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The ig finds there is no bias on the trump campaign but there were numerous mistakes in the investigation put horwitz also asked about attorney general barr saying that the trump campaign was spied on. >> if you dont have the legal at >> absolutely. >> is thats buying? >> its illegal survives. >> whatever illegal surveillance means, they did it. >> dana: saying that the court clears him of any wrongdoing. >> james comey said this week that your report vindicates him. is that is fair assessment o...

And federal prosecutor previously. the whole foundation of the justice department on law enforcement on the federal level and at the state and local level is apolitical, nonpolitical decision-making made by prosecutors and agents working together to protect communities. >> very good. i want to follow up on your discussion on the issue you briefly discussed whistle-blowers. with senator feinstein. it is so important i know senator grassley also cares a lot about this issue. can you speak generall...

Told us. "it spreads its tentacles everywhere." american military aid helps ukraine defend itself against russia, but it also discourages russia from using the same tactics in other countries, and, arguably, makes the world a safer place. u.s. military aid to ukraine also includes antitank missiles and training for front-line soldiers. but guns are only one of russias weapons. >> its about manipulation of information. >> reporter: this woman is an expert on russian propaganda. she says russian m...

You know, scum going after his campaign, i sort of get the sense that as barr and as trump and the rest of them double down on these conspiracy theories that are so important to the president even as theyre debunked one by one, i really get the feeling that we are going to see barr use his powers at the department of justice to take some kind of further direct action against senior obama administration officials, and i dont know if its going to be him issuing his own findings about them and thei...

Foreign leaders in foreign lands. apparently, in search of evidence that contradicts the fact that russia interfered in the 2016 united states presidential election.russ to benefit trump. clearly, barrs investigation, which was launched to do the bidding of president trump, has two objectives. one, to undermine the integrity of our intelligence community. the goal, to cast doubt on the finding thatdo russia interfere in the 2016 election in order to benefit the trump campaign. and, two, to intim...

Favoritism. >> well, absolutely. but president trump like any corrupt president or any corrupt leader weve seen around the world, hes trying to pacify law enforcement officials and to subdue them to prevent them from pursuing him any further, pursuing his wrongdoing any further. its something that always happens with corrupt leaders. so you see thats what his effort is here to suggest that christopher wray is currently the fbi director, which he is but sort of suggesting he may not be there for ...

Overwhelmingly yes. there are obviously other things that he deserves to be impeached for. which is one reason why i really wish that these hearings had gone on quite a bit longer and there had been quite a bit more public airing of the scope of donald trumps corruption and wrongdoing since taking office. >> you raise that and certainly in the mueller case, there was an attempt to have the lead prosecutor go farther than he wanted to. that didnt play well for a variety of reasons. then there was...

Watching this back at home in iowa. can you talk a little bit about the giglio policy? >> yeah. so in criminal cases, for example, when an agent is found to have engaged in misconduct, whether by a judge or by the department of justice, there is an obligation under supreme court case called the giglio case, to notify the defendant of the wrongdoing or harm or misconduct. impeachable evidence. those sorts of things. and that obligation is taken seriously. has to be taken t seriously. as i said, i...

Of more than just two? >> i think theres been a healthy discussion of this, you know, until very recently. and i think that, you know, basically i think there are very good arguments to go both ways. at the end of the day as you noted basically these articles of impeachment are very simple and clear eight pages plus. basically eight pages. and you can distill very quickly the wrongdoing at issue, and most people understand it. obviously if you put other articles including portions of of the muel...

Previously. and the whole foundation of the justice department and law enforcement on the federal level and at the state and local level is apolitical, nonpolitical, decision making made by prosecutors and the agents working together to protect communities. >> very good. i want to follow up on your discussion on the issue you briefly discussed whistleblowers. it is so important and i know that senator grassley the cares a lot about this issue are. can you speyou jchspeak general often whistleblo...