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Punishment, a doj spokesperson and save even more when you say bring my own phone said it did not into your voice remote. Justice, close quote. Thats simple, easy, awesome. Click, call or visit a store today. Now the president is praising his attorney general for, quote, taking charge, close quote, saying the mueller scam was improperly brought and tainted. He argued without offering evidence that bob mueller lied whistling to congress, without offering evidence. Then he went off in front of the president of ecuador. They treated roger stone very thouwhich is Breast Cancer metastthat has spreadcer, to other parts of the body, badly. They treated everyone very are living in the moment and taking ibrance. Badly. The Mueller Investigation was a scam. It was illegally set up. Ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor its a disgrace. Frankly, they ought to apologize is for postmenopausal women to a lot of the people whose lives they ruined. I want to thank the Justice Department for seeing this horrible thing i didnt speak to them, by the way, just so you republicans have said they understand. Hoped you would learn a lesson they saw the horribleness of a from impeachment. Nineyear sentence for doing what lesson did you learn from nothing. Impeachment . That the democrats are you have murderers and drug addicts that dont get nine crooked, theyve got a lot of years for doing something that crooked things going, that nobody can even define what he theyre vicious, that they did. The dojs intervention to shouldnt have brought product a trump ally, once impeachment and that my poll numbers are ten points higher. Welcome back to hardball. Again, is raising questions of course, that was president about the trumps department of trump telling nbcs Peter Alexander that the lesson he justice, four prosecutors learned from impeachment is that democrats are crooked. From the removal of impeachment abruptly withdrew from the case abruptly yesterday. The judge will soon decide the witness Alexander Vendman to length of stones sentence. A former Senior National firing Gordon Sondland to security official at the doj. Praising his attorney generals Betsy Woodruff swan and david involvement in reducing roger frum, former speechwrite r for stones sentence, he feels imto president george w. Bush. David loughlin, thank you. Act with impunity now. What does this say about the whole entanglement between the with no need to worry about president and secretary barr and congress now that he has been acquitted of two articles of letting out the word that impeachment, the president this it looks like his buddy, showed a renewed willingness to act, even if it prompts fresh roger stone, will get a lighter complaints about violating sentence. It looks like the attorney general of the United States has traditional norms. Now become a minion of the as a Senior Administration official told the daily beast president and carrying out the he feels like the chains are president s political grievances, bringing undue off, the gloves are off and everything that used to be hush influence to bear on carrying out rule of law, daytoday hush are now just out in the open. Joined by congressman eric litigation decisions by career prosecutors at the department of justice which, to my knowledge, swalwell, house intelligence and is unheard of in the history of Judiciary Committees and robert costa, National Political the department. Justice department, reporter for the washington especially the attorney general, post. Was well aware of the congressman, can he do anything he wants . Because hes acting like it. President s prejudice. If anything, he wanted this guy nope. He sure cant, chris. Sprung. He tweeted multiple times we impeached him because he what he thought about the roger tried to do that the day he thought he was getting off the stone case and the notion that hook for the Mueller Report and this particular tweet yesterday didnt have a cause and effect will be impeached forever. On the decisions made to rescind today we had an emergency the first filing and replace it Judiciary Committee hearing called by chairman nadler, lay with a watereddown version of that is ludicrous. How far could a president go . Ing out what were going to do thats a stupid question to ask to hold the department of justice and the president right now in this presidency. Accountable. He can t. In 1970, a long time but, you know, this guy, roger ago but a president then, Richard Nixon, basically stone, whatever he did, wasnt out robbing gas stations. Declared charles smoon guilty while he was still in trial. He was helping the president. A lot of what he does is to thats the most infamous case of cover up for the president. Does that make it particularly a president simply saying ill tell everybody who is guilty and wrong for the president its who is innocent. Now hes out there saying the so ridiculous were talking guy who was his henchman and his about this. Is it particularly wrong for the adviser all these years, he president to intervene in the simply declares he deserves a case that he was one of his lighter sentence. Whats so trab troubling henchman . It makes the whole debacle about that boy, we would be even shabbier, doesnt it . Lucky if we had Richard Nixon whether he gave an order to and statements like that, that was about ten exits ago for this attorney barr or attorney barr president. The president could pardon roger is channeling his inner President Trump, the outcome has stone. That would be wrong. The same, tarred the department he could pardon michael flynn. That