And then of course, the infamous July 2016 presser by James Comey. No reasonable prosecutor would prosecute. Can I just stop you right there? Go. The mandate of the FBI and the Director is to investigate. It is illegal per the Constitution for any FBI director to make a decision on prosecutions. That is the sole province of the Department of Justice and the Attorney general. The fact that he held that press conference and unilaterally made that decision by his own admission without informing the attorney general is a bastardization of our version of law. (37:17–37:33)
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Asserts that it is unconstitutional for the FBI Director to decide on prosecutions, which is the DOJ's role.
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