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Interview in contradiction to the conclusions of horowitz. michael horowitz, the i.g. criticized many of the -- that he basically was supportive. chris wray said he would fix the problems,he but this is a stron cry such. they can take criticism if its healthy, but this is unhealthy. is the attorney general is shopping for -- hes more interested with dragging it out with john durham, the timing and when well hear about it. lets look at what i call a violates of doj policy. in the middle of an ong...

Former acting director of the fbi, andrew mccabe, a man exonerated from the smears from the president today thanks to the results of the impartial wash dog, the ig for the doj. michael horowitz. that report concludes this. the fbi had an authorized purpose when it opened cross fire hurricane. the investigation into the trump campaign to obtain information about or protect against a national security threat or federal crime. we did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias ...

David cicilline, he was in todays hearing. democratic congressman mike quigley. congressman cicilline, whats going to happen tomorrow morning? >> well, lawrence, we finished the hearing today where we heard in detail the conclusions of the intelligence committee investigation where the president clearly put his own personal political interests ahead of the national interest and attempted persuade a foreign leader to interfere in an american presidential election and leveraged taxpayer funds appr...

I know you took almost two years to come to these conclusions but i dont believe it and therefore im running my parallel investigation with john durham. as president trump said last week, maybe anticipating the report wasnt going the way he hoped for, he said the big one to wait for is the durham report. >> but its the narrative that theyre trying to advance here is indelibly muddied by this ig report. you cant undo that. republicans who were inspect i suppose a political response here, politica...

Last three years, theres never been anything like that. attorneys general up through today, up through before president trump was elected, the president stayed out of ig reports. and attorneys general generally reacted in the same way the director wray responded which is okay, i understand what you found. i understand your conclusions. i see your recommendations. i think they are good. we will accept them and implement them. i have never seen either when i was the ig or under my successor, any a...

With his investigation. and he, too, issued a statement. were you surprised at the timing of durhams statement and whats next? >> well, it was surprising to see a statement from sort of a career prosecutor coming out in the middle of an investigation to sort of knock down some notions publicly or sort of, you know, be part of a public-relations strategy that was coming out of the justice department. durham essentially saying that he has more information or different information than what horowit...

Because russia interfered, the media pretends nobody else did. ukraine blatantly interfered in our election. >> so its -- i got to tell you, chucks great there, but the people in the studio could not help themselves. you hear that burst of laughter at the stupidity of it all. >> heres something, its not stupidity. ted cruz knows better. its not stupidity, its corruption. >> nervous laughter at corruption. >> hes willfully being corrupt. he is willfully, after being warned by our intel communitie...

It includes the whole fantasy that the russia investigation was a deep state plot designed to sabotage donald trumps political chances. i mean, the inspector general chased down all the little fuzzy threads of that hairball conspiracy theory and found it to all be nonsense. and just look at the conclusions of the report. theres a long executive summary. look at that. look at the conclusions. conclusion, page 410. quote, the decision to open the cross fire hurricane investigation was made by the ...

Of an investigation thats not concluded yet to say we arent finding what they found here. to show their cards that early-everyone scratching their heads today. >> he says while our investigation is ongoing, last month we advise the inspecker general we dont agree with some of the reports conclusions -- and will the christopher wray saying the opposite, that his agents have been cleared. what do you make of those barr and durham statements? >> its become clear that we need an attorney general not...

Caught. we want to go straight o our important guest tonight for more on the breaking news about articles of impeachment that the house of representatives could be revealing articles of impeachment tomorrow morning against pretty much. were joined now two members of the house on the verge of casting a vote of impeachment on the president. democratic congressman mike quigley. congressman cicilline, whats going to happen tomorrow morning? >> lawrence, we finished the hearing today where we heard i...