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Look, what we know is that theres some very serious allegations against him, and at that the d.c. u.s. attorneys office didnt sort of reject these out of hand. they took this report, and theyre actually acting on it. they called in jim comey for an interview about these allegations. so that shows theyre kind of seriously moving forward with this. now whether this will actually lead to andrew mccabe being criminally charged, its just impossible to say right now. and i think a lot of people would ...

Recalls was sort of the target of this scathing inspector general report, alleging he lied to comey and other investigators. and so we understand that federal prosecutors in d.c. have now interviewed jim comey about his exchanges with mccabe. >> do you know when the interview took place or the kind of -- anything more specific about it? >> we know it took place recently, so the referral, the inspector general made whats called a criminal referral to the d.c. u.s. attorneys office. he had been co...

Important to them, so theyll be probably coming down to washington, d.c., on friday for the delivery of the letter. i look forward to that. >> the secretary of state was asked when hell be asked to officially announce at the summit is on or off. he said, he did it now. in the end, the final question will be up to president trump and president trump alone president trump alone. >> shannon: kristin fisher with the latest. thank you so much. another breaking news, potential major development, "the ...

Report recent that i went after andrew mccabe the former deputy director of the fbi forwarded by the inspector general the account lying to investigators about a media disclosure. what we reported yesterday was that the d.c. u.s. attorneys office has taken up this mantle and interviewed james comey, the stormer fbi director who is one of the people mccabe is said to have lied to. we think this is important because it shows its possible that mccabe will be charged with a crime. the inspector gene...

Welcome back the department of justice watchdogs has made a referral. last week the inspector general found that mccabe lacked candor on four occasions with investigators. explain what this is all about. >> well, we learned that the justice department inspector general which is the independent watchdog sent this criminal referral to the top prosecutor in the d.c. u.s. attorneys office asking them to consider whether there should be criminal charges, whether they should pursue criminal charges ag...

To look at is decide whether they should further investigate andy mccabe potentially lying to investigators as you know in the report the scathing report that came out last week it said that andy mccabe had mislead and had lied to investigators and his former boss james comey on four different occasions including three times under oath. this is something that andy mccabe has denied. he never mislead investigators. they never mislead james comey but so basically now this is in the hands of the d....

Report the scathing report that came out last week it said that andy mccabe had mislead and had lied to investigators and his former boss james comey on four different occasions including three times under oath. this is something that andy mccabe has denied. he never mislead investigators. they never mislead james comey but so basically now this is in the hands of the d.c. u.s. attorneys office to determine whether it should pursue criminal charges. >> whats mccabe saying in response? >> so his ...

Director james comey are headed to congress today. the pledge of loyalty that the president denied he ever asked. were getting new details on andrew mccabe, who is one step closer to possibly facing a criminal investigation. mccabe was fired last month, just days before retiring from the fbi after his 21 years at the agency. i have laura jarrett and pamela brown standing by. first you on andy mccabe. tell me more about this case. >> we have learned that the justice department inspector general h...

Cause, which has to be stated in writing. thats pretty iron-clad. but what if the doj or a president makes up a claim of misconduct to fire a special counsel? then what? i think we need to call in a heavy hitter. seth waxman was a federal prosecutor in one of the most prestigious offices in the country, serving 13 years in the d.c. u.s. attorneys office. he has been lead counsel in over 60 jury trials and is quite the prosecutorial expert to have. thanks for being here. >> thank you for having m...

Lawyers would have been apoplectic about having that kind of interaction between the president and the attorney general. >> what about these recent reports that the president has apparently been meeting with potential nominees for u.s. attorney positions? you were a u.s. attorney in d.c., the d.c. u.s. attorney is one of the people who president obama -- president trump, excuse me, reportedly met with before he nominated her. >> unprecedented. the way it was done in the obama administration and ...