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Him the opportunity to explain himself. i think he did the best he could. it disofld into a sideshow meandering from oversight to overreach. listen to what you just played, yelling and interrupting and badgering the witness. i dont think house republicans came in there looking for answers but slinging insults and catchy sound bites, overall, a low point for the house of representatives. >> he said he was not taken off the investigation because of bias, because of the perception his texts might h...

Oversight into overreach. look at the tape you just played where you have yelling, interrupting the witness, badgering the witness. i dont think house republicans came in there with an open mind seeking answers. i think they came looking for opportunities to sling sound bites. >> he said he said it was about the perception, his texts might have created of bias. do you buy that? >> i think its a footnote. i think you can read it either way and we have to listen to what mueller says about that lat...

>> youre not aware of any precedent for that? >> i am not. >> mr. strzok, in a footnote, 197 of the inspector generals report its noted quote supervision of the russian investigation was transitioned from strzok to another counter intelligence team. why were you transitioned from the russia investigation in early 2017? >> sir, let me see if i can answer that question without getting into operational detail. the investigation was brought -- what russia was doing against our country encompassed a ...

So some of those efforts that traditionally fell into line that with other d.a. d. and their scope of responsibility were moved to their supervision. >> so, the footnote goes on to state quote, however a. d. precept told us to keep strzok involved in the investigation and he was reassigned. do you know who fbi leadership decided to keep you involved in the russian investigation? >> i do not. >> could it have been deputy director member andrew mccabe? >> i dont know. >> when you were reassigned b...

What the fbi would want me to tell you. >> i dont know if you have this in front of you, this is the house intelligence committee report, chapter 6, there is a footnote on page 113. daniel jones met with the fbi regarding pqg, the pend quarter group, he described as exposing foreign relations -- pqg was funded by wealthy donors. he further say pqg secured the services of -- and exposes russia interference. are you familiar of the meeting mr. jones had with the fbi? >> i am not and i dont know if...

Exonerater in the hillary clinton investigation. in your experience at the fbi, have you ever seen the fbi director make the decision on whether the prosecute for the department of justice? >> mr. chairman, i would not agree with that characterization of director comey. and in answer of your question, i have not seen it before. >> all right. was that appropriate, what he did, hold a news conference and publicly announce the decision that was supposed to be made bit department of justice. >> sir,...

>> so the footnote goes on to state that, quote, however, a.d. told us leadership told us to keep strzok involved in the investigation and he was therefore reassigned back to it. do you know who in, quote, fbi leadership, end quote, decided to keep you involved in the russia investigation? >> i do not. >> could it have been deputy director mccabe? >> sir, possibly. i do not know. >> when were you assigned back to the russia investigation and when you were reassigned back to the russia investigat...

Front of you, but this is the house intelligence committees report. chapter 6, theres a footnote on page 113 and it says this. in late march 2017, daniel jones met with the fbi regarding pqg, the pin quarter group, which he described as exposing foreign influence in western elections. he told the fbi that pqg was being funded by seven to ten wealthy donors located primarily in new york and california who provided approximately $50 million. he further stated that pqg had secured the services of s...

Hours away in what they are calling solitary confinement. special counsel robert muellers response to that request today painted a very different picture of his incarceration. according to a court filing, manafort has been enjoying unique privileges including a private living unit including his own bathroom and shower. a personal telephone, a laptop and workspace to prepare for trial. he also doesnt have to wear a prison uniform like those other inmates and we learned that the mueller team has b...

Detention center in virginia. this comes as robert mueller is out with a jaw-dropping filing late this afternoon countering manaforts request to delay his trial. this footnote in muellers filing is drawing plenty of attention and it sheds light on why he would want to remain where he is. it says the following. among the unique privileges manafort enjoys at the jail are a private, self-contained living unit which is larger than other inmates units, his own bathroom and shower facility, his own pe...