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>> he should have nothing to do with the russia investigation. he was working for the defense people before he became attorney general. he was writing memos and interviewed donald trump wanting to be his lawyer in the mueller investigation and comes over to the justice department and supervising the prosecution? he is redacting the mueller report? he is refusing to share it with congress. he should be impeached along with the president. >> in the same vain of the president feeling like he can do anything he wants, we must talk emoluments. nbc news is reporting that representatives from 22 diff...

On wolf blitzer. this goes back to 2018 as all of this was playing out. >> who made the decision to restore his security clearance? how did that happen? >> the intelligence community and the fbi. it happened in the normal course. it happened the way it happens for thousands of people. there was nobody in the political process that had anything to do with it, there was nobody that pressured it. it was just done the normal, regular way. >> except it was not. it was not done the normal, regular way if you look at "the times" reporting and chief of staff and white house counsel writing memos, they...

Saying we want hearings seven days a week for 40 weeks, and the white house had to staff up and basically form a response team to address what they saw coming and what did end upcominupcomin kom up coming. there is historical precedence for this, when you get out a little too far ahead of your skis or when you try to release information before you complete a full investigation, you lose what you are trying to pursue. >> just to follow up on tamara's point about the policy, one of the things that really aggressive oversight from congress on the policy decisions does is it pushes down the messag...

Corroborated some of the college allegations, for example, and who have come forth to give even sworn statements, i think the fbi would have circled back with them and tried to make sure they were as comprehensive as possible. the fbi is not in the habit of leaving loose ends. that's not what they do. but unlike in a criminal investigation where they have independent authority under the statutes of the united states and the attorney general guidelines to pursue those things, in a background check i think that it's more restrictive and it's really about what the decision making person, the adju...

But to have somebody who's a deputy cabinet official suggest that they don't trust the president enough to the point where they want to wear a wire and a conversation, presumably a reference to the coachy issues last year when comey was writing memos, and there are obviously differing stories about what happened in the conversations. i couldn't believe it. my point when i started by saying i'm skeptical is context is everything. say there's a comment about wearing a wire and shrine was laughing. that one word, laughing, tells you it's not a serious conversation. say somebody said there were co...