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October 26, the president argued that congress should not even be allowed to impeach him under the constitution. and then on october 8th, white house counsel acting on behalf of the president wrote a already to the house and said that president trump cannot permit his administration to participate. well, this is not a fishing expedition. this is a matter of grave importance, and weve talked about at length the abuse of power that the president has exhibited. but what -- why did the president ref...

Lieutenant colonel vindman and mr. morrison, you have the fact that they were on the call and the transcript speaks for itself. but you have opinions and conclusions after that. when it comes to actual testimony that hasnt been heard, it just shows that the majority really doesnt have any interest in getting to the bottom of this question, because if they did care about actually finding out facts, they would be calling mr. yermak back into this committee. they would be delays this process becaus...

Independent investigator, a superb investigator who i think has conducted this particular investigation in the most professional way, and i think his work, when it does come out, will be a credit to the department. well, that sounds like a reasonable statement and thats because that is what attorney general barr said about horowitz, the inspector general, and his investigation just a few weeks ago before he suddenly didnt like its conclusions and then trashed it this morning. joining me now is j...

Released about what the president was doing with ukraine, people who had served in the military and in the intelligence community, who were in vulnerable seats, they were the ones who came forward, seven of them. they wrote an op-ed in "the washington post" saying that no ones above the law and that this oh end iffed their sense of duty when they served. and it offends them today as they serve in congress. and thats how weve gotten to this point. >> appreciate your time. still to come, more on...

General william barr. lets go to laura jarrett joining us right now. what is the latest? >> reporter: wolf, the inspector general michael horowitz faced hours of questioning on capitol hill today and he didnt shy away from the bottom line conclusions in his exhaustive 400-page report that the fbi had adequate cause to open a counterintelligence investigation into members of the trump campaign. but that the agency did not place spies within the campaign itself. and when asked about the fact that ...

The mid-year investigation and among other things criticized what occurred last year with regard to the handling of that investigation. ongoing investigations are -- need to be protected from outside influence. you dont know as an investigator or you shouldnt conclude as an investigator until are you done with the investigation, you shouldnt be reaching your conclusions until that point. and so giving preliminary ideas, advice, guidance, statements, can be misleading. and you should not be reach...

General. he seems to believe the attorney general should work at the presidents personal defense lawyer. barr beat it to the punch with his own conclusions and cutting a critical sentence in half. hiding the first part, russia worked to secure trumps presidency and the campaign expected to benefit from the theyre interference and the inspector general -- >> clearly spied on. whats electronic surveillance is. >> led a cadre of conservative lawyers he grossly mischaracterized the report saying tha...

Inspector general michael horowitz is finishing up his testimony before the senate judiciary committee in which he defended his teams findings that the start of the russia probe was justified. it was not a deep state plot of of trump haters inappropriately launching an investigation. but as jessica schneider reports, he also underlined that the various misconduct and details in the report marine there is no vindication for the fbi. >> reporter: the nonpartisan watch dogger for the department of ...

General barr said about horowitz, the inspector general and his investigation just a few weeks ago before he suddenly didnt like the conclusions then trashed this morning. joining me now is jim baker the former fbi top lawyer and cnn political analyst. chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin. jim, the attorney general whats going on here do you think? were seeing statements from this attorney general unlike any we have seen from any attorney general in recent times. >> yeah, i cant really explain it,...

>> presumably there your first answer you side with the inspector general, mr. horowitz some. >> that is right. and one of the things i did emphasize that im grateful that the fbi director chris wray, instead of continuing to support the conspiracy theories advanced by president trump and frankly by attorney general bill barr accepted the conclusions of the inspector general report and would promptly move to implement the recommendations to improve the fisa warrant process and agreed with the co...