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About this in march 2017, this was not a criminal probe, this was a counterintelligence probe. spies are common in a counterintelligence probe, we do with political opponents during a campaign, i think it is really something that people should be discussing. and thinking through and knowing so much more about whether they are congressional investigators, internal watchdogs, or people in the media. >> bret: when trey gowdy has these meetings and agree that they did not bring in any documents, and...

Jeff sessions has a reading comprehension problem. he either misread the very clear regulationob, or he was misled y career officials. it says two circumstances you recuse yourself, and a criminal investigation or criminal prosecution. this was neither one. it is no wonder that the was angry. i would have been apoplectic and fired the guy on the spot. >> sean: months ago on the spot, you said he should unrecuse himself. >> he absolutely should. but for jeff sessions egregious mistaken betrayal o...

To a judge, good luck to you. >> you got to go to jail for that. its one thing to lie in a criminal case. another thing to lie in a counterintelligence probe. also, the fisa judges really rely, even more than a criminal -- >> sean: rod rosenstein signed the final fisa application. sally yates signed one. >> i mean, so what? [laughs] so what? >> sean: the bulk of it was hillary clinton bought and paid for foreign intelligence filled russian lies. they never corroborated it. >> ill follow up on wh...

It was a counterintelligence probe. this justt underscores what a colossal waste of taxpayer money mueller is squandering and how desperate he is. >> sean: he has the president -- the president has the constitutional authority. this is what mark live in has been saying. the constitution is on his side. he has the precedence of constitutional authority, and its not ambiguous, gregg, its straightforward. we have all this president. >> mueller wants to criminalize a duty to mike legitimate conversa...

Reporting, ive got a pretty good sense of who it is, and it does look as though indeed there was an fbi attempt, successful one, to basically go out and spy with a human asset on the trump campaign. >> jason: what about the timing? the timing abouts all of this is critical. do we understand the timing? what are the implications for that? >> it is so important. remember, the fbi has been doggedly sticking with this story, that what initiated this counterintelligence probe was a tip they got in ju...

It does look as though indeed there was an f.b.i. attempt, a successful one to basically go out and spy with a human asset on the trump campaign. >> jason: what about the timing in is the timing about all of this is critical. do we understand the timing? what are the implications for that? >> yeah. it is so important because remember the f.b.i. has been doggedly sticking with this story that what initiated the counterintelligence probe was a tip they got in july about this supposed drunken conve...

Ive got a pretty good sense of who it is. it does look as though indeed there was an f.b.i. attempt, a successful one to basically go out and spy with a human asset on the trump campaign. >> jason: what about the timing in is the timing about all of this is critical. do we understand the timing? what are the implications for that? >> yeah. it is so important because remember the f.b.i. has been doggedly sticking with this story that what initiated the counterintelligence probe was a tip they got...

Jim comey is now impacted by his own credibility. just in the last week, weve seen jim comey contradicted by loretta lynch, hes been contradicted by his former deputy but director andrew mccabe and he has contradicted himself by some of the things he has said and done but their real questions about whether or not the president would have any problem, even if that statement were true as it related to jim comey. the president has the ability to end any counterintelligence probe at any time if nece...

I just want to say, i dont have any information, she says shes not been interviewed. if thats true, what is that tells us? >> it tells us that this a fraud.tion has been it has nothing to do the collusion by the russians and they knew that from the very beginning. mr. manafort knew that from the very beginning because he knew that there was no basis for any of the fisa warrants. no foreign agents of the russian government involved from the beginning and that is why he refused to brief the gang o...

Already out there." no, ite. is not out there. dianne feinstein, even maxine waters cad wow said no smoke, no fire. its because there was never any evidence of collusion. it was always a hoax. the fbi knew this but nevertheless, they tried to be really clever. they launched a counterintelligence probe which gave them more latitude and they used that as a pretext to investigate donald trump as a criminal and his associates. and all of these accusations, by the media and by democrats, with their h...