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So sort of that theyve claimed theres a privilege and prevents them from having to answer the question. the problem is, those probably wouldnt hold up in court. but i think that they understand thats a way to buy themselves time and wiggle room. the question now is whether or not the committee has any sort of stomach to press that and get don jr. or others to force them to testify about those questions. >> its an interesting comparison. youre talking about jeff sessions and his responses, multip...

Firing or any other action under the ordinary rules of the fbi or any federal person, correct? >> i think each question would have to be based on its own circumstances. certainly i can imagine situations as youre describing it wouldnt be and situations where it might be. >> that brings us to a situation now if which an individual is key to the question of whether or not there should be a full review of the fbis actions as to hillary clinton and the decision not to prosecute her, since he was act...

Question he plans to ask wray will focus scarily on what he plans to do to restore the peoples confidence in the bureau and trust that its not influenced by politics and finally, we expect to see a number of questions surrounding obstruction of justice in light of the presidents tweets over the weekend saying that he had to fire former national security adviser michael flynn because he lied to the vice president and the fbi raising new questions about how that jives with trump later asking forme...

President of the united states has said that an organization that most americans, including myself, hold in the highest esteem, the fbi, is in tatters. what can you do -- what will you do to restore confidence in the premier law enforcement agency in the world? >> congressman, i appreciate the question and the reason for the question. it goes to the heart of whether or not the bureau is following its processes and the rules and the guidelines and adhering to the independence and objectivity and ...

Justice department official, and also a defense attorney, that thats not my experience as the normal practice. i am also however reluctant to answer questions with a hypothetical about whether i would ever do something because every investigation is subject to its own unique circumstances. >> i certainly understand. because thats what happened in the so-called investigation of hillary clinton and i yield back my time. >> the chair recognizes the gentle woman from california. >> thank you, mr. ch...

Muellers investigation unacceptable and inappropriate and any effort would be need to be dealt with. since your confirmation has the president tact kaktsed you about the special counsel investigation or anybody else at the white house? >> no. >> okay. my final question is, the presidents tirade ended with one final tweet where he says your reputation is in tatters. after years of -- well director wray, its up there, we have heard other veterans of the fbi and the department of justice push back ...

With his father. whats going on? shimon prokupecz has the details. shimon? >> thats right. so that claim is coming. he says he doesnt have to answer this question because lawyers were present in the room, not that he was directly talking to a lawyer, but that that conversation between his father simply because lawyers were in the room he does not have to answer those questions. now it certainly wouldnt hold up before a grand jury or questioning by criminal investigators, and as we know the speci...

You verbatim, but the gist, to things like number one, can we identify the victim, which in a lot of cases is harder than you might think, number two, is the information that we have at that point in the investigation actionable for the victim? is there something they can do with it? could sharing the information actually protect somebody, prevent a loss, et cetera? we also look at whether or not sharing the information at the time that we have -- in question, would potentially compromise or jeo...

>> it depends on the situation, but yes. >> so, can you explain why you obtain a criminal search warrant before reading an e-mail of someone under investigation for a crime? >> im sorry. can you repeat the question? >> can you explain why you obtain a criminal search warrant before reading an e-mail of someone under investigation for a crime? >> well, in the situations where a search warrant is required, and, of course, under the fourth amendment there are plenty of situations where a search war...

In multiple appearances before congress attorney general sessions appears to have corroborated the fact of the meeting and gist of the conversation between the president and director comey. director wray, do you have any reason to doubt the testimony of director comey or attorney general sessions on this point? >> congressman, the questions youre asking go directly to what special counsel mueller is investigating and i dont think it would be appropriate for me to be weighing in on that in this s...