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Politico and msnbc contributor ben wittes, editor-in-chief of law fair and msnbc legal analyst and a close friend of james comey. just tonight he published a fascinating piece titled "what the comey email report really says." ben, let me start on this. what did you think of this report? >> i thought it was exceedingly strange document. the first 52 pages of this 62-page report lays out the facts which we have basically known for the last two years, and it lays them out pretty cogently and dryly....

The context of the fears about adverse pressure being brought to bear on this institution? >> yeah, well, there was a lot of fear after the justice department declined to prosecute comey, and that was reported about a month ago, that they would have to do something to compensate for that, right? and that -- clearly what were seeing is that the inspector general inserted a little bit of something for everyone in this report. keep in mind that this investigation has gone on for two years into come...

Done in this area, i think hes done a quite good job with the factual descriptions of the matters that hes describing. as i said, the first 52 pages of this report is quite well done, and careful and factually rich. i think he has an amazing incentive. >> right. >> before him to find fault. and in both of the reports that ive read in this area, he does seem to have made a lot of adverse inferences not on the fax, but just as an interpretive matter that i dont think are reasonable. and this one i...

Of it. the bottom line of the report is the thing the inspector is most upset at comey about is that comey blew the whistle on trumps effort to shut down the mike flynn investigation. and you kind of have to eread through the lines that thats what he is howling about. his basic position seems to be if youre a law enforcement officer and the president of the united states seeks to shut down your investigation, you need to shut up about that. and i think, you know, comey is quixotic and idealistic...

The ig report was reported that that was wrong, including classified information. he also lacked candor and talk about it with investigators. supposedly the justice department is injected the referral for the prosecution to pursue it. i dont know. if andrew mccabe and james comey both get a lot away with lying, confirmation that the deep state rules. >> tucker: so if youre roger stone under 67 years old and facing life t in prison because youve been accused of lying to investigators not about an...

Campaign paid and then, president trump. and also, whether in fact illegal spine incurred. they were designed to circumven circumvent. that will be a bombshell. james comey is also. also, andy mccarthy, as he points out in a brand-new book, there is no such thing as a counterintelligence investigation unless the president of the united states was involved. that would mean, at some point, as these reports now come out one after another, president obama must be asked under oath, what did you know ...

About jim comey? does another inspector generals report about him that also from possible criminal behavior, president of judicial watch, as generally, he joins us how to sort it out. first to the andrew mccabe question. will mccabe face the consequences that so many others have faced for this? >> i dont know. you raised these other folks that were targeted. general flynn was ambushed thanks to andrew mccabes conduct. he was referred for criminal investigation for april of last year. hes already...

Interested in the media piece. more than anything he was always into the spotlight and he always used to cover it up in this aw shucks mentality. it camouflages a narcissistic man and he should go to jail for life. if there was a death penalty, i would push for it. it is double deep state. double deep state. or maybe deep double state. either way, its deep dish double state. [laughter] deep dish. >> emily: can i piggyback -- >> greg: piggyback on my deep state? >> emily: i dont think that. the h...

The show that is the sworn enemy of lying, smugness, and groupthink. good night from washington. but its not over. sean hannity life from us tonight. >> sean: all right, tucker. i hope you get more vacation than me. this is not fair. ive been here longer. i hope you have a great time with your family. you deserve it. welcome to hannity. we begin tonight with a fox news alert. we have been telling you that we have been expecting the results of four investigations into the deep state. breaking ton...

Report the inspector general is putting out tomorrow has reported comey for leaking memos and detailed conversations with the president, a clear violation of the espionage act. these documents were so sensitive, one month after he was fired, the fbi agent showed up at his front door to retrieve the memos and interrogate comey about his rapid misconduct. as of now, the attorney general has reportedly decided not to at this moment charge comey over this criminal referral. however, this is what is ...