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Spying. so clearly your report found that the fbis investigation was for an authorized and with an adequate predicate and you would not characterize that as spying, in fact you would not use such a word in your report? >> we dont use that in the report. >> you did not. >> did attorney general barr provide any evidence that caused you to alter this key finding that the fbi investigation had an adequate predicate? >> no. we stand by our finding. >> former attorney general eric holder has a new op-...

Attorney general barr expressed his doubt about the legitimacy of the fbis investigation in press statements. did attorney general barr provide any evidence that caused you to alter this key finding that the fbi investigation had an adequate predicate? >> no, we standby our finding. >> did either barr or durham present anything that altered your findings? >> no. >> senator amy klobuchar who was at that hearing today is back with us. and senator just wanted to touch on that stunning note raised t...

Did attorney general barr provide any evidence that caused you to alter this key finding that the fbi investigation had inadequate predicate? >> no, we stand by our finding. >> did either barr or durham present anything that altered your findings? >> no. >> senator amy klobuchar who was at that hearing today is back with us. and senator, i just wanted to touch on that stunning note that was raised today. because this is the first time an inspector generals report has been greeted by public disbe...

General william barr. lets go to laura jarrett joining us right now. what is the latest? >> reporter: wolf, the inspector general michael horowitz faced hours of questioning on capitol hill today and he didnt shy away from the bottom line conclusions in his exhaustive 400-page report that the fbi had adequate cause to open a counterintelligence investigation into members of the trump campaign. but that the agency did not place spies within the campaign itself. and when asked about the fact that ...

>> we looked at mr. prestop as i noted who was the decision-maker. we did not find any everyday in his e-mails or texts of having engaged in any bias or having any bias. >> our fbi corrector wray provided a written response to your report accepting all of your findings. these include the key finding there was quote an authorized purpose and actual factual pred indication for the investigation. by contrast, attorney general barr expressed his doubt about the legitimacy of the fbis investigation i...

Provide any evidence that caused you to alter this key finding that the fbi investigation had an adequate predicate? >> no. we stand by our finding. >> the guy who did the audit stands by his finding, which raises the question, do attorney general barr and his hand-picked prosecutor, do they know something that the auditor, horowitz doesnt? does he have anything to buttress this? horowitz says he doesnt think they do. >> what information does he have access to that you did not have access to? >>...

State. >> we looked at mr. pre stap as i noted was the decision maker. we didnt find evidence in his emails or texts in having engaged in any bias or having any bias. >> fbi director wray provided a written response of your findings, these include the key finding that there was an authorized purpose and actual factual predication for the investigation. by contrast, attorney general barr expressed his doubt about the legitimacy about the legitimacy of the fbis investigation in press statements. d...

Company man and -- i am not even going to think about indicting a sitting president, doesnt it just factor into that, therefore, that your report to congress, your report to the attorney general would give the road map. anything here for congress to look at? yes or no. wouldnt that be his responsibility? >> he would have to cover that in his report to the attorney general. i mean you have to lay out why and why you didnt do things. i just dont think that justice is going to get over that part of...

Nothing beside an outright confession, that this was a politically bias investigation could lead the inspector general to reach a conclusion like he did where he said there was no political bias in this investigation. he is disputing that key finding. so some members are raising questions about what the inspector general found himself. but well hear hearings, horowitz, the inspector general, expected on capitol hill next week for multiple rounds of hearings. so this debate only bound to intensif...

Correspondents and analysts are standing by. first, lets go to manu raju with the latest from capitol hill. you had a chance to speak with a congressman, republican congressman leading the investigation, mike conway. >> thats right. he made clear the republicans finished the witness portion of the investigation. theyre done with all their witness interviews, roughly 73 over the past year. they reached a number of findings and are bound to cause division with democrats. among them, key findings t...