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One of the other networks had a headline that the fbi screw ups at all levels, at the highest level we have seen that. i think its a lot of concern and its a very bad day for the fbi and something that should be of concern to all americans, neil. spew and you know what, senator, if it turns out that the president is impeached in the house and it goes do you guys in the senate, do you know if any of your republican colleagues who would go along with it? >> i think number one, neil come in the sun...

>> the fbi dropped steele. >> he wasnt trusted anymore and thats because he blew his cover. he started talking to the media. they should have stopped relying on him at that point. correct? >> under fbi rules once you are close to you or closed. you need certain approvals to start reinitiating and re-engaging. >> that is right. the fbi kept using him, correct? >> they met with him through bruce. >> yes. they used him for information after he was cut off. >> they receive that information. >> 1 13 ...

Day. mr. horowitz, do you believe every politician in america should be concerned? >> i believe every american should make sure this process wants to work the right way. >> finally to those of us in politics, how easy it could be for someone to come into our lives and our campaign as volunteers, i hope the fbi would tell me hes got a reasonable suspicion is a bad actor. i can do something about it. what scares me the most is the power to hold a counterintelligence investigation is almost unlimit...

I found it curious in your report and this is the reason i ask it, you said that they had no role in the preparation of the approval of any of the four fisa warrant applications. i guess if you are saying not putting pen to paper and getting a nod up and down. >> they were not involved in pushing the department to get answers going forward. >> they were involved in the process but does not final approval. we are going to get you out of here maybe a few seconds early. i just want to think you and...

Lawyers who had generated some of these inaccuracies, these 17 inaccuracies. what is the process for supervisors fact-checking? >> under the procedure committees factual accuracy procedure is put into place in response to prior incidences found of failure to accurately relate information to the court, the first line supervisor is supposed to go through and recheck the process to make sure it was done. that did not happen here on multiple occasions. >> right, why did nonna happen not these multip...

Were just looking at a microcosm of the fisa process. im afraid that it has become a sloppy process. >> neil: thank you so much. fbi former assistant director. now comes impeachment and apparently is going to move fast. after this. the sea urchin, but maybe not for people with rheumatoid arthritis. because there are options. like an "unjection™". xeljanz xr, a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. xeljanz xr can reduce pain, swell...

This. but the agent that steele had a relationship with is the agent he went to with some of his reports. that agent then took -- put it through a process at the fbi.ok and it then took from july 5th to september 19th to get the information to the crossfire hurricane team. eventually, in that meandering over the -- what is that -- 2 1/2 months, there is information we- conclude in he that mr. mccabe was involved in referring it over to the crossfire hurricane team. >> all right. thank you. >> lo...

Words like spying to characterize what the fbi did under an authorized process? >> you know, as inspector general, im going to stick to what we do and what weve said and notha try and guess the motives or ideas or thoughts of anyone else out there. >> i dont see you jumping up and down with use of such words. let me go on. on november 21st, dr. fiona hill, the former national security council seniorfo direcr for europe and russia, warned that russia has, quote, geared up to repeat their interfer...

These reports w subsequent to tt in finding inappropriate, improper contact between agents and theop media. since our report last year, director ray has put out a new policy and ordered to take a new training to deal with that. or try too address that and to change theo culture, which is what we talked about a year ago. the culture and the viewpoint in a federal, criminal investigation, fairness to the defendant or the subject of the investigation. fairness to victims, if there are victims. fair...

Warrants? >> the concern grows out of the fact that all of the failures and the -- and the information that shouldved been given and wasnt given. and the question being what was the intent? what -- what washa their intention? their motivation there. and what we determined was we couldnt definitively say what the motivation was. >> are these pretty smart people? fairly well-educated? at least well-educated. i dont know if theyre smart. i dont know if were very smart to beow honest with you. >> i ...