scale. but it also is setting precedent for doj and fbi policies. what happens when the next rank and file member has an issue whether with it s with their direct superior or one up and we see the politicization that we just did from the ig report, where do they go? how does this affect the doj and the rank and file people? i don t fault the ig for noting technical violations of policy in the employment agreement here. i think, you know, in the dispute between the ig and comey about who owns these memos, i think the ig probably has the better of the argument. you know, it s perfectly reasonable in my opinion for the ig to say no, actually, these were documents you created in your capacity as fbi director. and to remind rank and file people that in fact when you re working for the government and you create even unclassified
that we don t want. they are going to do that anyway, folks. i watch good people, friend of mine, we re very concerned with setting precedent. that s precedent, not president. precedent. we re very concerned about setting precedent. i m very concerned with having murderers and drug traffickers and drugs and drug cartels pouring in to our country. that s what i m concerned about. house judiciary chairman said his committee will move forward today with its plan to investigate corruption within the trump white house. we will be issuing document requests, over 60 different people and individuals from the white house to the department of justice, donald trump jr., allen weisselberg, to begin investigations to present the case to the american people about obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power.
setting. take a listen. i want some good people. they re friends of mine. we re very concerned we re setting precedent. that s precedent, not president. the democrats, they re going to do whatever they do if they get into power, and it don t have a thing to do with whether or not we approve our national emergency. joining me now to discuss this, msnbc s garrett haake who is live on capitol hill for us and back with me here onset, kelsey snell. garrett, i have to start with you. where does this go from here? because we all woke up over the weekend to the news that rand paul is going to essentially try to block the president and join democrats in this effort. yeah. rand paul becomes the fourth and deciding republican vote here with democrats in blocking that emergency declaration. but i suspect he won t be the last republican to take that stand. you heard from lamar alexander,
energy. and completely destroy america s economy through their new $100 trillion green new deal. the speech, though, wasn t just about the democrats. the president also had this for republicans who disagree with his decision to declare a national emergency so that he can redirect other federal money to a border wall. we re very concerned about setting precedent. i m very concerned with having murderers and drug traffickers and drugs and drug cartels pouring into our country. that s what i m concerned about. he busted a few fact check machines during the speech. a great article in the new york times about that. on cnn politics.com you can see another one. but we did get a sense of what the president wants to do. this is warming up. no matter who the democrats nominate, they ll be socialists. what else did we learn? this is not new, right? president obama was tagged as
collusion, that they have sent those memos over to congress. the justice department is, quote, providing the requested memoranda in both redacted and unredacted formats. the decision heads off a subpoena for the memos, which house judiciary committee chairman bob goodlatte announced he would issue last night. the capitulation could have ramifications according to matthew miller. this is an area governed solely by precedent and doj is setting precedent that it is okay for congress to interfere with and receive documents pertaining to active investigations. with me now, chuck rosenberg and nancy gertener, a retired federal district judge, who has an op-ed today called smearing robert mueller. this question, chuck, about whether it s appropriate, correct to send these memos over to congress, where do you come down on that? bad idea. you think it s a bad idea? yeah. so i don t know that it s literally unprecedented, meaning it s never, ever happened.