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California attorney general's office is probing a deadly Burbank Home Depot police shooting of a man who allegedly threatened to shoot people.

Trump campaign. christopher steele was a confidential fbi source until the agency dropped him for leaking information to the media that many believe he remained in contact with the fbi through back channel. the gop chair of the senate judiciary committee lindsey graham and others have suggested the ig probe will provide evidence of improper conduct by the fbi in the early stages of the investigation and senator graham has already announced that michael horwitz will testify before his committee o...

>> the report made 16 recommendations on how to improve the informant program and the fbi has apparently agreed to implement all of them asap. >> shannon: so trace, shouldnt we or should we read anything with regard to the timing of this report. >> it is interesting that inspector general horowitz is choosing now to kind of released a report on confidential informants. considering his report on the origins of the trump russia probe could drop anytime. a big part of that report will likely focus ...

Investigation? >> yes, but sometimes people can convince themselves that what theyre doing is in the higher interest, the better good. they dont realize that what theyre doing is really antithetical to the democratic system we have. >> wow. thats the sitting attorney general saying that the folks involved in this investigation were doing something antithetical to the democratic system. and he has started -- theres an ig probe that started the investigation already, inspector general, he started ...

Ex-cia station analyst, signing an open letter saying "the country will be weekend if there is a political witness test applied before experts can share their views. president trump said that was in response to what he called the rig probe of russia campaign meddling. and services for aretha franklin are set for august 31st in her hometown of detroit. now getting a chance to say goodbye to the queen of soul on august 28th and 29th at public viewing. franklin died thursday from pancreatic cancer....

Well, it seems like a low bar for a senior doj official. and by the way, he has personal interest reasons for that. you can have criminal exposure as well if you go along too far. but other than that low bar, it seems that if you look at what nunes and others have done, although it hasnt all worked at once, it slowly over time has been grinding down the doj, putting pressure on the ig probe, putting pressure on people like andy mccabe may become witnesses against trump in the obstruction case. >...

Respect to the oversight through the church commission of the intelligence community, all of that depends upon who controls congress. and until that changes, were going to lurch from disaster to disaster and outrage to outrage. >> and jennifer, when you look at the republicans in the house, i mean they have largely been rewarded by the efforts to join and undermine the mueller probe. i mean they have gotten more done. theres a lot of praise i hear in washington for rod rosenstein not joining a c...

And undermine the mueller probe. i mean they have gotten more done. theres a lot of praise i hear in washington for rod rosenstein not joining a criminal enterprise. well, it seems like a low bar for a senior doj official. and by the way, he has personal interest reasons for that. you can have criminal exposure as well if you go along too far. but other than that low bar, it seems that if you look at what nunes and others have done, although it hasnt all worked at once, it slowly over time has b...

>> here he is talking more about the prostitutes. >> how weird was that briefing? >> really weird. almost an out of body experience for me. i was floating above myself looking down saying youre sitting here briefing the incoming president of the united states about prostitutes in moscow. >> you dont feel that he went too far. >> not in slightest. it answers the fundamental question. what was it like. thats what it was like. thats a public service! but not during an ongoing investigation. >> he s...

Ultimate name of the ig probe is as many claim to weaken the white house. >> michael horowitz has a great relationship and it remains to be seen when we see the report as to whether or not --. >> a spokesman for present electron did not respond to my request for comment about congressman lewis remarks over republican senator roy blunt fresh from a meeting with mr. trump and trump towers in new york called louis a. great man and he doesnt set the best example for quote constantly looking to deal ...