mary mccord has informed people she works with at the justice department that she's out. by professional reputation, mary mccord is an extremely competent career civil service. 20-plus years at the justice department. she's been serving in this current role for national security since october. but again, she has now announced she's leaving. she says the time is right for her to move on to other opportunities. now, as of now, the white house has not nominated anybody to replace her. but that is not only a super important job, that's a super sensitive job given what she's been overseeing and given the fact that attorney general jeff sessions himself is recused from overseeing any of those investigations. who they pick to replace mary mccord is going to be very, very important, to say the least. as a parenthetical matter, might i also ask the question, mary mccord, why are you leaving that job right now? is it really the right time to be moving on to other stuff? the other investigations into the trump/ruche issssia issue. today the house intelligence committee announced the

her name is mary mccord. she's a career justice official serving in an acting capacity in that national security job since the inauguration. but now she's out. she's not offering an explanation as to why she is leaving her post in a message to staff, she just said this. quote, the time is now right for me to pursue new career opportunities. is the time now right? is it? i'm sure it's right for her. but i would really like somebody who understands the justice department to tell me whether the time is now right for all of us as well. joining us is matthew miller. he's a former spokesman for attorney general eric holder. and former director of the office of public affairs at the justice department. thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> what kind of job does mary mccord do? what is this position he's leaving. >> the national security division is the lead prosecutor for the justice department for terrorism cases, is one of the most important divisions of the justice department, and

it's something mary mccord and her staff would have done. they would be involved day-to-day on the developments of this case and providing direction for how it should go forward. she reports to the deputy attorney general, someone who's also an acting person right now. but really, that's in a briefing capacity. they brief him every now and then. she's hands on day-to-day in this. >> now that she's leaving, this administration has been very slow to nominate people for senior jobs who will now be in charge if that position goes unfilled? i think it would be hugely troubling if they put a political appointee who had not been nominated or confirmed by the senate into this job to investigate the president. it has to be a career person. eventually it has to be a special council, but short of that, it has to be an acting career person until someone can be confirmed by the president. >> more to come. stay with us. >>> one of the hottest political stories in the country right now is the 6th district in georgia where there's a hard fought race to repl

reputation, mary mccord is an extremely competent career civil servant. she's been serving in this role as acting assistant attorney general for national security since on the. but she has now announced she's leaving. she says the time is right to move on to other opportunities. the white house has not nominated anybody to replace her. but that is angelo super important job, that's a super sensitive job given what she's been overseeing and given the in fact jeff sessions is himself recused from overseeing any of those investigations. who they photocopy replace her is going to be very, very, very important to say the least. might i also ask the question, mary mccord, why on earth are you leaving that job right now? is it really the right time to be moving on to other stuff? the other investigations into the trump/russia issue outside of doj's were you ever, the house intelligence committee are calling people in to testify on may 2nd they're going to hear testimony behind closed doors from james comey and narcs as a director mike rogers. you recognize both

who they pick to replace mary mccord is going to be very important to say the least. might i also ask the question, mary mccord, why on earth are you leaving that job right now? is it really the right time to be moving on to other stuff? the other investigations into the trump-russia outside out of of doj's fpurview are the two investigations happening in the senate intelligence committee and the house intelligence committee. the house intelligence committee is again calling people into testify as part of their investigation. on may 2nd they're going to hear testimony behind closed doors from fbi director james comey and nsa director mike rogers. they both testified in the opening hearing that the intelligence committee already held. they will bring them back now. that same committee will hear from them behind closed doors so they can talk about classified matters. sometime after that may 2nd hearing they will schedule, they say, another open hearing. so we finally get to hear from sally yates. testimony from john brennan, james clapper, and former acting attorney gen

reputation, mary mccord is an extremely competent career civil servant. she's been serving in this role as acting assistant attorney general for national security since on the. but she has now announced she's leaving. she says the time is right to move on to other opportunities. the white house has not nominated anybody to replace her. but that is angelo super important job, that's a super sensitive job given what she's been overseeing and given the in fact jeff sessions is himself recused from overseeing any of those investigations. who they photocopy replace her is going to be very, very, very important to say the least. might i also ask the question, mary mccord, why on earth are you leaving that job right now? is it really the right time to be moving on to other stuff? the other investigations into the trump/russia issue outside of doj's were you ever, the house intelligence committee are calling people in to testify on may 2nd they're going to hear testimony behind closed doors from james comey and narcs as a director mike rogers. you recognize both