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Explanation by the fbi and doj as to fraud and contempt upon the court? >> i can tell you this, with the fisa investigation and everything that happened, we know the president is talking about attacking sessions installation an obama guy take care of the investigation. whether an investigator inspector general is an obama guy and he served under bush, it doesnt matter. judge jeanine: thats not what im asking you. im asking whether the presiding judge of the fisa court should demand an explanatio...

Explanation by the fbi and doj as to fraud and contempt upon the court? >> i can tell you this, with the fisa investigation and everything that happened, we know the president is talking about attacking sessions installation an obama guy take care of the investigation. whether an investigator inspector general is an obama guy and he served under bush, it doesnt matter. judge jeanine: thats not what im asking you. im asking whether the presiding judge of the fisa court should demand an explanatio...

Committee could not have pressed further and further without a subpoena because these were voluntary appearances? >> exactly right. if they want to press further, congress has tools. they can force people to come testify. they can hold them in contempt if they dont. they can hold them in contempt if they dont answer questions. thats on the committee. this is a problem that the committee has because theyre not acting in a bipartisan committee. when i was part of the committee, we worked hand in h...

Duty by failing to do it. those judges should be demanding that the high officials at doj and the fbi appear before them and say you concealed evidence. you deceived me. you didnt tell me that this was paid for by the hillary clinton campaign. you didnt tell me that you knew that christopher steele was a liar. if you had told me those things i would never have granted a warrant to surveil on an american citizen. >> so, when people say, you snow, that this is the kind of thing where the fisa cour...

Duty by failing to do it. those judges should be demanding that the high officials at doj and the fbi appear before them and say you concealed evidence. you deceived me. you didnt tell me that this was paid for by the hillary clinton campaign. you didnt tell me that you knew that christopher steele was a liar. if you had told me those things i would never have granted a warrant to surveil on an american citizen. >> so, when people say, you snow, that this is the kind of thing where the fisa cour...

Court to issue a warrant. number four, when applying to this court, this is us to the judge, for one or more warrants in this matter, did the fbi inform this court that the dossier it reportedly presented in pursuit of one or more warrants had originally been prepared by the former british spy for a washington research firm conducting opposition research against the republican nominee for president of the united states donald j. trump? this is important. landmark legal foundation respectfully re...

Convince this court to issue a warrant? number four. when applying to this court, to the judge, for one or more warrants in this matter, did the fbi inform this court that the dossier is reportedly presented, if pursued one hour more warrants, had originally been prepared by the former british spy for a washington research firm conducting opposition research against the republican nominee for president of president of the united states, donald j. trump. this is important. landmark legal foundati...

The conduct of attorneys, the fbi, the justice department, before the court. contempt may reach backwards. even after a case has been concluded. in other words, this fisa judge and quite frankly, was misdirecting when she said the matter is not before us anymore when it was still before them and this court, like any federal court, still has the power to reach back and hold people accountable. she did nothing. she did not call in the fbi as far as we know. she did not call in the justice departme...

The court has ongoing jurisdiction to supervise the conduct of attorneys, the fbi, the justice department, beforeay the court. contempt may reach backwards, even after a case has been concluded. in other words, this fisa judge, quite frankly, wasas misdirectig when she said the matter was not before them anymore when it was still before them and thishe court, like any federal court, still has the power to reach back and hold people accountable. she did nothing. she did not call in the fbi as far...

Scrutiny too. saying that this a fisa judge was misdirected. they have the power to hold people accountable for contempt. >> right, but apparently, it is not just one judge, it is for judges. and these are very experienced judges. nobody previously has said oh, gosh, these judges are somehow crushed. i have never heard that. so to me, this is an expanding effort, by trump supporters to undermine it the credibility of the fbi, the justice department, and ultimately, the mueller provo. just a mome...