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Correct statement of key first amendment law, that people are entitled to political opinions. now, you, sir, obviously expressed your political opinions as to mr. trump and hillary clinton and various others in text messages to lisa page. >> i did. >> and she to you. >> yes. >> and these were private political opinions. >> yes. >> which you did not express publicly. >> correct. >> and the inspector general found with respect to the investigation into hillary, quote, we found no evidence that the...

Impeding, impairing, obstruction, and defeating the lawful governmental functions of government agencies, namely the department of justice and the department of treasury, and to commit offences against the united states of america, end quote. now, since this indictment, gates has pleaded guilty and hes now cooperating. and included in his statement of offense, quote, manafort engaged in a variety of criminal schemes. and gates is part of that work for manafort, knowingly and intentioned conspire...

And i know of no bias by the inspector general. >> i also share a columnist wrote, quote, the earth-shattering finding on strzok by the inspector general confirms a seven zhecitizenrys fears, a high ranking government conspiring to affect the outcome of a u.s. presidential election. let me ask you this. mr. strzok, you know that judges who have even minimal bias are required to recuse themselves from a case. do you think that fbi agents have some sort of -- that theyre special people who shouldn...

Transcribed interviews. i thank the gentleman for his question. >> thank you very much. i yield back. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. >> i now yield my time to my friend and colleague from texas, mr. radcliffe. >> i thank my colleague for yielding. agent strzok, on may the 9, 2017, president trump fired fbi director jim comey. that same day, you and fbi lawyer lisa page exchanged quite a few texts on the topic. at 8:14 p.m. on that day, you texted miss page and said, quote, and...

That the actions we take do not create further divisions in our country. you know, president trump tweeted a few months ago, quote, the top leadership and investigators of the fbi and the justice department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of democrats and against republicans, something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. is that tweet supported by the inspector generals report, mr. strzok? >> no. >> no, it is not. i would hope that those of us on t...

Of governor martin omalley, of senator bernie sanders, i mean, isnt really relevant, they were not, to the best of my knowledge, subject to an investigation. and so, you know, it was important that the inspector general go in and take a look to find out for us, for this committee, and for the american people what really happened. and he did. he went in, he spent a lot of time, i interviewed many people. here was his conclusion. he did chastise you, and i understand you accept that admonishment, ...

Has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee, mr. duncan, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to associate myself with the outstanding opening statements made by chairman goodlatte and chairman gowdy, which were two of the finest opening statements ive heard in my years in congress and expressed my views completely. let me say while mr. strzok will stubbornly not admit what almost everyone else knows is extreme bias, i find it amazing that he can sit here...

He is a pro-lifer. you will see a handful of democrats willing to come in. the first thing mcconnell has to do is get somebody past his caucus. >> sandra: good stuff. its raining in new york ste, rubbing it in with the palm trees back there. soak it all in. >> it feels so good. >> bill: well get a break here. tom, what is your short list? >> there are some fantastic judges on the short list. >> bill: give us one at the top. >> ray kevledge. social conservative. i have a lot more. >> bill: well g...

Well stop it. the justice department previously provided messages from that date except the well stop it message. why didnt the justice department produce it to congress when we asked? >> i spoke with our inspector general michael horowitz yesterday. when he testified he didnt have a full opportunity to explain and the technological details are pretty complicated but assured me he had a long telephone conversation with mr. jordan after the hearing and explained it. he is much better position tha...

Rosenstein in contempt. some have even threatened him with impeachment and may argue he must be removed from his oversight role over the special counsels investigation. this is an investigation i might remind my colleagues that has already yielded five guilty pleas and led to the indictment of 20 people so far. the president and some of his closest advisors are under investigation for having participated in a criminal conspiracy with a foreign power against the united states. that is an emergenc...