As Nixon's and Reagan's men said more than once, when they can't get you on anything substantive they try to get you on perjury or obstruction of justice, basically to justify all the money spent and because there is a determination to bring a charge.

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Can you speak to whether a contempt vote of the Attorney General by the House would have any substantive impact on how he does his job and the administration of justice in the country?

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"There's been a determined campaign to try and prevent the substantive allegations being heard and judged in open court and to put me at a maximum cost in pursuing justice, " he told reporters.

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