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Abuses. here you have the top republican appointee in the justice department saying not only is that not the case but it will be a breech of national security to disclose it which is something republicans have been calling for, stephanie. >> it is a win for the trump team because all of this is confusing, it muddies the waters and it makes your everyday american say, you know what, i dont want to pay attention to any of that. thats exactly what president trump wants. matt, justice department say...

It is abundantly clear that the entire mueller investigation is a lie built on a foundation of corruption. the key reason that all americans need to see this memo is that it names names. it says who was involved with who. i think this not end just with firings. i believe there are people who will go to jail. >> that was congress man matt gates on trump tv hyping the contents of a classified memo being circulated by deference announce which alleges the fbi and doj engaged in abuses in an attempt ...

Classified memorandum prepared by intelligence committee staff alleges abuses. of the justice department and fbi. we provided more than 1,000 pages of classified documents related to the fbis relationship if any with a source and its reliance if any on information provided by that source. okay. media reports that the committees memorandum contains classified material confidentially provided in a secure facility. they then explain in a footnote that when the justice department gave this classifie...

Contents of a classified memo being circulated by deference announce which alleges the fbi and doj engaged in abuses in an attempt to destroy trump. nunes refuses to let them see the memo he wrote. today steven boyd, assistant attorney general who works for jeff sessions sent nunes a letter saying it would be extraordinarily reckless for him to release it without review adding we do not see why the committee would seek 0 disclose sensitive information without first consulting with the members of...

Wherever they may lead. but that means interviewing witnesses to events, a whole range of events, looking at documents, examining those documents, interviewing witnesses in light of those documents and what other witnesses say. remember, mike flynn has pleaded guilty and is now cooperating, if reports can be credited, with the investigation. so he likely has told them a whole range of things that now is going to spawn another avenues of investigation. >> so now the deeper question. the fbi, is t...

Stories. access to a confidential memo over abuses of surveillance laws during the 2016 presidential campaign. lets get back to our political and legal specialists. why would the house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes who prepared this four-page memo, she is sharing with it other members of the house, refuse to share with it members of the committee and refuse to share it with either the fbi or the justice department. >> were just talking aboutett over the break. that he doesnt want h...

Absolutely. the circumstances, and i was part of that questioning, mrmr. mr. lewandowski, i believe was told by the highest level of the white house not to answer any questions after the campaign. now, that a breathtaki scope and breadth of executive privilege. and, between, they havent even exerted it. so were going to have to take on that challenge. there is never going to be a credible investigation from congress if we are going to allow the white house to exert a nonexistent privilege at tha...

In some manner. would it be fox the president answered written questions? >> not at all. he should be treated like any other witness. he should be put under oath and answer questions from the prosecutors or fbi agents in the room. >> of course you dont have to be under oath. if you lie under oath, its against the law. >> thats a good point. donald trump will go in largely blind. he wont know what michael flynn told the fbi because the attorneys ended the agreement with the white house in novembe...

Credible investigation from congress if we are going to allow the white house to exert a nonexistent privilege at that level. >> well, luckily you have the courts for recourse, and they can figure it out. lets talk about concerns on the other side of the ball. the memo that should be released, done by the staff of devin nunes and supposedly showing abuses of fisa. have you seen the memo? >> yeah, im not going to talk about whether -- what the underlying documents are. what i would tell you is th...

Is going to spawn other avenues of investigation. >> so now the deeper question. the fbi, is there a lefty problem? do you think theyre going to find proof that this memo thats out there about fisa abuses and what the basis was for warrants, these texts that are missing, the behavior of senior staff, that it was politically motivated, they were out to help clinton and they were out to hurt trump? >> look, i think what people need to understand about the fbi is first and foremost, it is not like ...