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Conduct of the investigation, and of all things, despite his personal irresponsible, and his undermining of the investigation or certainly the appearance that he gave by his own actions, what we learned today, there were safeguards in that investigation, that he had the ability in fact to hurt donald trump, as did the investigators and the leadership of the fbi. they did not take that shot. what we learned today, between the lines, is this was an investigation of objectivity, some difficult calls, some not very competent moves made, particularly by comey, as we know, and at the same time, reas...

Dossier. there's been a lot of charges saying this is based on this faulty dossier. this was the reason the fbi opened its investigation, because of christopher steel and he was on their payroll, et cetera, et cetera. he today let it be known that was not the reason the fbi opened the investigation. so a lot of unanswered questions but one we kind of learned a little something about. >> one other point -- >> carl, i want to play an exchange -- go ahead. >> the way that ended with a threat to rosenstein by the chairman in saying we are not through with you, mr. stzok. mr. rosenstein, he was imp...

Would agree to the request to bring bannon back to the committee? >> remember, when steve bannon refused to answer questions he just said i'm not answering them. we had a vote to compel him to come back and answer questions. that vote went down because the republicans opposed it. peter stzok's situation, the fbi rules and he cannot answer questions that involve an ongoing criminal or counter intelligence investigation. the 500 page report from the ig criticized directors comey for doing just that in violation of doj rules. republicans know that. they read that report and know the fbi protocols...

We are republicans who stand together for free and open inquiry, and with some independence as well. otherwise we are going to lose the ability in this country to see the rule of law prevail. that's what this hearing was about, was insuring that the rule of law was undermined. >> i want to play and exchange also between congressman gowdy, another one and stzok. let's listen. >> mr. gowdy, my understanding of why i was kicked off was that based on the understanding of those texts and the perception that they might create -- >> hang on a second, agent stzok, hang on a second. you're saying it wa...

Somebody demonstrating that behavior to be president of the united states. it was in no way unequivocally any suggestion that me, the fbi, would take any action whatsoever to improperly impact the electoral process, for any candidate. >> the lawmakers also turned their fire on themselves. at one point, erupting over whether or not the full transcript of agent stzok's closed door testimony should be released. something democrats have called for and republicans have resisted. >> i ask the chairman now to order the release of that transcript. will the chairman do so? >> not today. >> will the cha...