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That the fbi wasn't working with this multi-professor named joseph massoud, who had made an offer of assistance and coordination to a former campaign official name george papadopoulos. >> it does, though, mention christopher steele, i understand, at fairly great length. what does it say about him? >> i think one of the takeaways from christopher steele, it's understanding that the i.g. isn't going to say that the fbi shouldn't have used this political research. but i think what will come out is that, you know, the way that steele was portrayed in this application, this warrant, you know, this ...

Say that the fbi, in particular its leadership, weaponized this surveillance tool, right, the fisa to spy on the trump campaign. what it does say is that while putting together the application to obtain this secret wiretap, they made a number of, you know, serious mistakes and omissions. it was basically unprofessionalism by the agents and officials and lawyers putting this thing together. >> what is the difference in this case between violations of procedures, serious though they may be, and what would amount to a finding of political bias, which they did not find in this case? >> i mean if t...

The i.g. is known for saying, if you didn't shine your shoes right today, you're going to get whacked. among my colleagues, this report is really embarrassing, but it is not what many people would have expected, that is, at the leadership levels of the fbi, there is a deep state effort to take down the presidency with an investigation. this is actually, in my world of inspector general investigations, relatively modest. >> adam, the major finding that has gotten all the attention so far was that this line attorney falsified a document. that is the allegation here, and that is a serious charge....

That said, there's a difference between mistakes on the periphery of the investigation. those mistakes are significant. i agree with adam. this is -- this cannot happen in a fisa application. i don't agree that this is the most important fisa application ever. it may be the most public. it's not the most important. that said, this is embarrassing. but if you compare it to the core of the investigation, what did the leadership of the fbi say and do? what happened in terms of roger stone's interaction with wikileaks? why did don junior suggest that he wanted to accept information from a russian ...

This is a false statement. it's a serious charge. i'm not certain whether what he did during the renewal process was actually material to the application and whether or not, you know, a judge would have determined there was probable cause. i want to hit on something, though. what's important -- one of the important takeaways here is that, you know, the president and his allies have been calling this a witch hunt, a hoax, right? this was a legitimate, properly predicated law enforcement investigation, right? let's remember that. they had articulated reasons to investigate, and the i.g. has back...