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>> i, um -- if i need advice regarding any medical. -- regarding any medical situation or population -- >> so the answer is no, you don't have medical training of any kind? >> no, i don't. >> are you trained to provide counseling services to young people, mr. lloyd? >> again, if counseling services are called for then i rely on the team of counseling professionals to advise me in my role. >> mr. lloyd, explaining that he has no medical background, no counseling background, nevertheless as the head of this federal agency he personally decided he would intervene to go counsel a pregnant teenager...

Get the documentation from the white house as to how this declared national emergency would be effectuated and handled by the federal government, the answer from the white house was that the white house staff was working on that paperwork. the president made his supposedly official declaration august 10th. turns out white house staff were not working on the paperwork. nothing ever happened in response to the president randomly making what he called an official declaration of a national emergency. that was just apparently something he liked the sound of, so he said it. but they didn't follow up...

As the primary justification? >> as i know you are aware, i have a number of documents associated with me that are in the public record here at the memorandum i wrote concerning director comey's in the public record. appointing special counsel is in the public record. a written version of the statement that i delivered -- >> were you aware of the primary justification for his firing? >> i answered many questions in a close briefings -- >> you're not answering this question. >> as i expanded those briefing briefings, i support mr. mccabe on this. we have a special counsel who is investigating -...

There are a number of documents associateded with me that are in the public record and the memorandum i wrote with director comby is in the public record and appointing the special counsel is in the public record and what i issued is in the public record and a written version of the statement that i delivered to -- >> were you aware of the justification for his firing? >> pardon me, senator, i answered many questions in the closed briefings. of the 100 senators. >> but you're not answering this question. >> as i explained in those briefings, senator, i support mr. mccabe on this, we have a spe...

Quote, what he wanted was basically more prosecutors, more support from the doj for writing subpoenas and warrants. so that quickly became a really important controversial part of the narrative as to why the president might have fired james comey. fired him right after he asked to expand and accelerate that investigation. but right from the beginning, the justice department insisted that it was not true. justice department said instantly that the claim he asked for more resources was totally false, totally false, 100% false there was absolutely no request. then the acting fbi director andrew m...