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Inspector general. a trump appointee. he put out a statement just yesterday pushing back on that. republican senator chuck grassley also pushing back on secondhand knowledge attacks. and there's more bad tape for pompeo. this defense of state department officials. >> to the best of my knowledge, from what i've seen so far, each of the actions that were undertaken by state department officials was entirely appropriate. >> we'll see. because at least one of those officials has stepped down already. ambassador volker felt he could no longer be effective in that job. just this afternoon, the chair...

Attorney general barr is doing, investigating the origins of the mueller investigation -- i mean, they're heading into 2020 and the president is still consumed with what happened in an election when ultimately, he won, but he's still consumed by the fact that it was investigated, that the results are questioned in any way. the fact that that is directing the actions of the justice department at this point as he's heading into a re-elect tells you all you need to know about -- >> paranoia. all the echos of nixon and watergate are there. frank, i want to bring you back in. donny alluded to this....

Did, he obliterated the most frequently trotted out talking point to defend donald trump in the whistle-blower complaint. the idea it was hearsay. the idea it was secondhand. there is a protection for second j hand information from whistle-blowers. the i.g. when he investigated it, that's how he gave him the good housekeeping seal of approval the whistle-blower complaint was credible, because he went out and interviewed other witnesses, other people working on the 18-acre white house complex, and urgent. just talk about that process. >> well, because this is a nontraditional thing for an inspe...

Pressed the president of crukrae eight times to work with rudy giuliani to investigate joe biden's son. what do you know about those conversations? >> so, you just gave me a report about a -- a whistle-blower complaint, up in of which i've seen. >> fact check. we've learned that pompeo was on the call that "the wall street journal" reported donald trump mentioned ukraine eight times on. so it's unclear why he pretended not to know what martha raddatz was talking about. watch more. >> i vice president hhaven't ha actually read the whistle-blower complaint yet. i read the first couple of paragra...

>> that's why you need a special prosecutor will investigate these people. the only way congress can enforce a subpoena is through the department of justice. there is no avenue to get directly to a court. >> sean: i am happy the inspector general will investigate. we have been covering this forever. does that mean we have to wait another 4 months for the insp t inspector general report on the email server? >> i think that will come out much sooner. >> sean: but it's delayed another month? >> it has been. what we have to realize is within the department of justice there are multiple on-going in...