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administration. so byrd starts by quoting that bit to the water gate prosecutor and to the attorney general nominee. he quotes from the regulation, the special prosecutor will have full thors for investigating and prosecuting allegations involving members of the white house staff or presidential appointees. mr. jaworski will you pursue that with full vigor and without fear or favor. jaworski, senator byrd we have been pursuing that without exception and intend to couldn t to do so. saxbeis your intent to fully support mr. jaworski, saxbee, it is. and you will not attempt in any way to interfere with his efforts in regard to the investigation and prosecution along any of these lines. saxbe, no, it has been my intention at all times that mr. jaworski shall operate independent and the only time i will see him is when he wants something from me. that s interesting. even though they get these like line by line, unequivocal
be what happened here. here s what robert bird said to the watergate prosecutor as soon as he got jaworski sworn in. this is senator bird, he says, quote mr. jaworski permit me to say by word of explanation, i asked the chairman to inquire in the hour if you could present yourself today. it s also very important in my estimation that you have the complete support of the attorney general and you positively know you have the support of the attorney general in your effort, which will require continuing courage. it is for these reasons that i have asked the chairman that you appear for the committee at this time. i apologize to you for the request which came to you today without warning. jaworski replies, not at all, senator, i m glad you asked me to come. byrd goes on to say. and with the nominee for that position, the nominee for attorney general, bill saxbe, and the watergate special prosecutor sitting side by side at the witness table, senator
mean in the movie version of this moment in american history, it doesn t matter who s in charge of the senate. it s inconceivable that the united states senate would confirm somebody to be the new attorney general in this environment after that person has publicly described the mueller investigation as fatally misconceived. which is what william barr has said about the mueller investigation. but his confirmation hearing will start tomorrow. and tonight, next here on this show, we are about to hear from a former, very senior justice department official, who helped oversee the russia investigation at its earliest stages, at a time when the earliest stages of that investigation are the subject of renewed national fascination and horror. he s going to be with us here in studio next. stay with us. we ll be right back. senator saxbe the question being exploited is whether mr.
intention whatsoever in any manner, shape or form of attempting to require the special prosecutor to conform or consult with you about his duties except when he determines that he should consult you? saxbe, that is correct. the last thing i want to do is become involved in this investigation. so in terms of historical precedent and the way the senate has handled this in the past, that is the model the last time they confirmed attorney general in circumstances that remotely approached what we are looking at right now. and no, i do not expect that tomorrow there will be a big surprise murmur in the hearing room when the senate unexpectedly calls robert mueller out of the audience in that hearing room and they ask to swear him in and he sits down next to william barr, but william barr has released his opening statement for tomorrow in which he insists he is a