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The fbi doj side. there's nothing to actually substantiate. >> michael shcmidt, jeremy bash, carol leonnig, thank you. attorney general barr, two former justice department officials are waiting to join us to weigh in and later she knows a thing or two about russia's tactics because she has seen a thing or two as u.n. ambassador. pulitzer prize winning author and diplomat samantha power is with us tonight as "the 11th hour" is just getting started tonight in view of the west wing. iew of the west wing [sneeze and sniffles]

>> i'm sure they'll be asked about the question of political bias, text messages that fbi agents sent both pro-clinton and pro-trump.-c were they impacted? did they have any impact on the investigation?an there is no evidence of political buy as in what the fbi did. and that's really important that that has been central complaint of the president when he first tweeted in march 2017 about how the fbi and barack obama wiretapped him. he has accused the fbi to act politically to stop him. here we are with this report on the fbi doj side. there's nothing to actually substantiate.

Then there's the doj side. trump's attorney general bill barr phenomenon mali pressing mule other to stay in the boundaries of his report and the democratic chair already pushing back on that. >> it's arrogant of the department to try to the instruct him what to say as part of the ongoing cover-up by the administration to keep information away from the american people. he does not have to comply with that letter. he doesn't work for them. that will letter asks things that are beyond the power of the agency to ask even if he still worked for them. >> it's true that the doj can only limit certai...

Saying in that answer, which is maybe hopefully no promises and here's a little bit of commentary that you will not be able to hold me to. the reality is, barr is also quite savvy. he's been very successful in the government doj side and the corporate side. both lanes have a fairly sophisticated understanding of politics. and he sailed through his confirmation process in large part because of that. because he sort of maintained himself as a black box. i agree with the earlier comment that barr almost certainly has a sense of the shape of the mueller report that's going to be coming. my expecta...

I left out some of the details, i'll let you fill in the gaps. >> congressional investigators have discovered once again another trove of text messages between lisa page and peter strzok, the two fbi agents. what these text messages in particular reveal that the fbi may have improperly coordinated with department of justice officials to try to expedite fisa applications on carter page. what was interesting about this, sean, is that if you look at it, they talk about david laufman. he hasn't come up quite frequently at all in the media. he was a doj prosecutor. strzok is talking to lisa page ab...