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Same decision. >> the oversight committee and house judiciary committee are also putting the former attorney general loretta lynch under scrutiny after comey circumvented the justice department when he drafted what republicans call an exoneration statement two months before 17 key witnesses, including hillary clinton, were interviewed. lawmakers also question why human public with the email case that the same time remain silent about the probe of trump campaign associates. in a statement, democr...

President if hes thinking about firing bob mueller, it will get worse. >> sandra: you have the last word. meanwhile republicans renewing our call for a special second counsel to investigate hillary clinton and the obama administration during last years election. this follows allegations that former fbi director james comey drafted an exoneration statement for clinton leaked before interviewing her and more than a dozen key witnesses. republicans also complaining that he didnt report interviews d...

Affect a u.s. election. >> i think it will have a very significant political consequences. the way that it would be interpreted is that james comey was a partisan actor who did what he did for political purposes. and i think that that would really frankly cast a certain light over everything that jim comey has done. in the course of that investigation, two members of his inner circle were interviewed, and those transcripts as a lindsey graham indicated, that he began it drafting the exoneration ...

Those details emerged of interviews from fbi staffers suggesting that the former bureau director drafted an exoneration statement for clinton week, in fact two months, before her fbi interview over the fully 4th weekend last year. those transcripts are part of whats called a hatch act investigation that was launched by the justice department into whether comey used his influence and position as fbi director to interfere in the election last year. the records were provided after a request from se...

Hillary clinton, this is not how they should be working, this is an abuse of power, and comey should be investigated, it really undermines the work of the fine men and women of the fbi. >> one, to that point, here is the actual evidence that he says among other things they are using, there are some transcripts, various fbi officials about how this exoneration statement in july 2016 came about for it james comey, these witnesses testified "sometime in the spring of 2016, the director emailed a co...

Weve got to come back. straight ahead, allegation that james comey trapped in an exoneration statement for hillary clinton before interviewing witnesses in the scandal. something tells me jason chaffetz will have something to say about this. shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. juswho own them,ople every business is different. but every one of those businesses will need legal help as they age and grow. whether it be help starting your business, vendor contracts

Infrastructure, tax reform, some things they could come together and help the american people. ainsley: yall, thank you so much. this is what america is about. i love you all this is a great perspective. yall will be back. brian is going to talk to you in an hour. brian: i cant wait. ainsley: brian is yelling upstairs he cant wait. jillian has more headlines for us? jillian: good morning. former fbi director james comey was ready to clear hillary clinton and her email investigation before it was...

Obstruction? >> the evidence against hilary clinton was powerful, overwhelming evidence, under a variety of statutes that she broke the law. and if james comey cleared her for political reasons, thats obstruction of justice. thats a corrupt intent. >> uh-huh. >> and i find it very curious in his book that on the reopening of the hilary clinton case, he admits that politics was influencing him. >> uh-huh. >> that leads me to believe that it influenced his original decision to exonerate her. i don...

In, and that was very good for hillary clinton in the beginning. we know that comey and strzok and others were drafting the exoneration statement months before interviewing hillary clinton in 17 other key witnesses. in that exoneration letter, they changed the language and said it was reasonably likely that clintons observer was hacked and it was possible the server was accessed by hostile, foreign actors. who? may be russia. think about it for a second. it was previously reported that five fore...

Allowing to having to avoid be too definitive about anything." comey tried to send a signal to the left. his wife and daughters merged. >> my wife and girls marched in the womens march the day after the inauguration. my four daughters, probably all five of my kids wanted hillary clinton to be the first woman president. i know my amazing spouse did. >> that anecdote is raising questions about whether there was a factor in comey drafting and exoneration statement for clinton before he recommended ...