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Fbi during this time. he then ran the fbi after james comey was fired by president trump. thanks for taking the time this morning. >> sure. >> we dont yet know the bounds of this, and its cnns reporting that it could be that theyve discovered evidence of something criminal central to the investigation or possibly tangential to it, for instance, false statements connected to it or possibly leaking information, so lets stipulate that. but as you know, john durham, whos leading the investigation, r...

For example. whats really coming to me key this cia angle, post mixing, the intelligence community was really put in a box to not be involved in domestic politics at all. these investigations in essence thrown out over the wall from the intestines community intelligence community and out to people and the fbi -- >> laura: we called it the police state before we did it. what was done, papadopoulos was a set up, you had christopher steele, you had hillarys people, didnt put in a phis application, ...

Whats really, to me key this cia angle, post mixing, the intelligence community was really put in a box to not be involved in domestic politics at all. if it turns out that some of these 2016 investigations in essence thrown out over the wall from the intelligence community and out to people and the fbi -- >> laura: we called it the police state before we did it. what was done, papadopoulos was a set up, you had christopher steele, you had hillarys people, didnt put in a fisa application, a mate...

Criticize the president on his foreign policy decisions of with i graham has been vocal in complaining about. i could see this move being not especially welcomed by grahams republican peers in the senate. >> right. >> over the last week or so senate republicans have tried even harder than weve seen previously to avoid taking questions on impeachment. they do not want to be pinned down, they do not want to be put on the record and dont want to be talking about the day-to-day developments happenin...

President? >> obviously i cant speak for under what conditions the president might cooperate but fundamentally, this has to be a proceeding where the american people can hear the evidence. one of the most frustrating things for me is how this whistle-blower who is characterizing the evidence and created essentially a secondhand interpretation of this phone call that we have the primary evidence for, somehow has given any kind of weight in this whole proceeding. i read the transcript of the phone...

Soberly and judiciously, and quoting -- shes quoting james madison, throwing references for their federal favor, she is trying to give it the air of impartiality. speech go to my stomach >> if the gravitas. >> laura: its a somber tone, we dont want to do this, but we are compelled to do this. does that wash? >> it does not wash and the fact of the matter is, and impeachment inquiry or an inquiry of impeachment does not start because the speaker says it does. throwing around a magic wand, and the...

Somber tones last week, we are doing this soberly and judiciously, and quoting -- shes quoting james madison, throwing references for their federalist papers, she is trying to give it the air of impartiality. >> its gravitas. >> laura: its a somber tone she looks very pained, we dont want to do this, but we are compelled to do this. does that wash? >> it does not wash and the fact of the matter is that an impeachment inquiry or an inquiry of impeachment does not start because the speaker says it...

Seriousness -- >> keep in mind the department of justice did not do any kind of investigation. there was a review. the review was based solely on the transcript of the conversation. outside of that, the department of justice, from everything we know, did nothing else to try to investigate this. >> what the ig is saying is i was able to corroborate this whistle-blower to confirm he was credible and it was pretty easy. i think thats what hes saying between the lines. it only took me two weeks to -...

Is there not some ground for recusal? hes all over this. >> some grounds. hes like the forrest gump of the presidents wrongdoing. every place you have a question of the president meddling in the justice department or questions about impartiality, attorney general seems to be there. absolutely a question of recusal. heres why. the rules say if theres an appearance of a conflict not even a real conflict and its clear theres at least an appearance when the guy is the gooey named on the call by the ...

Substantively neutral, you have to appear to be neutral when you are the attorney general of the united states and i fear that he has crossed a political lien. >> martha: thoughts on that? >> really? is this a guy who came man that said im barack obamas wing man? he is concerned about the appearance and propriety, wasnt this the guy who came in and one of his first acts was to dismiss and complaint against the black panther party for harassing voters at philadelphia precinct places in 2008 at th...