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Matter tells fox news that they appear close to the decision whether to charge mccabe with lying to federal investigators. "the new york times" first reported that mccabes legal team met last week with a deputy attorney general and the u.s. attorney here in washington. the justice department declined to comment, but these meetings are typically used by the defense in a last-ditch effort to argue against their clients indictment. mccabe, a frequent target of the president, was fired last year aft...

Then have you comeys chief of staff, james rybicki, he has resigned and now we know comeys general comeys general counsel jim baker, now we can report under an official criminal investigation. something comey himself that he admitted to doing when heem leaked the fbi memos about president trump, remember, to his professor friend atfe columbia and then to the "new york times" for the very purpose of spurring a a special counsel investigation, which w coincidentally is being carried out by his clo...

Comeys chief of staff james rybicki he has resigned and now we know comeyys general counsel jim baker now we can report under an official criminal investigation. something comey himself that he admitted to doing when he leaked the fbi memos about president trump, remember, to his professor friend at columbia then to the "new york times" for the very purpose of spurring a special counsel investigation which coins dentally being carried out by comeys close friend robert mueller. how nice. so, what...

In the building who no longer want the u.n. ambassador position to be cabinet level any longer. nauerts background is in communicating about policy instead of crafting it. nikki haley didnt have a foreign policy background either and she has been there for two years. >> bill: heather nauert, former colleague of ours. spoke to nikki haley earlier in the week and she will most likely go into private practice, business, all those decisions wont happen until the first week of january as are the rule...

Katie? is it something comey should be worried about? >> technically, the probe has to happen. the documents, the memos themselves were classified as classified in 2017 after comey left his position and he was fired by donald trump. so to the extent that the inspector general must look at these memos, of course. but something interesting and noteworthy, alex, comey himself noted within the memos that he wasnt sure about the classification. what is a possible legal out for comey.? at the time he ...

He thought clinton was going to win. >> i dont remember consciously thinking about that, but it must have been, because i was operating in a wrorld where hillary clinton was going to beat donald trump. and so, im sure that it was a factor. like i said, i dont remember spelling it out, but it had to have been, that shes going to be elected president, and if i hide this from the american people, shell be illegitimate the moment shes elected, the moment this comes out. >> reporter: but she did not ...

Why he did it. >> jennifer, as a veteran of the storied southern district, something comey once ran, if youre mueller looking down your witness list, how big a whale is that name, james comey? >> well, hes a huge witness. hes central to all of this. its the firing of jim comey that brings you the strongest obstruction of justice charge if thats where this is headed. he tells about the conversation that he had with trump about the personal loyalty and the conversation about laying off of michael ...

Stephanopoulos in this abc interview, do you say to yourself, well, he cant answer that fully? well, hes holding back on that answer. mueller will get to hear his actual answer. is there a lot of that as you watch something like this? >> not that much, brian. i think its right that there arent a lot of revelations with respect to the investigation that came out of the stephanopoulos interview. that said, ive read the book cover to cover, and i need to give it some context. jim is an old and dear...

Always, about everything. even when its painful, even when it makes him look bad. and so what i ask some people to do is rather than read what the pundits are saying about jim and the book, actually read the book. its well written. its a good story. theres a ton of detail about lots of chapters in his life, not just about president trump. and so i dont think were going to learn anything new about the investigation, but you may see a few things about jim comey that surprise you, and it may change...

Picked up on the same thing, and so, i knew something was about to happen that i needed to pay very close attention to swrrks just one of the many questions that could be posed to the attorney general. cnns jessica schneider has the very latest. >> reporter: dave and christine, tough and intense questioning is expected today when the attorney general testifies. several questions linger, including what role did jeff sessions have in the firing of james comey, especially since sessions had recused...