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Director of the fbi christopher wray was reading, but it sure wasnt the one given to me. with that kind of attitude, he will never be able to fix the fbi, which is badly broken, despite having some of the greatest men and women working there. the fact that he puts "current" before his name might be a bad omen. joining me now, josh geltzer, h worked at the justice department. so fbi director wray ordered over 40 corrective measures thanks to problems spotlighted in the inspector general report. b...

It. in hindsight you can say these are strange people doing some weird things, but at the time you dont know that. i think the attorney general is making some judgments in hindsight that perhaps people at the time watching everything, going crazy were not really sure. i mean, weve never dealt with anything like this before. >> the russians were hacking and there was activity, very obviously, coming from the russians. >> and hes glossing over things that exonerate them, too, what christopher wray...

Mueller investigation. i did not see that quite frankly, and it was disappointing, given, as andy was saying, the conclusions are quite clear that the presidents statements over these past several years are all wrong, that there was no hoax, there was no conspiracy to joe throw anybody, no sedition, no treason, no evidence of any of that. as you suggested quite bluntly, i think the president should apologize to us. i respectfully would ask him to apologize to me, to my colleagues because the thi...

Findings in a way that flatters this president and then launched his own investigation with his own hand picked employee to chase down his own suspicions of lying. and lo and behold, his guy pulled a comey today. that means that john durham addressed an ongoing investigation which they say they never do, right? its a no-no as we learned with comey. he didnt do it to reveal facts. just to rain on the i.g. report. the statement. we advise the inspector general that we do not agree with the conclus...

Yes, i think spying did occur. >> well, today he released a statement which reads in part, the inspector generals report now makes clear that the fbi launched an intrusive investigation of a u.s. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions that, in my view, were insufficient to justify the steps taken. clearly trying to please his boss. as ive stated before, barr acts more like president trumps personal attorney than the nations chief attorney. former fbi director james comey is pleased ...

Separate investigation. heres what he said. he said he disagrees with some of the reports conclusions. what hes doing is speaking out since there is an ongoing investigation. what is going -- is that unusual? >> yeah, its very unusual, right? so its another break from protocol. as i think we all learned from what happened during the clinton investigation with director comey, right, there are policies and procedures at doj that you do not comment on ongoing investigations. so for john durham in t...

General council jim baker. what do you think is motivating the attorney general of the united states bill barr to publicly and very force my contradict the results, the conclusions of the inspector generals report? >> at one level this is all very confusing and i cant really fathom what the attorney general is up to. on another level, at the end of the day, this is all about power. this is about the president maintaining his power, maintaining his status in office as president of the united stat...

General so openly dismiss the conclusions of the inspector general. >> right. the inspector general report addresses what bill barr is talking about. if you go back to july of 2016, the russians clearly have hacked into and are starting to release some of the information from democrats and then this information comes in. the fbi is trying foig o ining what the russians are up to and now its is someone wittingly or unwittingly up to this. you have to think back to 2016. hes going back to may of 2...

Giving to me. again, pause. with that -- with that kind of attitude, he will never be able to fix the fbi, which is badly broken despite having some of the greatest men and women working there. this is his, this isnt jim comey, he fired in 2017. this is his fbi director. >> current -- >> who he put -- >> current director. >> put in the job. simply saying, remember what chris wray is saying. yes, inspector general, who works for our department, tasked with investigating this, i agree with the con...

Also u.s. attorney john durham, who attorney general barr has tasked with his own investigation said, quote, our investigation has concluded developing information from other persons and entities both in the u.s. and outside the u.s. we do not agree with some of the reports conclusions as to predication and how the fbis case was opened. do you think durham knows more about what happened than the inspector general does? >> i have no idea. the whole statement mystifies me. weve come to understandi...