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Tasked with doing this review of the fbi directors conduct in 2016. what rosenstein concluded is at the fbi director had essentially colored outside the lines. he was the nations premier investigator and he put on a prosecutors hat when he made a public statement in july, recommending charges against hillary clinton in the email probe. the other nail on the coffin came last week. when he said, i will do it all over again. i stand behind this decision. what rosenstein wrote is at the fbi director...

Should also be a special counsel appointed to re-examine the evidence in the hillary clinton case and decide a new weather she violated the law. look at the statute, he looked at her conduct and it appears she flagrantly violated the espionage act. leave it to a special counsel to now decide and in the end, perhaps a jury will decide perhaps hillary quinn to be billings behind bars. >> jon: thank you, greg. >> jenna: we are waiting for the first white house news briefing since the firing of jame...

With the news cycle. how the timing of the firing could relate or not relate into the ongoing investigation into russias meddling in our election. here is vice president pence who we werent expecting at all. >> jon: some democrats are complaining about the firing of the fbi director, the tier with the vice president has to say. the >> yesterday president donald trump provided strong and decisive leadership to restore the trust and confidence of the american people and the federal bureau of inves...

Now fast forward a few months and call me is fired and chuck schumer is outraged. this is the kind of frenzy and delirium and partisan politics that americans are quite sick of. >> jon: senator schumer is saying to get a special counsel appointed here or an independent investigation. how does that happen? >> of the statute expired so now the attorney general can appoint a special counsel, and this case, it would be the deputy ag because of sessions recused himself. it would be an autonomous inde...

Do it. i think these investigations will continue. there will be a new fbi director and justice will have its course. >> jon: let me ask you this though, simon. a lot of democrats blame jim comey for hillary clintons loss and president trump, the vice president said essentially the handling of the clinton matter as much of the reason for comeys dismissal. >> is the most ridiculous thing ive heard come out of this white house since donald trump became president. >> jon: interesting. all right. gu...

There still can be some faith that we can get to the bottom of this if there is a special prosecutor, if not, everyone will suspect cover-up. >> jon: thats chuck schumer reacting to the firing of fbi director james comey. this morning on the senate floor, he renewed his call for an independent special prosecutor in the russian investigation. he also called for in all senate briefing on comeys firing. gregg jarrett, fox news anchor and attorney is joining us. ironic that in the past, gender schum...

Independent prosecutor because i could take 2-3 years. this is urgent, we need resolution of this as soon as possible. i hope the new fbi director can bring that about in the coming weeks. >> jon: whats your take? are you concerned about the timing? >> i agree that the optics look bad. its almost too stupid for the trump people to have done this. we did your beating and fired >> , lets meet. everyone knows their meeting. its not on its face a problem for high-ranking government officials in the ...

Also saying that no reasonable prosecutor would bring a case against her. that supposedly angered a great many fbi agents who spent a great deal of time investigating her. that is probably in all likelihood the heart the reason that james comey is now looking for work. we will continue covering matt. >> jenna: its a big story, that new reaction. vice president mike pence calling it the right decision at the right time. he also said its for the safety of the america people. welcome to "happening ...

This bill must check out whats coming up on "outnumbered" at the top of the hour. >> harris: be ready for some hump day sizzle. fast-moving development on the top stories. the presidents firing of james comey. democrats are questioning the presidents motive. >> kennedy: the mainstream media getting in their shots as well. one anchor comparing the president to a fifth grader and giving white house officials and some on roles. is there a double standard at work here? >> harris: plus our #oneluckyg...

Not and some of the hysteria we are seeing, its more reasonable and justified. >> jon: the white house has said that director comey assured them that the president and the white house were not the target of this investigation. theyve been cleared, do you accept that? >> we dont know. so far, and has been clear that president trump himself is not the target or subject of the investigation. some people in his orbit have been tied to the russian meddling case, but not the president. that might chan...