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Deputy director of the f.b.i., these were not junior field agents. >> i dont intend in any way to downplay the significance of the report. >> there should be no doubt these errors cast a cloud over the f.b.i.s handling of the clinton email investigation. and the investigations credibility. >> sandra: lets bring in a-team jason chaffetz, judge andrew napolitano, senior judicial analyst and adrienne elrod, former director of communications for hillary clinton. the a-team this morning. to you first...

State representative up on this deus and i can tell you the conduct, the character, the principle that i see in those people every day is extraordinary and would be an inspiration to the members of this committee, and that was my point. >> okay. there should be no doubt that these errors cast a cloud over the fbis handling of the clinton investigation and the investigations credibility. even more troubling is the irreparable harm for neutral fact finding and political independence. where do we g...

Dais. i can tell you the character, the principle i see in those people every day is extraordinary and would be an inspiration to every member of this committee. that was my point. >> there should be no doubt that these errors cast a cloud over the fbis handling of the e-mail investigation and their credibility. even more troubling with the irreparable harm to the fbis reputation. where do we go from here? you have indicated that. >> i think we start by reminding everyone in the fbi, which as i ...

Text messages exchanged between strzok and page that potentially indicated or created the appearance that investigative decisions were impacted by bias or improper consideration. ultimately the inspector general says the messages cast a cloud over the fbis handling of the investigation but they quote did not find evidence to connect the political views expressed in these messages to the specific investigative decisions that we reviewed and to quote these judgment calls were not unreasonable. the...

>> inspector general says former fbi director james comey failed to follow the errors in judgment in being insubordinate. they say he was not motivated by political bias. a focus for many on the right right now are two fbi officials named peter straub and lisa page. theyve changed thousands of messages on august 82016. drums not ever going to become president, right? responding no hes not. we will stop it. the message will cast a cloud over the fbis handling of the investigation, that their revi...

Trumps never, ever going to become president, right? right? todays report reveals, quote, strzok replied, no, no, he wont. well stop it. the report notes that message casts a cloud over the fbi but also stresses this. quote, our review did not find evidence to connect the political views expressed in these messages to the specific investigative decisions we reviewed. james comey had an instant reaction ready in the form of an opinion piece posted on "the new york times" website just after the i....

Enforcement. one exchange between these two shows, quote, page asked strzok, trumps never, ever going to become president, right? right? todays report reveals, quote, strzok replied, no, no, he wont. well stop it. the report notes that message casts a cloud over the fbi but also stresses this. quote, our review did not find evidence to connect the political views expressed in these messages to the specific investigative decisions we reviewed. james comey had an instant reaction ready in the form...

It also says comey, quote, made a serious error of judgment when he sent a letter to congress reopening the investigation of clintons e-mails just days before the presidential election. but despite those findings, it also noted, quote, we found no evidence that comeys public statement announcing the fbis decision to close the investigation was a result of bias or an effort to influence the election. the report also reveals new text messages from two of the fbi agents involved in the investigatio...

Press conference about the clinton case and deviated from the norms in the october, 2016, letter to congress reopening the matter. also revealed in this report were more text messages exchanged between former fbi lawyer lisa page and fbi official peter strzok where page questions "trumps not ever going to become president, right? right?" and strong replies "no, no, hes not. well stop it." the inspector general writing in response to those messages, "although we found no documentary or testimonia...

Report says no it wasnt. >> because the white house as you heard says these text messages between these two justice department and fbi officials show clear bias against the president so the conclusion, what did the inspector general find? >> theres no question the text messages cast a cloud over the fbi, the inspector generally as that out pretty clearly. but he also says it didnt it didnt taint the ultimate outcome of the prosecutors decisions, at least from the evidence hes looked at on a vari...