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Anymore. and thats a sad state of affairs of our democracy. lets roll the soundbites from the two people who did see the document yesterday. comer and raskin. >> you know, im just surprised that my colleagues want to try to litigate this in public much less hold the director of the federal bureau of investigation in contempt for complying with their request, when there is a whole process that was undertaken and that process came to its natural end as i understand it. >> the oversight committee w...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) told FBI Director Christopher Wray that it is within Congress’s constitutional role to provide oversight of the bureau.

Ballot access. up next, the fbi director gives house republicans most of what they want. but they still plan to hold him in contempt. ugh-stipated... feeling weighed down by a backedup gut" miralax is different.

Contempt the fbi director, christopher wray. >> they have jurisdiction. they have the right. [ inaudible ]. >> the house speaker saying the house might hold them in contempt even after they did allow top members to view an internal document yesterday. it is a tip sheet that plags vice president biden, back when he was vice president, was involved in some kind of bribery scheme. the fbi says were trying to reach a reasonable compromise. the chairman says sorry, not enough. where is this going? >>...

Classified. whats the first thing that director wray said? he didnt acknowledge whether he had it. he said he wouldnt provide. i explained to him if he doesnt provide it well hold him in contempt. now he said yes, we do have the document but only show it to the chairman and ranking member. thats not how the constitution works. >> after committee raskin and comer were able to view the document they walked away with differing views. with raskin claiming the investigation was actually closed. >> wh...

Of it. >> we have seen under the same house majority a different approach from mike mccall who said they initially said no. the dissent cable from afghanistan. the state department said we will let you see the document. we wont put it up on the internet. and the chairman pulled back from threatening to subpoena and hold the secretary of state in contempt. why is one chairman saying, okay, reasonable compromise. the other chairman saying no. >> a lot of contempt threats flying around. the republi...

Kept to a smaller group, what would be the purpose then of the contempt charge? >> well, lets just go back a few weeks, when i requested this form, democrat leaders and even the white house spokesman ian sams tried to imply there was no whistleblower, there was no form, this was another conspiracy theory. so they denied the existence of the form until the day of the subpoena going into effect and now they admit that they have the form, ive read the form, the form that they provided me was heavil...

Republican lawmaker James Comer said he will still seek to hold the FBI director in contempt of Congress after viewing the document in question.

With what he knew was dpashage by rudy giuliani. to sum up what has been reported and what we know, oversight chairman comer subpoenaed christopher wray for a document that contains unsubstantiated allegations against president joe biden that came through this channel headed by bill barr to receive garbage by rudy giuliani. he saw the document, he was handed the documents. afterwards he appears to say that theres an ongoing investigation. bill barr didnt think so and is still moving to hold chri...

On the foreign affairs committee tried to say. when the document is requested for the committee to review, to ensure we hold proper accountability, entire committee, are entitled to see that document. they are trying to make it when it is kecured environment, it is unclassified information and only allowing the chairman to see it, that is not the request, they are in contempt of the inquiry. >> todd: chinese warship becoming within yards of a ship in the taiwan strait. your reaction to recent ac...