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Department of justice. it does not impugn the mueller investigation or the deputy attorney general. what it is the congresss legitimate function of kwroovert to make sure the fisa process is being used correctly and if it wasnt, it needs to come to light so we do not have problems again. this does affect our civil liberties. >> this is 100% at odds with what cnn is reporting now. the president telling friends that this discredits the mueller investigation, which is why he is so excited about it....

False and president and members of congress release it. there are no ramifications for the president or members of the congress legally because he is the president and he can do it. what are the ramifications? >> the president has the authority to do this. the ramifications have to do with the reputation of the fbi and reputation of the investigation into russia and simply the character of both republican party and administration for allowing this partisan memo which is what it appears to be to ...

Partisan fight about fisa, and republicans said, look, when theres abuses of fisa, dont worry, were going to call it out. devin nunes has been working to call out abuses of the fisa law. there have been other examples where theyve tried to bring doj and fbi witnesses up and schiff has fought it. he doesnt want this to happen. and so the partisan nature of this committee, i think we have to talk about how partisan -- >> i get that, but -- >> -- adam schiff is being. >> to michaels point about the...

2016, a few months before this fisa warrant application, and met with russian government officials. he admitted that and e-mailed a trump campaign by saying he gained insight into other things. people i spoke with in the fbi said thats also part of the calculus. its not just the dossier, although mccabe said this would never happen without the dossier. i would like to see what other information besides the dossier to get the approval of the judge. >> so mike rogers, youve read the four-page memo...

Whats in these memos? why arent we talking about whether the fbi abused their power? why arent we talking about whether they were honest before the fisa courts? did they present information? did they tell the fisa courts that this dossier, that, by the way, the fbi director himself said was unverified and solacious. did they tell the fisa courts that? did they tell the fisa court that this was nothing but a political hack job paid for by the democrats and hillary clinton? why arent we talking ab...

Does not target law enforcement. listen. >> this memo is not indictment of the fbi, of the department of justice. it does not impugn the mueller investigation or the deputy attorney general. what it is is the congress legitimate function of oversight to make sure the fisa process is used correctly. if it wasnt used correctly, that needs to come to light and people need to be held accountable. this does affect our civil liberties. >> a lot to break down this morning. we will talk about political ...

Learned, this is what we learned. so what we have here is a portrait that is troubling, and again, evan perez said this earlier, and i think hes right, and again, mistakes may have been made. we should know that. >> i agree with that. im not saying that that didnt happen. the claim could be true. but the process to prove the claim is terrible. >> right, its like a legal breach. >> it certainly raises very serious questions about the fbi and the spys application. why wasnt it included in here tha...

>> the protocol were relaxed. >> we dont know that. >> we know the power herself didnt do a lot of her own fisa, unmasking. some of the staff did it. >> you said thats not unusual. staff does the work. >> thats not true. when it comes to fisa. the fisa court is not been around for decades. this is a process that a lot of us are uncomfortable with. >> thats a different conversation. >> if the fisa process is being corrupted by political appointees because the department of justice. >> that would ...

First, we are talking about classified information, exactly as was just said, how we gather that information which we do not release publicly. first of all. the second piece is i think its really important to remember that the memo is not facts. its one persons version of facts. if we go back to why and how fisa warrants are issued, this is when we come to rosenstein, this is probably the third approval of a fisa warrant, where to get through this process you have to go through extraordinary lev...

Nunes, the justice department says it is, quote, unaware of any wrongdoing relating to the fisa process. but the president and his allies dont accept those appeals delivered first in private, and when that didnt work, in rare public statements from officials appointed by this president, mind you, and yet contradicting this president. a public debate about how and when the u.s. surveils intelligence targets including americans would be fair and warranted. but is that what this president and his a...