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President had promised and all of those things. >> look, i think there was no case here. >> right. thats my point. >> if he could have at least had an illusion of a case, the theory goes he probably wouldve at least started an investigation. >> i think that is the andrew mccabe situation, right, where there is enough of a factual predicate that maybe you can think about bringing a case, and theyre thinking about bringing a case. >> against mccabe. they couldnt find it here. >> here theres just n...

Matter tells fox news that they appear close to the decision whether to charge mccabe with lying to federal investigators. "the new york times" first reported that mccabes legal team met last week with a deputy attorney general and the u.s. attorney here in washington. the justice department declined to comment, but these meetings are typically used by the defense in a last-ditch effort to argue against their clients indictment. mccabe, a frequent target of the president, was fired last year aft...

Cases. heather: james comey says he has no knowledge of the referral but confirmed he could be a witness against mccabe if prosecuted. rob: the devastating chemical weapons attack, the state department saying there is credible evidence that countries are still keeping un inspectors away from the site of the attack, the syrian regime accused of threatening doctors and taking bodies of those who were killed in that attack as the us outlines red lines for a better relationship with russia including...

Fired his boss, james comey, and mccabe vowed to go forward with the russia probe. >> sir, we consider it to be a highly significant investigation. the fbi will continue to pursue this investigation vigorously. >> reporter: he was then fired himself, just two days before retirement, amid allegations he misled investigators looking into his role in authorizing a leak to the media about an investigation into the clinton foundation. a damning report by the justice department inspector general concl...

>> lets bring in national security and justice reporter julia ainsley, msnbc political analysis, stokeless, and my job political analysis. theyre here along with josh. julia, this is mccabe testifying that you cant say firing comey was actually because nobody in the fbi liked him. that certainly did not help mccabe win any favor with donald trump. >> thats true. and we saw as josh point out, this drum beat from the white house against mccabe. one thing about the morale at the fbi, weve been taki...