your follow up question may be why am i talking today, and the answer is this has clearly reached the lev...

Because i think it's important for the united states to litigate cases with the department of justice. if former u.s. attorney's responded to media inquiries about pending cases, and this is a pending case. there still is a live civil matter. if former u.s. attorneys responded to media inquiries all the time, we would have havoc in our justice system. you can't have a department of justice of the litigating entity with u.s. attorneys giving press statements. your follow-up question may be why am i talking today and the answer is this has clearly reached a level where i thought it was important...

Haven't commented on this since 2011 because i think it's important for the united states to litigate cases through the department of justice. and if former u.s. attorneys responded to media inquires about pending cases and this is a pending case, there was a live and there still is a live civil matter. the former u.s. attorneys responded to media inquires all the time, we'd have havoc in our justice system. you can't have a department of justice as a litigating entity with u.s. attorneys giving press statements. now your follow-up question may be why am i talking today? and the answer is this...

Much but saying we will not back down. we're going to enforce our powers. we're going to continue to seek the documents that we want. and we're going to hold this president accountable and we're not going to be cowed by press statements by the attorney general. if they don't do that, then you'll see a president running roughshod over them. >> matt, the judgment that mika refers to, the government's response to that carol leonnig from "the washington post" tweeted her reaction to it. i have never before seen the government tell the judge that his order for materials is not relevant. kind of ama...

An executive who has taken too much but saying we will not back down. we're going to enforce our powers. we're going to continue to seek the documents that we want. and we're going to hold this president accountable and we're not going to be cowed by press statements by the attorney general. if they don't do that, then you'll see a president running roughshod over them. >> matt, the judgment that mika refers to, the government's response to that carol leonnig from "the washington post" tweeted her reaction to it. i have never before seen the government tell the judge that his order for materia...