what kind of release for the mueller report. i will be surprised if you get that much detail from bill barr. that s where i think the question is going to focus most of this marrying. sandra: jonathan turly, dick durbin on the sunday shows, democrat from illinois, said he is concerned about what he is going to hear in this room today. he said, bill barr better give us some iron clad insurances in terms of his independence. how can bill barr do that in that room today? he has already done it, which is the curious aspect of those comments. he says in the memo himself that he does believe a president can commit crime ns office. those crimes include obstruction. he says he has no intention to interfere with robert mueller. he wants the investigation to go to its natural conclusion and he
what could be a contentious confirmation process. it is going to be an interesting day. good morning. welcome. i m bill hemmer. sandra: good morning, i m sandra smith. we know william barr is expected to tell the committee he intends to let the mueller investigation continue without any interference. we can expect democrats to grill him on his views. one thing is clear. it will be must-see tv. he has been attorney general before. he is certainly capable. i think he is an outstanding choice. i want him to be challenged. i just want him to be respectfully challenged. i would need a firm commitment he would not allow any interference with the mueller investigation, he will allow it to reach its conclusion and release the report to the public. he said he is going to let it play out. what more assurance can he give to democrats that that s going to be the case. sandra: catherine herridge is
with a statement before each senator gets approximately ten minutes to question barr. i m going to ask him, do you see any reason to fire mr. mueller based on what you know now for cause? he does expect barr to be challenged in this hearing. he does hope that he is respectfully challenged. bill: we have seen his remarks. they run about 3.5 pan poi3.5 p length. he will say, we live in a time where the country is deeply divided. there are places in government where the rule of law and not politics hold sway. the department of justice must be such a place. bill: he said he was on his way to retirement after a long legal career but his dedication to the department of justice has brought him back to serve. sandra: four priorities he is expected to lay out, fighting violent crimes, prosecuting hate crimes and enforcing and
the imoluments klauclause. i would have said they were essentially a stipend attached to some office but i don t know if that s correct or not. i m sure it is being litigated right now. i don t know why. i am going to try and find out. we ll come back another day and discuss it. your memo stated a fatal flaw in mueller s interpretation of 1512 c-2, is that while defining obstruction solely is acting corruptly, mueller offers no definition of what corruptly means. my understanding is that there is nothing in the public record that sheds light on his definition of obstruction. do you know what his definition is. do you know what his definition is? i don t know what his
with fusion gps? i have read that. the warrant certification against carter page, on four different occasions, certifies that the dossier, which was the main source of the warrant, was reliable. would you look in to see whether or not that was an accurate statement and hold people accountable if it was not? yes, mr. chairman. mueller, you say you have known mueller a long time. you say you have a close relationship with mr. mueller. i would say we were good friends. would you say that you understand him to be a fair-minded person? absolutely. do you trust him to be fair to the president an the country as a whole in. yes. when his report comes to you, will you share it with us as much as possible? consistent with the regulations and the law, yes. do you believe mr. mueller would be involved in a witch hunt against anybody? i don t believe mr. mueller would be involved in a witch hunt. what are the circumstances that would allow a special