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>> laura: sarah huckabee today on the view said this is for jeff sessions to decide but it was at a briefing. she reiterated he was a bad actor in their view. so kind of gave the drive by but is he a bad actor but this is up to jeff sessions. this is what that we nouned legal scholar sonny said on the view. watch. >> we have seen this war on our intelligence community, or this war on the fbi. i mean, this man is a career agent. i don't know what he did or did not do, but i am troubled with this constant attack on our intelligence community. >> yeah. [applause] >> because that is the stuff that...

>> laura: sarah huckabee today on the view said this is for jeff sessions to decide but it was at a briefing. she reiterated he was a bad actor in their view. so kind of gave the drive by but is he a bad actor but this is up to jeff sessions. this is what that we nouned legal scholar sonny said on the view. watch. >> we have seen this war on our intelligence community, or this war on the fbi. i mean, this man is a career agent. i don't know what he did or did not do, but i am troubled with this constant attack on our intelligence community. >> yeah. [applause] >> because that is the stuff that...

Former director comey for doing, which was -- it really seems like they were struggling in the fbi with what to do with this new information around september, october, before the election. and that is understandable. they had a major investigation going on. tradition in the department is not to do things in an investigation or speak about an investigation in a way that would affect an election. and so this is obviously just another indicator that that conversation was ongoing and they were struggling with what to do. some people disagree with the way director comey handled it. it sounds like p...

Congress. >> i wonder what is the effect here on the fbi's rank and file when you're talking about mccabe leaving and then republicans accusing the fbi of abusing power. >> right. i think that it will have a significant effect on morale. you know, this is an agency that has 35,000 people, 14,000 agents. when you have a career agent like andrew mccabe, that's something that is typically celebrated within the fbi. it is a huge achievement, somebody usually leaves with a big party and speeches, they don't leave at lunch time never to be seen again. i think the unceremonious way in which he left a...

Reporting, because andrew mccabe can't be fired. he is a career agent so he just can't be fired willy-nilly. there's got to be a cause there. but the "washington post" is confirming at least a portion of it saying that it does seem like this administration is trying to put pressure on the fbi director. we have seen it frankly publicly, michael, with the president's tweets saying andrew mccabe shouldn't be there. how much is that going to factor into this case of potential obstruction? >> i'm not sure. i'm not sure what the president's sort of overarching tweets and criticisms of the fbi means ...