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Messages and draw vast conclusions about a biased investigation because of them. if there appears to be a pattern or if these individual private messages are reconfirmed by professional actions, i think then you do have some additional problems that need to be addressed in the forefront in a transparent way by the f.b.i. director. >> sandra: newt gingrich said the f.b.i. became corrupted. this isn't an occasional mistake. this was covering up for the next president so they thought. steven, there could be potentially as you can see right now folks are entering the room, chris wray set to begin ...

How was the dossier put together by mr. steele? who contributed in russia? what were the underlying economic and political arrangements? what is the veracity of it? those are questions we need to get litigated and look, bob mueller has a lot on his plate. the point i was trying to make is i don't really think he should do both investigations. but whether it be the justice department or another special prosecutor, we need a full independent investigation of the f.b.i. >> sandra: tom, set this up for us. this is set to begin in 20 minutes. the f.b.i. and christopher wray in the hot seat facing a...

Temporary ranking member of the committee. the reason his presence is significant now is because john conyers was the lead democrat on this committee up until two days ago before he stepped down. so when this begins and chris wray starts speaking we'll bring that to you live. a lot of questions on the line coming up on all that. stand by. >> sandra: senator al franken about to make a political announcement on his future after there are calls for his resignation. more than two dozen senate democrats are calling on franken to quit. jessica tarlov is a fox news contributor. kelly jane torrance is...

Questions, mr. director. in your experience with the department of justice, have you ever prosecuted a case involving a charge of obstruction of justice? >> yes. sections 1505 and 1512 of title 18 make it a crime if someone obstructs, influences or impedes any official proceeding. what does it mean to corruptly obstruct, influence or impede an official proceeding? >> well, congressman, that would require me to get into a legal discussion and it has been a while since i've looked at the case law on the subject. i do know having somebody who has been a line prosecutor and a senior justice depart...

>> thank you, director wray, will i begin by recognizing myself with a question. as director i'm sure you're aware of the recent media reports indicating that peter strzok, a special agent at the f.b.i., changed the words grossly negligent to extremely careless in former director comey's statement closing the clinton investigation. are you aware of that? >> i have heard some of the same information you have. >> do you know by chance what the criminal intent standard is under the act. >> i believe it's gross negligence. >> would it be accurate to say that a senior f.b.i. official changed the wo...