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. >> tim weiner, the author of "enemies," pulitzer prize winner. i appreciate it. boy, was i glad you were able to come in here tonight. >>> the way we get special counsels in this country is relatively new. regulations written in 1999 after the statute previously covered independent counsels was allowed to die. we don't have that many examples to look back on to see how this special counsel thing usually goes, we're trying to learn how this process works and what happens next and expectations are. we have something that knows it inside and out because he helped write them in 1999 when he was top staffer to the then deputy attorney general eric holder. he professional served as acting solicitor-general in the obama administration and been arguing as a lawyer against the president's travel ban in the state of hawaii. >> is that a fair description you were involved in the writings of these guidelines in 1999? >> i spent about a year and a half writing these regulations. they were written for this kind of situation, everything from the first lines of the special couns

tim weiner, well said.enemies:a history of law", appreciate it. >>> one key figure has been curiously silent, hillary clinton, who just last week admitted she blamed comey, at least in part, for her november loss. >> it wasn't a perfect campaign. there is no such thing. but i was on the way to winning until the combination of jim comey's letter on october 28th and russian wikileaks raised doubts in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me but got scared off. if the election had been on october 27th, i'd be your president. >> let's bring in adrian, former director of strategic communications for the clinton campaign. welcome to you. i'm curious about the reaction to the comey news, do you have any sense of vindication? >> i don't necessarily think that vindication is the right word, but what we're seeing here is that donald trump simply cannot take any criticism from anybody who works in the government. if he has the power to fire somebody who he feels has crossed him in any sort of way, he fires