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One going so far in calling it stupid. arent just about reviewing the 2016 election, however important that is. this is a bigger matter. our investigation and this hearing goes to a larger global and existential issue of equality under the law. for my democratic colleagues to call this stupid denigrates the importance of founding principles. i venture to guess that most americans dont view equality under the law and fair and unbiased investigations as stupid. mr. strzok, this has been a lengthy ...

Team? >> not that i have known. >> the time of the gentleman has expired. the gentleman may answer the question. >> the chair recognizes the chair from kentucky for five minutes. >> mr. strzok, hillary clinton has said publicly that fbi director james comey cost her the election. do you share hillary clintons opinion? >> sir, i dont know. i read a lot of pollsters and speculations but i dont know. >> it is an important question because you think about hillary clinton making a statement like that...

>> i have no information about the deputy attorney general and what he did or didnt do and why he did or did not do anything. >> you said political bias didnt affect your work, but the fbi and doj was both add mon nished in the prosecution of senator stevens. >> the time of the gentleman has expired. the witness can answer the question. >> okay. do you know they are undergoing training right now for political bias, is that correct. >> i understand that was a recommendation in the ig report. >> t...

Gohmert. its good to have you here. ill start with you, representative ron desantis. was our favorite guy rod rosenstein -- i got to tell you. i watched that, congressman. i was so frustrated with the smirking and the dont attack me personally and the taking the time to run the clock. is he keeping information from congress? >> judge, this is really concerning. yes, they are keeping information from congress. but its not just a normal stonewall. what they are saying is peter strozk open asthmasi...

Now they are using that, the sensitivity of that as a shield to protect them from congressional oversight. that is wrong. >> its clearly wrong. congressman gohmert, you think that knows guys are actually listen in on your office? >> well, i dont know about listening in but ive been told they are keeping an eye on me. the thing is, though, i mean look at what they do. they have a history and especially mueller and weissman. they work together on the russia investigation where they are trying to g...

It has been contentious at moments. what is your take on what you have seen so far? >> i think the president is pushing for more transparency and for the d.o.j. to share documents with congress in the investigation. but there is also what is coming to life for the american people when you talk about peter strozk. the lead investigator texting with his mistress, another investigator on the same case, about ways to stop trump from becoming president of the united states. that is a harrowing incide...

Rod rosenstein taking question from members of the senate judiciary committee. earlier today, g.o.p. congressman -- house i should say. congressman ron desantis demanded answers on why the justice department failed to turn over text messages from f.b.i. agent peter strozk. saying the president would not win the election, well stop it. what was the plan? watch. >> what i can assure you -- >> let me explain -- >> i want to explain. we are not withholding anything embarrassing. the message was not ...

Lawmakers that the personal political views did not impact his decision-making in the hillary clinton e-mail probe or the russia investigation. here is more from congressman mark meadows casting doubt on that explanation. >> i dont know how you read the text and how any reasonable person read the text and think there was no bias. none of my concerns have been alleviated based on what i heard so far. >> dagen: your reaction to that? i dont think anybody watches this day in and day out and knows w...

Confirmation process from the democrats. it was the inspector general who said peter strozk not only indicated a bias state of mind but a willingness to take action. >> there was no action. >> that is not true. what he said -- >> melissa: he opened the investigation. he did take action. >> lisa: he is making the point that there werent text messages saying ill make the decision because i have a biased state of mind. what he said verbatim is peter strozk had a biased state of mind willingness to ...

This and people are not screaming this has to be stopped. >> melissa: this is frustrating because it is intentionally casting a cloud over the president. its frustrating because when you see the text messages that say we will stop it at the same moment, that agent who wrote the text is opening an investigation into the president. i mean that just, you dont even need to know anything else. >> we need an explanation on that and we need to know what that is about. when the same person disparages al...