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And he is saying its a lot more important than you let on. >> if i was, then im sorry that i did that but i meant it was one part of the presentation to the court. it was not a huge part of the presentation to the court but it was the fact according to his report that convinced the lawyers to go forward. chris: all right. then there is the issue of how reliable the steele dossier in fact was. on january 6th, 2017 in the trump tower, you briefed donald trump, president-elect about the steele doss...

And he is saying its a lot more important than you let on. >> if i was, then im sorry that i did that but i meant it was one part of the presentation to the court. it was not a huge part of the presentation to the court but it was the fact according to his report that convinced the lawyers to go forward. chris: all right. then there is the issue of how reliable the steele dossier in fact was. on january 6th, 2017 in the trump tower, you briefed donald trump, president-elect about the steele doss...

The united states. chris: but youre not answering my question. >> yeah. let me answer the question about you saying there was no bias opening the report. chris: i didnt say it. that is what the inspector general said. >> yeah. john durham disagreed with that the inspector general can only look at doj he can only talk to people who would talk to him. he tried to talk to comey. he brought comey in. he had to read, comey kept saying he couldnt recall, he couldnt recollect. they had to read him back...

President trump has lashed out calling it investment to the country. but he has it could be good for him politically you said you wanted to respond to director comey. >> sure do. chris: go ahead. >> he is right. the men and women in the fbi deserve much better than what they had in james comey. that man was fired in disgrace. he must have read a different report than we all read. he presided over the fbi in times worse than when j. edgar hoover was at the fbi. that man led the fbi and its unbeli...

Essential role in the decision to seek a fisa order. chris: horowitz says it wasnt part as you told bret baier, it was not part of a broader mosaic. he said it played an essential role in establishing probable cause. he said in fact he says if it hadnt been for the steele dossier the fbi wouldnt even have submitted a fisa application that had been reviewed in april of 2016 or august of 2016. decided not to do it. they get the steele dossier. they do i had. it was not part of a broader mosaic. th...

E. host of ground game comcast. katie pavlich. let me start with you. democrats are hanging their hat in terms of the i.g. report, in finding investigation of the trump campaign was legitimate i opened. there was no political bias. republicans on repeated abuses or errors in the fisa process. who has the better side of that argument? >> i think republicans do. democrats should be very concerned what the i.g. laid out in his testimony and his report. james comey, former fbi director in his interv...

Reporting played a central and essential role in the decision to seek a fisa order. chris: horowitz says it wasnt part as you told bret baier, it was not part of a broader mosaic. he said it played an essential role in establishing probable cause. he said in fact he says if it hadnt been for the steele dossier the fbi wouldnt even have submitted a fisa application that had been reviewed in april of 2016 or august of 2016. decided not to do it. they get the steele dossier. they do i had. it was n...

Chris: chairman schiff. thank you for your time. always good to talk with you. >> thank you. chris: up next we bring in the sunday group to discuss the i.g. report. impeachment and new fox polls on the state of the 2020 democratic race. ♪. i like chillaxin. the united explorer card makes things easy. traveling lighter. taking a shortcut. woooo! taking a breather. rewarded! learn more at the explorer card dot com.

Multiple sections of the report. he is saying i told him one thing and he wrote something else. the fbi knew that. >> yeah, but that doesnt drive a conclusion that steeles reporting is bunk. there are number of tricky things. youre interviewing subsource after you will the report has become public. as counterintelligence investigator is he walking away from it because it is now public? that has to go to into your assessment of mr. steele. chris: if it had become public just barely. this is janua...

Career special agents. chris: one of two things, he cant decide. gross negligence or it was intentional misconduct. that is what he said. >> i read his report. we are not concluding by intentional misconduct. chris: did you hear what he said here. >> i did. chris: he was asked specifically how do you explain it? gross negligence or intention faulty. >> he doesnt find intentionnalty. that doesnt make it any less important of the as director you are responsible for this. i was responsible for this...