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The Biden administration has released a tranche of secret documents that some historians -- and conspiracy theorists -- hope might shed light on the 1963 assassination of President John F.

The Biden administration has released a tranche of secret documents that some historians -- and conspiracy theorists -- hope might shed light on the 1963 assassination of President John F.

The release of almost 1,500 documents still leaves more than 10,000 either partially redacted or withheld entirely.

Oaf sight committees as long as it protects and ensures the anonymity of our clients. gregg, is it schiff pushing for the whistleblower not to testify? who says the whistleblower -- i dont necessarily believe its a whistleblower -- deserves anonymity. thats not what the statute requires. >> anyone can look up the statute. its easy to understand. the whistleblower is not a whistleblower under the law. you have to have intelligence activity and a member of the intelligence committee and trump isnt...

And i think its disappointing to the american public when they read the transcript. i can say what else it is not. it is not within the complaint. >> while passing no judgment on the veracity of the allegations, he testified. >> i want to stress that i believe that the whistle-blower in the inspector general have acted in good faith throughout. i have every reason to believe that they have done everything by the book and follow the law. >> based on a justice department legal opinion, mcguires of...

That its like a spy within the white house. do you believe that the whistle-blower is a spy, that the white house look at him or her that way? >> the whistle-blower is someone who does not have firsthand knowledge of what happened, got that from a few other people. >> martha: what about those other people? do you consider them to be spies in the white house? >> i dont consider them to be spies but anybody who leaks conversations that are classified or of national security sensitivity ought not t...

Mcguire testified -- >> i want to stress that i believe that the whistle-blower and the inspector general have acted in good faith throughout. i have every reason to believe that they have done everything by the book and follow the law. >> based on a justice department legal opinion, mcguires of the complaint did not meet the legal standard for immediate congressional notification because the presidents call was diplomatic and not an intelligence activity. and because the presidents private call...

Whistle blower complaint met the standard of an urgent concern and maguire testified that based on the statute, it had to involve classified information, a possible violation of law and had to do with intelligence activities. he concluded as well as the justice department of legal counsel that it was diplomatic activity, it was not an intelligence activity, so it did not meet the urgent concern standard. and the reason that matters is because at that point, the clock stopped in terms of congress...

>> shepard: the president is back in washington after meeting with foreign leaders including the ukrainian president on the sidelines of the general assembly in new york city. catherine herridge reporting live on capitol hill. hi, catherine. >> thanks, shep. justice maguire testified for the matter to be an urgent concern, he testified that it had to be classified, an abuse or violation of law and had to involve intelligence activities. at the conclusion of the justice department is that it did ...

Director of national intelligence. >> sandra: dana, the questions could have been changing in the last few minutes as now that complaint has been made public. lawmakers overnight were able to get a chance to look at it. >> you see the committee hearing room is fairly empty now. you imagine there might be a little bit of scrambling before they get underway. no doubt they will. one of the things youll see the members of congress focus on the democrats will be very frustrated about process and timi...