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the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp, is facing questions in parliament this morning. hes appearing in front of the digital, media, culture & sport committee — hes likely to be asked about his involvement in securing a loan for former prime minister boris johnson. lets listen in. establish the facts about the loan arrangement with the then prime minister, which was being set up at the same time as he was making the appointment of the bbc chair. essentially, from what ive read, ther...

. >> just to press that point further, it was essentially the memo in these further conversations with him you had about trying to delay everything so alternate slates can cobble together in the states so trump can win the house? >> that was the final laid out. so first of all, he says yes, this was preliminary. how would it play out? if you look at the texts and the memo itself, this is saying we proposed a scenario and you get no sense of him passing out one idea. >> we are deep in the weeds o...

This is a 70 pages of bad news for james comey. lets start with factual determinations by the office of inspector general, and inspector general, by the way, that was an point wow appointed by president obama. the biggest one, james comey said these were his personal recollections. heres the conclusion of the office of the inspector general. the memos were fbi records, once that determination is made, it puts in play various statute rules and regulations of the department of justice. another con...

Joining me now is former special agent and legal analyst asha. what does this tell you about not only manaforts fate, but where the special council is in its investigation? >> we know that manafort was a major prosecution for mueller and that part is clearly coming to a close. and i think that it kind of signals that hes wrapping up his investigation, which doesnt mean that everything is over. he could have formed some other leads out to other offices. as far as this memo itself, this kind of su...

>> as far as the memo itself, while the democrats were very thorough in citing cases that undergirded their work, there are some cases where we have to take each side for its word. one had to do with what andrew mccabe told the committee when he testified last summer. republicans that i without the steel dossier, there would have been no committee. a lot of people think there should not be a political debate involving classified material. not only cant the american people see the original source...

>> as people saying, muellers not the only game in town, he just feels like the only game in town. mike, one last question. whats left unsettled to you now that this whole memo chapter is for now over? >> as far as the memo itself, while the democrats were very thorough in citing cases that undergirded their work, there are some cases where we have to take each side for its word. one had to do with what andrew mccabe told the committee when he testified last summer. republicans that i without th...

Responsible for doing this. we have to keep caps on them and see if theyre doing as good of a job as they say they are. >> as people saying, muellers not the only game in town, he just feels like the only game in town. mike, one last question. whats left unsettled to you now that this whole memo chapter is for now over? >> as far as the memo itself, while the democrats were very thorough in citing cases that undergirded their work, there are some cases where we have to take each side for its wor...

What cover it will get. >> the democrats are already made their arguments about the whole subject. so the memo itself, people will read it, those who are interested. but i think this has been the story this past trump year. stories that were, you know, explosive, big. remember he said obama wiretapped me. what? that was a huge story we spent months on. >> that is about the memo and the rebuttal. that is the heart of this. >> yeah, i know. but were -- i will say -- >> the republican memo finally ...

Decision there. needs to be looked at for intelligence, for methods and sources and he also mentioned that the white house hadnt seen it yet. that president trump with the previous memo had indicated sort of where he was going but hadnt actually seen it until it was delivered to the white house on monday evening. and thats the case with this one as well. >> peter baker, the fact is that some of what has been reported even in the memo itself, the memos language about papadopoulos undercuts the ba...

Memo itself, we have heard that the department of justice actually did not in fact mislead the fisa court. it was disclosed. and the dossier was paid for by a political party with funds provided by a law firm. adam schiff has come out that that core assertion is at its core untrue. when it comes to the hillary clinton investigation, look, i dont know how you can get much more genuine, than having an investigation led by the height of the fbi, with top fbi officials, looking at this matter over t...