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That. these are inflammatory words, not based in reality. thats why every time i see the attorney general, i am continually disappointed, more than disappointed, but saddened. this is why i called for him to resign back in may when it was clear he lied to congress. >> you really believe its still clear that he lied to congress? >> oh, yes. yes. >> on what -- okay. >> he lied about that mueller had major concerns about how the attorney general is characterizing his investigation, and that mueller...

That he still isnt satisfied with the motivation. could that be a window where republicans try to open michael horowitz up and try to expose what they see as bias on part of the fbi. >> one more quick question. weve had all this talk about the fbi. christopher wray essentially accepted the findings of the ig report, both the good, the bad, and the ugly. the president didnt like the fact that christopher wray did that. are we at all to infer that christopher wrays job is in trouble? >> thats a qu...

Bias. what hes going to say is, we found no testimonial or documentary evidence. now, the second point that the attorney general is talking about there is on this fisa question. and thats where the ig report says, that while it found no testimony or documentary evidence -- and youre going to hear that a lot today from him -- >> got you. >> -- they also say that theyre troubled that they couldnt find a satisfactory explanation for why these mistakes kept happening with the carter page fisa applic...

You can expect that the republicans on this committee to include, of course, lindsey graham, will try to press him on that. to make the larger point that they have, you know, serious misgivings about the origins of this investigation. there are only five or six senators of the 22 who sit in this hearing. martin did catch lindsey graham on his way in. he didnt say much but did respond to a question that he does have confidence in fbi director christopher wray but added youll have to ask president...

>> okay. >> look, i wasnt there to make that call, but what im trying to say, chuck, is that its not evident what you do when there is both a vulnerability and possibly moles inside the organization thats vulnerable. these are hard calls. theres no playbook. i mean, weve given defensive briefings, and we do it for very good reasons. but what do you do when the suspected moles are in the organization that youre going to give a defensive briefing to? much more complicated question. >> all right. i...

Investigation into the trump campaign and its possible links to russia, but the attorney general bill barr has a problem with one key finding in that report -- that the fbi was not politically motivated when opening the investigation into the trump campaign. he voiced those concerns in an exclusive sit-down with our own pete williams yesterday. >> so, thats hard to explain, and i -- the core statement, in my opinion, by the ig, is that these irregularities, these misstatements, these omissions w...

Third, there may be questions focusing on the identity of sworn depositions. so they basically know people in the intelligence community. these questions were redacted everything that these two career from my depositions transcript. diplomats are about to say. >> i think one of the reasons if such sa question arises that we are seeing this particular format with staff today, i will follow my counsels advice and decline to counsel asking the questions and answer. i would like to conclude my the l...

Heard something quite remarkable i mean i think its something that we will see playing out over many political battles over a very long time ahead but you know if the mccurry story said anything to go by i think that we have people sitting at the very top of this operation that are very much willing to go quite far you know once again they sure as the church is sexually many churches and there are many instances but ultimately there isa question as to whether protocols and procedures and policie...