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A dime. we need to get to know the truth in terms of whether there was wrongdoing. theres a presumption of innocence in this country that is very precious to us but lets get to the facts lets get all of the facts and hold people accountable thats our system and lets be thorough and lets also frankly be aggressive. lets get to the bottom of what happened within the bureau, within the justice department, and lets also make sure that the senate and the house have the opportunity to give us that che...

He certainly gave them a green light. >> did it strike you where he said repeatedly that theres no charge that this altered the outcome of the election? >> thats not their job to determine if it altered the election or not. thats congress job. ive written legislation with elijah cummings to have an independent investigation like we did after september 11th, with independently appointed bipartisan panel election experts. their job is to see if any crimes can committed and if they can prove it bey...

Of us on the committee. we have further steps to take and well be taking those. >> reporter: fox news confirms late last night, don mcgann explained why executive privilege covers the transition. that was not enough for the committees ranking democrat who claims bannons in contempt and his privilege claim is overly broad and unsustainable. >> we cannot permit a situation where the white house is allowed to script self-serving and misleading questions. >> reporter: the democrats memo about the ab...

Taxpacker-funded travel mike coffman has called on shulkin to resign. its exactly corruption and abuses like this that doesnt help our veterans. >> what was that thing, drain the swamp. another one of the cabinet members is breaking his silence on high-priced flying at the taxpayers account. epa administrator scott pruitt said he needs to fly first class because of unpleasant interactions with other travelers. he cited incidents on flights shortly after he was picked by president trump on the ...

Basically mentioned he had sexually assaulted her and that was something that was part of the court order, so its difficult to actually buy his claims. i think what it brings to mind is the fact that my grandmother said, you are who your friends are, you are who you surround yourself with. its not shocking. whats shocking is the level and extent to which a decorated general, chief of staff would actually come to cover up some of these abuses and stand firmly and not see the consequences of his a...

Guy did who worked for me and have failed to say was properly ousted. ive been against this. its about me. >> nawhat was your reaction to e presidents statement today. >> i think in the fact in the deposition of his wife, ivankas mother, during the divorce, basically mentioned he had sexually assaulted her and that was something that was part of the court order, so its difficult to actually buy his claims. i think what it brings to mind is the fact that my grandmother said, you are who your frie...

Capable of this. so a lot of irresponsible actions, not just rob porter, obviously that is abysmal. but beyond that how they are handling has flown in the face and been offensive to advocates. >> i agree. the white house needs to message way better and the president. and i hope and believe that he will. and i hope that well get back to the great things that hes doing for this country and get beyond this issue. >> steve and jen thank you for speaking from the hafrmt itsea. outfront democrats wo...

Justice department and f.b.i. rather than destroying these organizations, the goal of the investigation would be to restore their credibility by identifying any abuses of power and removing the responsible individuals. if there are these allegations for abuses of power wouldnt that be an internal investigation >> thats the whole point. a special counsel is supposed to be independent but is part of the executive branch. the department of justice is fully capable of doing this. notwithstanding a l...

First one is special counsels corrupt, independent counsels corrupt absolutely. second principle what we need to know in cases like this is what happened. we need to know what did russia do in 2016 and what did the f.b.i. and department of justice do? the publics right to know is how we have accountability. the third is that when you have a special counsel, rather than get the information which congress has been getting, very slowly but it has been getting, all of a sudden the curtain comes down...

Former fbi director james comey a number of days earlier. and byron york reporting tonight that james comey told lawmakers he didnt think that lieutenant general michael flynn, in fact, lied to the fbi. and well also get to the big hearing on capitol hill with intelligence officials. ed henry has a full report tonight and thats all coming up in our breaking news opening monologue. ♪ we start tonight with a stunning piece of investigative reporting from paul sperry. we have told you that the tw...