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Wyden, member of the senate intelligence committee, one of the questioners during todays hearing. thank you for joining us tonight. i know this has been a very important time. >> thank you for having me. those officials made a mockery of the oversight process. we have a legal obligation to do vigorous oversight. what they basically said is, so what. i can tell you we are not going to sit back and say this is acceptable. you ran the chip about my question to director coats. one of those answer is...

You should intervene in the fbi investigation. >> i stand by my pvious comments. >> mr. coats, the same question, whats the basis for your refusal to answer these questions today? >> the basis what i prevalence explained, i do not believe it is appropriate for me to -- >> whats the basis. im not satisfied with i do not believe it is appropriate or i do not feel i should answer. i want to understand a legal basis. you swore that oath to tell us the truth, the wheel truth and nothing but the truth...

Thisdministration. thats n for this investigation thus far. its a big deal, the first sign how the trump administrations going to fight this now that the president has its new external legal counsel coordinating this fight. if the answer is, no, you dont get answer because we dont feel like answering your questions, im not sure congress knows how its going to fight back against that new strategy. i dont even know if congress will fight back against it but that question is newly newly important. ...

Reason not say because im just not going to say, thats new for this administration. thats new for this investigation thus far. s a big deal, the first sign how the trump administration is going to fight this now that the president has its new external legal counsel coordinating this fight. if the answer is, no, you dont get answer because we dont feel like answering your questions, im not sure congress knows how its going to fight back against that new strategy. i dont even know if congress will...

Of justice? >> right. the issue is there is an act here that is intended to create an outcome. and the outcome is to stop the flynn investigation. and you have right now we have comeys account of what was said to him. the comment about are you loyal to me, and then you pair that with the firing of comey so that loyalty actually had consequences. and then the question is what others -- the whole ceremony of asking other people to leave the room so he could talk to comey alone is itself concerning...

Why is it inappropriate, director coats? you can clear an awful lot up by -- >> i do not share with the general public conversations that i had with the president or many of my administrative colleagues within the administration i believe are -- should not be shared. >> i think your unwillingness to answer a very basic question speaks volumes. >> it is my belief you are inappropriately refusing to answer these questions today. >> our default position when theres a justice department investigatio...

The state of indiana. now, today, on the eve of the first public appearance by the fbi director, since that fbi director was fired by president trump, today, these two figures, controversial admiral who snuck out from his job without permission from the obama administration, which wanted to fire him at the time, and the former senator whether got the top intelligence job despite admiral rogers going to those extraordinary lengths to lobby for it during the transition, these two unusual figures t...

Question you raised there is this is not just competing news reports or different people shading the same story differential depending on their audience, what you asked the dni today was about his previous testimony. he testified to the senate armed services committee, another oversight committee in the senate saying he wasnt aware of any white house personnel contacting anybody in the intelligence committee to drop that flynn investigation. the "washington post" report does directly contradict ...

Oversight committee in the senate saying he wasnt aware of any white house personnel contacting anybody in the intelligence committee to drop that flynn investigation. the "washington post" report does directly contradict that today yet he wouldnt answer either way. the thing i didnt understand today, maybe you did, was he saying that he would answer those questions, he would clear that up in a classified session, in a closed session, he just wouldnt do it in the opening hearing? >> no. i dont t...

This is not releasing any classified information, you realize how simple it would be to y,no, that neverappened. why is it inapopriate, director coats? you can clear an awful lot up by -- >> i do not share with the general public conversations that i had with the president or many of my administrative colleagues within the administration i believe are -- should not be shared. >> i think your inwillingness to answer a very basic question speaks volumes. >> it is my belief you are inappropriately ...