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>> jon: there is some legal action directed at the white house, developments surrounding president trump with a new lawsuit about his wiretap wiretaps. claiming he violated the constitution. the presidents legal team argues he has blanket immunity and at least two other cases. lets bring in gregg jarrett, hes a fox news correspondent and an attorney. this latest suit is going after president trump to prove that tweet that he sent out about being wiretapped. >> a liberal group that says you guys ...

For answer for foia request. judge jeanine: what does the ordinary person do with the freedom of information, reminds me of hillary clinton state department when they asked for information, they kept saying we have nothing, we have nothing. it flies in the face of everything were supposed to do and freedom of information. but it not only is illegal, but that they leaked it is even more illegal, and thats what is so disconcerting about this. >> exactly right. it was the tap which was first a viol...

Five years later im waiting for answer for foia request. judge jeanine: what does the ordinary person do with the freedom of information, reminds me of hillary clinton state department when they asked for information, they kept saying we have nothing, we have nothing. it flies in the face of everything were supposed to do and freedom of information. but it not only is illegal, but that they leaked it is even more illegal, and thats what is so disconcerting about this. >> exactly right. it was th...

Response later in more detail. one example of -- and you can answer this and take as long as you need. one example of an insider loan was the media deal. the fbi denied a foia request. have you been questioned by law enforcement on this? yes or no. >> i have not. and i saw that you wrote that letter yesterday. i assume that the fbi did a thorough review of my background report. i have no idea why they didnt prove the foia issue. ive been told we have no reason to believe its any issue associated...

Then the fbi dumbs a lot of documents about bill -- why are you smiling? they dumb a bunch of documents from former president bill clintons pardon of mark rich and say its a foia request and thats why they did it. theyre first come first serve. uncompelling explanation? >> look as a guy that doesnt have much hair left this is a bad hair day in the fbi. if you want to claim that the fbi director went to the public affairs office and to the people who review classified information and said hey, le...

It it just doesnt smell good, should it be qualified better than this explanation that oh, its just a foia request, you know, business as usual? >> i actually agree with phils explanation, though as you said it looks epically bad. the foia request process know two things number one that as the fbi has directly said when you have three people making a foia request from the same subject, they do actually have to post it. but second, foia requests can sometimes take, you know, months or years to pr...

Theres no credibility associated with that assertion. and number two, lets not forget that these e-mails came from hacked from a foreign state entity namely the russians thats been identified by the department of -- >> well no hold on one second, this one is from an actual freedom of information act request. this isnt part of the wikileaks dumb that im talking about. this exchange between the fbi and the state department where the fbi released it as part of their reports, and it shows that the -...

Robust investment in infrastructure. you contrast that with what donald trump has said, which is hell put the full faith and credit of the united states on the line and try to ride out the debt the way that he has with every other business transaction hes been engaged in. the american people do not want to see that. no one wants to see the full faith and credit of the united states put on the line and thats going to lead to a negative job creation in the united states compared to the positive si...

Distributing heroin and another caught sleeping in a patients room. they all keep their jobs. how does that happen? we have the ceo of concerned veterans here. >> good morning sir. >> what do you have to do to get fired at the v.a.? >> apparently being a drug dealer, high on drugs at work, having relations with other people at work and sleeping in hospital beds that were meant for veterans doesnt qualify. heres the stunning thing about the revelation. this is just three facilities. washington, d...

Why? >> thats correct. two reasons. she did not want to see and has not seen the video of her sons execution. and what mother would want to see that replayed and now on the news constantly. secondly, the family from the west side of chicago and there was a real concern of public reaction if the video went viral. so the family did not want it released and we, you know, represent the family so that -- we agreed with. >> we know that it was a journalist we spoke to in the last hour, one of the firs...