would be wrong, too. Instead he has chosen to show of justice, caused enormous that he can have others carry out his hits for him. Distress on career officials at and by doing that, hes the department and it has injecting a virus of corruption into the department of justice, undermined Public Confidence in which is supposed to be independent. My hope, chris, is that the department. Pardon the fact that roger honorable prosecutors will step stone, no matter what you think forward and say this is not of him, has clammed up and kept right and stop that from the secrets on behalf of the happening. Let me go to robert on this, robert costa. President. Seems to me the president is not th a sneaky guy when it comes to this, by the way, comes after attorney barr removed the u. S. Attorney supervising the roger this kind of stuff. Stone case late last month. Hes quite open. Matter of fact, its not President Trump rescinded her nomination to the treasury perfectly clear at all that he department, effectively firing ordered this direction by the her. Nbc reports this is among attorney general to say give this guy a lighter sentence but several recent moves by attorney he wanted it to look like that. Why would he want it to look general barr to personal like he was tampering with justice . Based on my reporting, just filed the story with phil rucker trumps former National Security for tomorrows paper. Adviser michael flynn. After the impeachment process is he just keeps doing this. Over, the acquittal and senate there is a pattern here, trial, he feels like he can right . Its not unusual that in these consume the executive branch. Two cases that mean something he does not feel bound by any limit to executive power and particularly to this president , hes testing those limits with sentencing positions the how hes handling the Department Government has carefully thought of justice and the attorney general. Well, meanwhile, the house through are now facing decisions Judiciary Committee announced that water them down. Today that attorney general barr has agreed to testify before the until a life tenured u. S. Committee on march 31st, not too District Court judge holds a far off. Hearing where he or she has the in a letter addressed to barr today the committee wrote we ability to ask pointed wish to be candidate about one questions. Thats coming. It may be. Of senates concerns we that will be the best forum to addressed at the hearing. As an attorney general, you have engaged in a pattern of conduct illuminate what happened here. I dont expect the attorney and legal matters relating to general to illuminate that when the president that raises he comes before congress. Significant concerns for this committee. The letter notes that in the the judge can call in the prosecutors and say why did you past week alone, youve taken change your guidelines of seven to nine years to, say, four or steps that raise grave questions about your leadership, including removal of the prosecutor who five . Right. There will be a sentencing hearing. She could call a hearing before oversaw roger stones then, just to basically say what the hell happened here . Prosecution, the process by which Rudy Giuliani is able to what sentencing position is the feed the department of justice position of the government . Information about trumps why did the position change . Political rivals and reduction and she could ask uncomfortable of roger stones recommended sentence. Questions of the prosecutor who what do you think he will get . Is haplessly standing there in he has agreed to testify. Front of her that day about what these questions are serious. I just wonder how in the world happened, who had input into that decision, what were the hes going to answer these factors that led to the revised questions without looking worse. Well, he will be under oath sentencing position . Can she ask was there any for the first time before our hanky panky here, any influence committee. He has been held in contempt from above . Of course, the people who are before for not working with our going to be appearing before her committee. What we want to make sure that then are not the people who experienced that firsthand. The Important Pillar of theyve all withdrawn from the independence of prosecution case, or in one case resigned still stands at the department of justice. From the department of justice thats why were calling him in. All together. Betsy and then david, david were not waiting till march to do our job on this. Frum, it seems to me that trump we are acting immediately to likes doing this in public. Hold the department accountable in the coming days and weeks, i even though maybe the actions had already been taken to think youll see from the committee what we can do to make lighten or begin to lighten the sentence, he wanted everybody to sure that this president is not using the department as his know thats what he wanted done. Trump is not big on subtly. Personal attorney but that the Department Acting as americas when he goes after people who he attorney. Not the same situation in the sees as enemies of his ability senate, chris i just got off the phone with senator Susan Collins to exert power as president , he for maine. She said she will not push for doesnt do it he often doesnt do it in underhanded or hearings. Other republicans said they will not push for hearings. Secretive ways. A different outlook in the upper chamber. What do you think thats what weve seen over the last six months and, actually, since he was first inaugurated, are effort after effort after effort abo very publicly to go after career about, the fact that