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Investigation, including one that was an expletive ridden exchange where the agents were enthusiastic ally talking about trumps election and their desire to investigate the clinton foundation. you found that too, didnt you? >> that is correct. thats in the report. >> i think it was potentially problematic whether theyre pro trump or pro clinton. i assume the fbi investigators can have strong views on motorcycle politics, but the question is does it impact their work. >> they should never be usin...

Investigating the trump campai campaign. the report comes on to call the conduct of the agents on the supervisors involved to be "serious performance failures" which you noted were failures for which you did not receive. serious performance failures. failures without any type of -- jim comey astoundingly, astonishingly considers a fulfilled mission. a mission that includes among other things protecting the rights of the american people. that could be protecting the american people and upholding ...

And those need to be taken into account. >> performance failures, lying. i mean, there was a lot going on in the department. they were not just mistakes as somebody casually mentioned. these are not just mistakes. this was bad conduct. it was intentional. so i do think that as we see this move on, move forward, anybody involved in those malicious activities is gone. so a little bit about policy and procedures just very quickly. the igs office previously identified a pattern of lakes and improper...

Debrief foreign agents? >> i would have to talk with h him. >> predication involves a threshold, does it not? >> correct. for opening an investigation. >> and when you have hit your predication threshold, more evidence -- as long as the evidence is adequate, more evidence doesnt take it away, correct? >> correct. so im also trying to figure out how it is that, even if he had more evidence that you did not have come up that takes away from your conclusion that predication was adequate. >> i think...

We were not holding or referring people for performance failures simply because they expressed support or lack of support for a candida candidate. >> whether pro trump or pro clinton. thank you. there was one occasion where i think bias did impact one or more russian works. the fbi appropriately kept quiet about the trump russia investigation during the 2016 election. the same can be said about the clinton administration. rudy giuliani and others appeared to receive highly sensitive leaks from t...

Continuing toar pursue cases. or arent allowed to stay in those positions if theyve violated the trust that theyve been given. >> i think thats important. the reason were talking a little bit aboute this and discipline, pollty, aicy, and procedures, is because the american people, when the look at an institution likehe the fb. they want to know that they are good guys. and if they are not good guys, they need to go. i think the american public gets tired of seeing bad actors with no repercussion...

And again during our oig interviews fbi managers, supervisors and senior officials displayed a lack of understanding or awareness of important information concerning many of the problems that we identified. that is why, as youll see in the report, our final recommendation was to refer the entire chain of command that we outline here to the fbi and department for consideration of how to assess and address their performance failures. additionally, in light of the significant concerns we identified...

Not say. >> going overseas. >> no idea, you have to talk with him. predication involves a threshold, did it not? when you hit your threshold, more evidence does not take it away, correct? >> correct. >> em also trying to figure out how it ends that even if he has more evidence that you did not have that takes away from the conclusion that the predication was adequate. >> you have to ask the attorney general that. >> you cant think of a way to get there? >> i dont know, we standby our findings. >...

That with the comments of both durham and barr and the speech that barr gave, why do i feel that this is a preview of coming attractions that will result in grand jurys convening, criminal investigation has ensued, indictments to follow. do you see that? >> oh, i do. you could tell from the comments of barr and durham today that this is not as horowitz claims, performance failures. no, this is lawlessness and corruption, and as lindsey graham said, criminal enterprise, criminal conspiracy. my co...

Federal crime. we did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or emperor motivation influenced the decisions. the igs report found serious performance failures. while promoting the investigation now being carried out by u.s. attorney john durham at the direction of attorney general bill barr. >> this was an overthrow of government. this was an attempted overthrow and a lot of people were in on it. and they got caught. they got caught red handed. i look forward to the dur...