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to the american public a memo that the director of the fbi says is false. that has never happened in our democracy. >> an extraordinary times, jeff sessions the attorney general walks a careful line. he of course actively recommended comey's firing. he recused himself from the investigation and hung on to his job despite the president's bullying publicly and privately. today he defended rod ro rosenstein a man the president seems to be targeting. >> to ron and rainal are harvard graduates. they're experienced lawyers. they -- rob had 27 years in the department. rachel has had a number of years in the department previously. so they both represent the kind of quality and leadership that we want in the department. >> but just hours later, jeff sessions said something very, very different about the people at the department of justice. that and the potential for a new constitutional crisis next.

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