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Managers will be. but again, i think it goes to show the -- >> do you think justin amash -- would you be supportive if justin amash was announced as one of the managers? >> im going to leave that decision up to the speaker, but i do think it goes to show that on the democratic side and those who have put this letter together, they are desperately trying to say look at the facts. have the gop look at the facts and be the impartial jurors that you are going to take an oath to be in the senate and ...

Emissio emissio emissions have occurred would not occur. and those are unacceptable. im not trying to defend them. but i think people believed we put into place the right kinds of policies and procedures and we had the right people working on the matter. i think thats what coe mae was saying. >> what was his responsibility and for that matter your responsibility to catch these flaws, these errors along the way? >> obviously he was the direct ore the fbi and responsible for everything that happen...

We need to hold local officials and all the way up to the top accountable. >> would you be willing to be an impeachment manager in. >> well, im willing to show up this week and make the best case. i dont think its responsible to, you know, get ahead of what we have to do this week. because we still have a big task of convincing our colleagues in the house this week to impeach. >> if nancy pelosi who i understand can be persuasive says swalwell i want you to be an impeachment manager, your answer...

Confirms circu confirms significant errors were made. >> 17 significant errors in the fisa process and you say it was handle in a thoughtful appropriate way. >> hes right. i was wrong. i was overconfident in the procedures the fbi and justice had built over 20 years. i thought they were robust enough. its incredibly hard to get a fisa. i was overconfident in those. hes right. 17 things that either should have been in the applications and discussed or characterized differently. it is not acceptab...

To say, oh look, they screwed up. i was right, it was wrong from the beginning, which is not the case, but thats the real worry. wray has a spotlight on him and trump of course seems to have possibly his scalp in his sights, but wray is acting appropriately and everyone at the fbi is acknowledging the professional mistakes, very, very different though from the charges that theyve been cleared of. >> this does though bark as you noted, shan, a conversation about once again the secretive fisa cour...

Them no hunter biden, no whistleblower, no circus. >> right, and the tablds are turned, because throughout this process where the republican minority has been pushing the fact this is an unfair process and they want certain witnesses to come on board, now the table is turned where the democrats are the minority in the senate trial. theyre now starting to put their demands forward so when things start to get going, they can say this is not a fair process and the republicans will jeopardize the wh...

Significant errors in the fisa process, and you say it was handled in a thoughtful and appropriate way. >> hes right, i was wrong. i was overconfident in the procedures that the fbi and justice had built over 20 years. i thought they were robust enough. its incredibly hard enough to get a fisa. i was over confident in those. >> james comey admitting the bureau made significant mistakes in questions for warrants to wiretap a former trump campaign adviser. comey of course has not been charged with...

Sequestered, not talk to anyone. theres no prohibition. >> im not pretending to be a fair juror here. theres no prohibition. weve heard from mcconnell hes coordinating everything with white house counsel. but you add all of that up, that certainly has an effect an one they are going for when it comes to how the american people are perceiving this. >> this is really outrageous. i mean, there are differences between criminal trials and kpeechlt trial. but they take an oath to look at the evidence ...

I think comey could have been more critical of that and more forthcoming which the fbi director now, christopher wray, very much was in his interview after the inspector generals report came out, and i think that is the problem here. you can say that mistakes were made and you dont have to agree with the president that obama wiretapped trump tower. i think both things can be true at once. >> both things will be true and it will be interesting, a, chris wray and can he shore up the process. do we...

Will never be able to fix the fbi despite having some of the greatest men and women working there. this came after the assessment the russian investigation was predicated on facts not political bias. and the president hand picked christopher wray. >> and accepted the i.g.s criticism of the institution that he run, so one has to give him credit for that. i actually think there are reforms in the fisa process, reforms in law enforcement, and those reforms are harder to make when you have the insan...