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Is still under federal investigation. This comes after the two irs whistleblowers testify politics influence the doj decision throughout the biden investigation. The trouble does not stop there for hunter. His former associate devin archer is expected to sit for closed door testimony with the House Oversight Committee Committee tomorrow. Former National Intelligence joins me now, john ratcliffe, acting attorney from the great state. Welcomes john ratcliffe. It was a big week, something unusual i...

Thought were unconstitutional or hidden in the wrong places. why is that? >> john: a lot of us thought the judge would reject the plea, the judges look at conduct, this was unprecedented. at the hearing, we learned the biggest takeaway, joe bidens doj lawyers were hunter bidens defense team. in a proceeding supposed to be adversaryial, all lawyers on one side and all the lawyers worked to hide from the judge an immunity agreement within the pre-trial diversion agreement and the judge caught them...

It has created wider tensions with russia, as well. one of the things the obama administration did in retaliation was to shut down russian diplomatic compounds in december. officials pressed u.s. to return the facilities in a bid to return relations. one said u.s. watched as russians removed suspected surveillance equipment from the compounds. russia has denied the compounds were being used for intelligence gathering. russian experts we have spoken to say as the relationship between russia and t...

Enemies. so i think that i get all the rhetoric about things were going to do but i think the need to be very, very cautious about it initiating any kind of military action against north korea because all that artillery they got lined up will be unleashed in a heart beat. >> you are talking direct talks between u.s. and north korea? >> i am. in a speech i gave in seoul advocate to give considerations with coordination with the stake holders to proposing intersection in pyongyang like we have for...

Success in interfering in the 2016 election. you served in government. you dealt with national security threats for some time. if the president of the united states will not acknowledge the perpetrator and the seriousness of this, what is your confidence that this administration is going to fight this increased russian espionage? >> little confidence at all. clearly they are turning their back on this. the russians have always had an espionage effort here. that is not new. they feel emboldened b...

A couple months ago saying he believed u.s./russian relations were at an all-time low. you have seen so much change since you heard donald trump on the campaign trail talking about vladamir putin. what should be the basis of that conversation? >> i think it is important. you always want to have outreach to adversaryial states. you also need to take a strong stand on the issues that are important to u.s. and national security. united states interests. i think it will be interesting to see, presid...

Last night, he questioned their intelligence, and their findings. he will be joined by some of his top advisers, including vice president-elect mike pence and his national security adviser michael flynn, who is of course a very controversial figure. he was actually occupanusted fr position atop an intelligence agency by james clapper. just imagine the tensions in that room heading into this briefing. we are told based on our conversations with sources that, look, these intelligence officials are...

Both sides. hes testing the immediamedia. theyre suggesting theyre going to shatter some of the tradition the white house press corps. enjoyed. and the media is, as you see in coverage, getting more aggressive and directly calling him out and pointing out inaccuracies and headlines making clear the things hes saying are not true. and feels like a testing period where everyone is taking the other persons measure. >> yeah. for a lot of people it might be a good thing. theres the attitude toward th...

Continue, obviously, under this administration. the question about coziness is a difficult one to answer because, of course, you dont want to be cozy with the people you cover. of course you dont want to be biassed toward the people you cover because youre cozy. a good part of journalism does actually depend on access. and if one side of the equation, in this case, the trump administration completely cuts off access and pick one part of the previous interview. but he suggested possibly they woul...