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Law, and past department practice. our review also included a fact-based detailed assessment of certain specific investigative and prosecutorial decision that were the subject of controversy. it was necessary to select particular investigative decisions because it would not have been possible to recreate and analyze every decision made in a year-long investigation. in examining these decisions, we considered -- the question we considered was not whether a particular decision was the most effecti...

Or been undisclosed. as detailed in our report, we found that the inappropriate political messages that we uncovered cast a cloud over the mid year investigation so doubt about the credibility of the f.b.i.s handling of it, and impact the reputation of the f.b.i. we found the implication that senior f.b.i. employees would be willing to take official action to impact a presidential candidates electoral prospects to be deeply troubling and against the core values of the f.b.i. and justice departme...

Decision not to prosecute mrs. clinton, was warranted by the nature of the evidence that the f.b.i. found. while f.b.i. agents had strong political opinions, even biases against donald trump and in favor of mrs. clinton in his view the inspector generals view, because that bias did not affect the ultimate outcome, there was no violation of d.o.j. regulations. he did reveal a continuing investigation as to whether former f.b.i. director james comey violated d.o.j. regulations by distributing copy...

Analysis. unfortunately, your key finding that the decision not to charge secretary clinton was based on an assistment of the facts, law and past department practice and not on bias or improper consideration is now subject to the treatment that president trump and some of my republican colleagues will give it. i mean there was total bias the president argued on the white house lawn just last week. what are we to make of this disconnect between what the report says and what the president and his ...

Interviewed several key witnesses and reviewed tens of thousands of documents while we appreciate the i.g. and his staff for a very detailed investigation, it is critical for the public to also hear what was not included in the report due to the i.g.s refusal to question, quote, whether a particular decision by the f.b.i. and d.o.j. was the most effective choice, end quote. here is what has been observed by these committees. questionable interpretation by d.o.j. and f.b.i. of the law surrounding...

Knowledge. the one figure that seems to run through this whole thing. for someone like that to get up and testify and not take the s*ifsh amendment could be interesting. in the congress of a congressional hearing as opposed to a courtroom, it could be unsatisfying. he could get his story out and then when they ask him the hard questions he could say well, there are investigative reasons and classified reasons. >> bill: it could work both ways. >> he wouldnt getaway with that in a courtroom but t...

Yesterday and the investigation now of james comey. he suggests that hillary clinton will not be prosecuted. suggesting it is water under the bridge, okay. so if thats the case, youve got bob mueller going back 13 years on paul manafort. how do you draw a distinction between one or the other? >> i dont know how you do that. ive been arguing for a long time in comeys judgments were so wrong and we believe they were wrong. why doesnt the justice present evidence to a grand jury an mrs. clinton. it...

Drew mccarthy former u.s. attorney and fox news contributor. take the last point she made. how can two people read the same document and reach different conclusions. >> with due respect to feinstein she is playing a word game. the same word game that f.b.i. director wray said at his press conference after the report came out. and what theyre basically -- what happened is the inspector general found pervasive evidence of bias. it is not no evidence of bias. its lots of evidence of bias. he said h...

>> bill: 9:32. the markets are open down 300 at the open. a little more than 1 percentage point for the dow. now below 24,700. all this has to do with the tariff threatened by the white house against china. that story is moving yet again today. well see how investors react on that. another story. also breaking from overnight chairman kim goes to beijing again. the pentagon finalizing a decision announcing the u.s. will not have military exercises with south korea. saying quote the united states ...

Bias on behalf of f.b.i. employees and specific investigative decisions. here is senator dianne feinstein. >> after an 18-month investigation that included review of more than 1.2 million documents and interviews with more than 100 witnesses, the inspector general found no evidence of political bias in the f.b.i.s investigation of secretary clinton or in the decision not to pursue criminal charges. >> this testimony today is certainly not the end of the matter. we were able to confirm late yeste...