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Under the law. it's unclear what law mccarthy is referring to claiming these companies would be violating. this is a duly authorized congressional request. i think the big question is whether mccarthy's statement is running afoul of house ethics rules. the house ethics committee probe is largely toothless and it would take a long time for them to investigate. another option is a criminal referral. again, a very high bar to prosecute something like this from a member of congress. mccarthy could be protected by the speech and debate clause. it really does seem to be more of a political problem t...

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To comply. >> reporter: thousands of pages of documents how the fbi came to the conclusion nobody tied to the clinton e-mail server investigation should face criminal charges have been m.i.a. the house judiciary committee has been waiting and they patient ran out. bob goodlatte who sent the fbi a subpoena trying to figure out how andy mccabe figured into the decisions about not charging anybody and the fbi director now says it's time for the bureau to help lawmakers out. wray says as the director of the fbi i'm commit to ensuring the bureau is transparent and legitimate to congressional reques...

Speaking out against that is growing. marc thiessen, happy wednesday morning. good to see you. >> happy wednesday to you. >> bill: the fbi doubling the number of staffers handling requests for paper work from congress about 1.2 million documents have been requested to investigate potential bias in the former clinton matter. jason chaffetz says it's not just the fbi to blame. he was with us last hour. >> attorney general sessions -- i don't see much of a difference between him and loretta lynch and eric holder. what's the difference? when you issue a subpoena from congress it's just a suggestio...

>> well, that's what you don't know. there's no excuse for not producing the documents. the good news is i did issue a request from the inspector general and i think you're going to see mr. horowitz and his group, the 450 people, did go get the documents and will get the information. there's no semblance of a co-equal branch of government and from the speaker to senator grassley to mitch mcconnell, where are they on all this? lindsay graham, does he get fired up and say these are not requests. these are documents you must produce. >> bill: have you thought about the lasting damage to these ins...