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That the president has been acid wously denying for more than a year now, that there was a in fact a major russian operation to interfere in the 2016 u. S. Election. And, you know, the Intelligence Community has been saying for a year now that they have high confidence that that is the case. And here you have the u. S. Department of justice and a grant Ju Grand Jury saying they can prove that beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law, using admissible evidence. And that, you know, is a Rod Ros...

Mr. comey? >> it doesnt vindicate at anyone at the fbi who touched this including leadership. chris: the i.g. says you should feel no vindication. >> maybe turns upon how we understand the word. what i mean is, that the fbi was accused of treason, of illegal spying, of tapping mr. trumps wires illegally, opening an investigation without justification of being a criminal conspiracy to unseat, defeat and unseat a president. all of that was nonsense. i think its really important that the inspector ...

Mr. comey? >> it doesnt vindicate at anyone at the fbi who touched this including leadership. chris: the i.g. says you should feel no vindication. >> maybe turns upon how we understand the word. what i mean is, that the fbi was accused of treason, of illegal spying, of tapping mr. trumps wires illegally, opening an investigation without justification of being a criminal conspiracy to unseat, defeat and unseat a president. all of that was nonsense. i think its really important that the inspector ...

Mr. comey? >> it doesnt vindicate at anyone at the fbi who touched this including leadership. chris: the i.g. says you should feel no vindication. >> maybe turns upon how we understand the word. what i mean is, that the fbi was accused of treason, of illegal spying, of tapping mr. trumps wires illegally, opening an investigation without justification of being a criminal conspiracy to unseat, defeat and unseat a president. all of that was nonsense. i think its really important that the inspector ...

Using it not to disclose the existing criminal indictment. heather: we can pick up your book and get more detail. we appreciate it. 26 after the top of the hour, the inspector generals report shining a spotlight on fbi failures in the russia probe. >> does your report vindicate mister comey? >> it doesnt vindicate anyone including the leadership. >> he spent 24 years at the bureau into the report is of serious abuses and joins us next.

5 impeachment hearings come to a close, inspector general horowitz takes center stage to rip the fbi failure to meet basic crisis standards and make clear no one is vindicated by this report. >> we found investigators failed to meet their basic obligations ensuring the fisa applications were scrupulously accurate. >> does your report vindicate mister comey? >> it doesnt vindicate anyone including the leadership. heather: our next guest worked for robert mueller and alongside then deputy ag james...

>> hes paying next time we go for coffee. thank you very much. so michael horowitz standing by his report on the origins of the fbis russia investigation saying that while he found no evidence of miss, he says no one at the fbi should feel vindicated. joining us now is andrew mccabe, t thanks for being here. >> sure. >> michael horowitz found no bias in how the investigation was launched. period. >> full stop. >> okay. however, the fisa application process he said was a mess. and he said that ...

I remember reading these headlines, lawful investigations with fewer irregularities. carley: there was no sign of political bias but there were 17 inaccuracies and omissions in the process of securing a fisa warrant for carter page. >> so many basic and fundamental errors were made by three separate hand-picked investigative teams on one of the most sensitive fbi investigations after the matter had been briefed to the highest levels in the fbi. >> reporter: lawmakers grilling horwitz on whether ...

There has been a lot of media reports about your report before it was issued and i remember reading these headlines, lawful investigation with a few irregularities. >> although the probe found no evidence of political bias it did uncover 17 inaccuracies and omissions in the process of securing a fisa warrant for carter page. >> so many basic and fundamental errors were made by three separate handpick investigative teams on one of the most sensitive fbi investigations after the matter was brief t...

Were doing all we can to make moving simple, easy, awesome. go to xfinity.com/moving to get started. ♪ >speaker does your report those your reportt vindicate mister comey? >> it doesnt vindicate anybody who touched this. shannon: james comey taking a victory lap after the report says not so fast. national security attorney bradley maas and fox news contributors molly hemingway and andrew mccarthy, great to have