is, and it is extremely important, in my view, there are many, many, many other things that the fbi and the department are responsible for and i think that is the appropriate role fo >> so i'll agree with you that, in my view, it's not appropriate for the attorney general to participate in investigations related to the trump campaign. and as the person in charge of the operations of the department of justice, he is involved in making it the highest-level management decisions. but it's exactly those decisions about the access to resources, the scope, the trajectory of bob muller's investigation that i wanted to make sure i got to. will you commit to studying the scope of attorney general sessions' recusal and ensuring appropriate procedures are in place to honor it at the fbi and then reporting any violations of that recusal to this congress? >> well, senator, i'm not sure i'm the authority over his