investigation in improper ways. that they could do. i would hope the political pressure would be too much for them to do it. the members of the house cannot do that. they can simply demand information which they know the justice department cannot possibly hand over. it is relating to an ongoing criminal investigation. they know that they have already gotten documents they shouldn t have gotten. that appeared on fox news. it s gone to the administration. and they have outed the identity of some fbi informants which is highly dangerous. this they should not do. the department of justice cannot aid them in doing it. is it clear to you the reason they are asking for the documents that they are asking for is because they want to use them to generate bad press around the investigation? or is it that they are looking for things the president could conceivably use or other people involved in the investigation could use to try to defend
that they could do. i would hope the political pressure would be too much for them to do it. the members of the house cannot do that. they can simply demand information which they know the justice department cannot possibly hand over. it is relating to an ongoing criminal investigation. they know that they have already gotten documents they shouldn t have gotten. that appeared on fox news. it s gone to the administration. and they have outed the identity of some fbi informants which is highly dangerous. this they should not do. the department of justice cannot aid them in doing it. is it clear to you the reason they are asking for the documents that they are asking for is because they want to use them to generate bad press around the investigation? or is it that they are looking for things the president could conceivably use or other people involved in the investigation could use to try to defend themselves? i don t think they really believe they are going to get
you can demand documents that the department cannot give us and to which we are not entitled. you can attack the character of lifelong public servants like deputy attorney general rosenstein and special counsel mueller. you can burn bridges with your colleagues to speed this resolution to the floor. but you cannot stop the special counsel s investigation. joining us now is the top democrat on the judiciary committee. thank you very much for being here. pleasure. are you confident in the final statement i played that there is nothing that the republicans are doing now in congress that could result in the end of the special counsel s investigation? well, i don t think they will do anything i don t think they will dare do anything to result in the end of the special counsel s investigation. the members of congress can t. the administration would have to fire rosenstein and put in someone who would then either fire mueller or constrain the investigation in improper ways.
department cannot say yes, cannot accommodate and then use that as a pretext or as a spark for a confrontation. you know, the problem with that is that, you know, there is a justice department to run. right. and there is you know, this isn t the way these interactions are supposed to work. and it does, on a day-to-day basis, it sends a message to those people who would cooperate with law enforcement that the justice department cannot and will not protect you. and, you know, it also sends a message to the men and women of the justice department that the justice department cannot protect you either. and that message is being sent every day and it is incredibly corosive. benjamin and betsy, thank you for making the time. appreciate it. how shelden addleson cut a
department cannot say yes, cannot accommodate and then use that as a pretext or as a spark for a confrontation. you know, the problem with that is that, you know, there is a justice department to run. right. and there is you know, this isn t the way these interactions are supposed to work. and it does, on a day-to-day basis, it sends a message to those people who would cooperate with law enforcement that the justice department cannot and will not protect you. and, you know, it also sends a message to the men and women of the justice department that the justice department cannot protect you either. and that message is being sent every day and it is incredibly corosive. benjamin and betsy, thank you for making the time. appreciate it.