this looks so well, fishy, that the president would be intervening Civil Servants who he sees as himself in a case to help out one of his people, roger stone, a close aide to him, if not his being trying to undermine him. Henchman, and to be seen so david made one point i would publicly tampering with justice, why would the senate let that like to highlight, that i think go . In short talking to a is really important. You talk about the doj history and whether what happened with congressional aide on background those prosecutors and their recommendation being overturned tonight, theyre saying these has ever happened before. Kinds of episodes and kind of yesterday, a senior doj official behavior and conduct with donald spoke to defend the decision trump is quote, like bad that doj made in this case. Weather. It happens all the time. When that official spoke on theyll not overreact this time background, i pressed them. Or any other period. I said, can you share any theyre locked into the election example of this happening before . Campaign season and he has all can you share any example of doj the politic al in their view. Headquarters main justice including the accusation that overturning decisions of line prosecutors to reduce a mueller lied to congress. Sentence . And the official, even after i what is that about . Ive never heard anybody say pressed them multiple times, Something Like that about wouldnt name a single example. Mueller. Bob mueller did that donald trump has done everyone here trump has not done . He came to congress. An enormous, enormous favor by he testified under oath. Acting so blatantly or by bob we cant say that about donald trump and all the witnesses he has ordered not to come forward. Barr bill barr, acting so so, right now, raising your blatantly or his henchman now right hand and testifying beats the acting u. S. Attorney because there isnt a senateconfirmed doing nothing. Meanwhile, the president has one. Made his campaign of retribution by doing this, theyve kast as public as possible. Light on the cases where people the New York Times reported last week that ambassador to the european union, Gordon Sondland, are paying less attention to. Was already talking with senior the head of blackwater, he has sentencing decisions to make, officials about leaving, but mr. Trump evidently was not whether theres decisions to interested in a quiet departure for him, choosing instead to proceed with the Rudy Giuliani make a pont by forcing mr. Matter. Sondland out forcibly. Suddenly its a pattern. Suddenly, everybody knows. Robert, this does sort of go back we have this usual pattern where trump people say the president had some semi normal, semi it seems its almost the lawful reason and the president dramatic effect he wants. You tie together the roger then goes on twitter and says stone situation with the sorry, just in case the videotape evidence was blurry, dismissal, the removal of im going to put fingerprints all over the crime scene so you Lieutenant Colonel vindman and his brother from the national all know i did this thing. Im the president. Security council and i, the president , in order to administration, repositioned to other post posts in the protect someone who knows a lot administration. The president as you know bound, about my relationship with based in my conversations today with top republicans. Wikileaks and, therefore, the russians, i, the president , am they feel like he is not going going to intervene in this case to stop and at this point theyre just trying to see, is and that may remind you im it disruptive to the point that it leads to another house intervening in other cases that investigation . Does it prompt more hearings . Get less attention and may at this point they feel like deserve it. Colonial experiences to hes within the bounds of modern governments, do they have executive power and theyre trying to walk him back a little an independent judiciary, or is bit. As we saw over the weekend, a it something where somebody in few senators called the white political power can literally house and the president still proceeded in the way he wanted to. Thank you, robert. Kill somebody or have them executed or put away forever or just totally man handle the let me the congressman one other legal system . Trump is acting like a third question. Its a weird story but devin world dictator here. The irony of this whole situation is that the dynamics nunes, your ranking were seeing play out with the republican always Justice Department very much what . Recall the situation in ukraine, south bend, indiana, what was he and we know that two senior doing in south bend, indiana, trump diplomats at one point spoke with senior ukrainian one of the top candidates for president in the democratic officials and told them, hey, party . I hope he was not rifling you guys shouldnt open a through mayor petes high school criminal investigation of your boss political rival and ukrainian officials literally yearbooks although we have every responded by saying how do you reason to believe, knowing him, have a moral leg to stand on when your own president is he was. Hes irrelevant. Interfering with your to roberts last point although excuse me, when asked about a pardon for roger stone, here what the president said. Donald trump was not removed from office because lieutenant are you considering a pardon . Colonel vindman and dr. Fiona hill stood up to him, were i dont want to say that yet actually able to get ukraine the but ill tell you what, people aid. Were hurt viciously and badly by if prosecutors are willing to these corrupt people. Come forward, stand