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Dangle a pardon for paul manafort which only ads to growing body of evidence that the president is engaged in obstruction justice. that i think is the ultimate significance here. >> last week claimed manafort violated plea agreement repeatedly lie to go investigators, also on capitol hill james comey says he will testify this week in closed session before the house judiciary and oversight committees, republicans subpoenaed comey to talk about handling into investigations in hillary clintons priv...

The house judiciary and oversight committees over handling of fbis investigation into russian interference in 2016 election and former secretary of state hillary clintons e-mail server. >> if i were a democrat i would be concerned about some of the actions taken by mr. comey and others in the fbi leading right up to the election announcing a reopening of the investigation into hillary clintons e-mail and then announcing, again, immediately after that it was being shut down. >> republicans subpoe...

This low-energy oversight is one of the reasons we lost the majority. >> harris: while matt, low-energy oversight. but it was oversight by your room political tea. what happened? >> we did move fast enough. there were those like jim jordan and devon news us and myself and mark meadows who were beckoning them to schedule the interviews. do it in public. i dont think we really wanted the answers to a lot of these questions. i think a lot of the republican leadership viewed the russian investigatio...

So get allstate, you could save money and be better protected from mayhem like me. mayhem is everywhere. so get an allstate agent. are you in good hands? ♪ >> harris: former fbi director james comey is now set to testify behind closed doors before the house judiciary committee later this week. after reaching a deal with republican lawmakers are dropping his challenge against the house subpoena. heres what comey tweeted -- "grateful for a fair hearing from judge, hard to protect my rights about...

To court to have it be a public hearing. its not a hearing at all. its a deposition. we will see whether he shows up or not. but if he doesnt, he will be held in contempt. but, he may be hoping this is sort of force the clock on the republican congress. steve: sure. it was clear that the judge was going to rule against him and he saw the writing on the wall and thats why he decided he was going to show up. elizabeth, what do you think the most important thing republicans can ask him behind close...

Former fbi director james comey has reached a deal to testify behind closed doors about investigations into hillary clintons e-mail server, and whether donald trumps campaign colluded with russia. comey had been subpoenaed to testify privately before the house judiciary and oversight committees but filed suit to block the subpoena saying he wanted to testify publicly. comey has now agreed to sit down for a closed door deposition on friday after republicans pledge freezing drizzle provide him wit...

Officials. he says hes never had any personal conversations with cohen. former fbi director james comey has reached a deal to testify behind closed doors about investigations into hillary clintons e-mail server and whether donald trumps campaign colluded with russia. comey had been subpoenaed to testify privately before the house judiciary committee and oversight committees but filed to block the subpoena saying he wanted to testify publicly. comey has now agreed to sit down for a closed door ...

Leland: fox news alert as were learning former fbi director james comey has withdrawn his motion to fight a house subpoena for private deposition. his lawyers say they have reached an agreement with the house judiciary committee for him to testify. this is the tweet from james comey this morning. grateful for a fair hearing from a judge. hard to protect my rights without being in contempt, which i dont believe in. wilted in the dark or republicans agree im free to talk when done in transcript re...

Smart. he is an institutionalist. he could have taken contempt as many witnesses before congress do. as youre going to see a lot of executive officials do coming up in the next congress. that would have run out the clock and kept this from happening. he said he doesnt believe in it and thats why hes going to show up friday. he is a straight arrow when it comes to testimony. his testimony to date has been fully credible. theres been issues involving his conduct but nothing about his credibility. ...

Explanation of events. >> insightful conversation you had there. thank you, sir. a short time ago to share with you here at msnbc, the house yjudiciary confirms that james comey will testify in friday on private. comey released this tweet. grateful for a fair hearing from judge. hard to protect my rights without being in contempt which i dont believe in. well sit in the dark but republicans agree im free to talk when done and transcript released in 24 hours. this is the closest i can get to pu...