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director wray is refusing to produce a do you recollect about the big guy himself. the fbi said that releasing confidential source information to james comber could put lives at risk. got to hide it. its not a classicified document. there is no evidence of any on-going investigation. -- but the fbi needs to keep the anti-biden allegations top secret. more federal investigation into hunter biden. the high ranking irs investigator is blowing the whistle. >> multiple steps were slow walke...

companies whose platforms these extremists are using. sending letters to meta, tiktok, donald trumps true social. the deadline is september 2nd. >> lawmakers give examples of what law enforcement agents are facing, including this from a pennsylvania man who was arrested for posting online quote if you work for the fbi, then you deserve to die. lets turn now to cnn washington correspondent sunlen serfaty. what exactly does the house oversight committee want these firms to do. >> reporte...

Agents who are out there on the street. >> steve, i got one more for you here, and we know the former president is being advised to and is considering releasing the surveillance video of the search from last monday there. some of his allies say this would provide a jolt of energy to the republican party base. whats your concern if that video goes public? >> you know, i think if a search is conducted correctly and legally, i dont think theres any problem in showing the search. i think you really ...

Mye stood for mid year exam, the code reference to the clinton investigation. >> bill: wrap that up and move on to trump and the russia matter whatever that was all about. >> the lawyer makes the point in his column these were only personal opinions that were being communicated between the two of them and everybody has a right to opinions. >> bill: repeatedly in that piece. >> thats true. but when you say that we have to close out this investigation, thats not an expression of an opinion, thats ...

Theres some institutional problem at the bureau these days. how do you fix that? how do you clean it up? is it just three or four bad apples. i think it is on the seventh floor of the building? or if a bigger problem tan that? >> im one of the people who thinks that it is a comey inner circle problem that developed during the course of his very short tenure at the fbi. this would have never happened under muller or louie free or william webster or even bill sessions. the way to address this is t...

Problem, institutional problem at the bureau these days. how do you fix that? how do you clean it up? is it just three or four bad apples on whatever i think its the seventh floor of the building or is it actually a bigger problem than that? >> well, im one of those people that thinks it is a -- its a comey inner circle problem that developed during the course of his very shorten youre at the fbi. this would have never happened under mueller or lielouie free or william webster or even bill sessi...

Terms of being different at the fbi? >> well, of course it should be different. youre held to a different standard. everything you do should be truthful, straightforward, not misleading. avoid even the perception of conflicts of interest. an fbi agent knows what a conflict of interest looks like. we deal with that every day. especially at the top levels of the fbi. the executive ranks of the fbi. theyre setting the example for the street agents out there. im telling you, in my tenure in the fbi ...

Specific case? >> well, if -- im going to underscore if -- the inspector general has facts that support the premise that he lied, then it should be a firing offense. it is a firing offense almost 100% of the time with lower level street agents and agents in general. this is the top of the fbi. mccabe will never have to testify in court, but an agent that lies is worthless in court. if its in their background, it has to be disclosed to the defense. so you know, that example has to be set at the h...

Investigations are conducted day in and day out by agents, men and women, on the street who do these investigations. this particular inquiry investigation or whatever one wants to call it was conducted by the seventh floor of the fbi by jim comey and his inner circle. if it were conducted by street agents there is no doubt in my mind, no doubt at all, there would have been a grand jury empanelled by the united states attorneys office. and subpoenas would have been issued and responsible individu...

Clinton e-mail thing was done, too. they also felt micromanaged by this. they felt that every step they took had to be cleared by main justice and they didnt like that. so i think thats some of whats reflected in this story. >> but pete, obviously, the dpg youre talking about occurs all the time. but the concern that some have, and the trump campaign is raising is, is it possible that the motives had to do with politics, that loretta lynch or anyone else in the justice department, the deputy att...