this happened after the presiden t materials private before the vote the attorney general spoke to reporters. the attorney general come in your professional capacity you suggested aboutte the is that a conflict offl interest? >> the justice department is a to ensure thestitution of our investigations and prosecutions are conducted with the facts and the law. we have gone to extraordinary

lengths to ensure that committees get responses to legitimate questions. to the contrary this is one to successfully pursue sensitive investigations. now, there've been a series of unprecedented attacks of the justice department. this request, this effort to contempt as a method of just tht recent the efforto threaten and to defund the investigations and the way in which there are contributions for the agent sen the prosecutor's tnl i can do is continue to do thee right thing about the effort to

discredit you and at the justice department and also how do you manage that and what can you do with that? >> the federal principles ae prd the screen outside inappropriate influences. that is w are doing here, protecting the ability to continue to do high-profile sensitive investigations and we will continue to do that. >> it now small that the cases will