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Misconduct committed by the attorney general of the united states. who is doing the bidding of the president to undermine our intelligence community, and i trust you take that duty seriously? >> i do, and i just would like to add that under the law, under the inspector general act, it carves out from my authority the ability to look at misconduct by department lawyers from the line lawyer all the way to the top and attorney general. >> history has also shown us that the inspector general can participate in an investigation of the attorney general and that, in fact, happened with general gonzal...

At that email was then sent on to the officials responsible for making the decision to go forward and as a report said, -- let me read on page 256 of the report. consistent with the inspector general act, the attorney had altered the email that he had sent to the supervising agent who thereafter relied on it to swear out the final application. a lawyer at the fbi creates fraudulent evidence, alters an email, and that is in term used as a basis for this one statement of the court that the court relies on. >> you have worked on law enforcement a long time.

Presidential hopeful kamala harris shifted the focus of the hearing to trump's attorney general william barr who's been critical of this report's findings and consistently on message with the president. >> general horowitz, i appreciate your extensive work and the work that your office has devoted to this investigation. but, in addition, you have the power and the duty to investigate misconduct committed by the attorney general of the united states, who is doing the bidding of the president to undermine our intelligence community. and i trust you take that duty seriously. >> i do. and i would ...

Matthew whittaker appeared on fox news as well yesterday and said the whistle-blower has no right to anonymity. >> if we break something, if we let politics interfere with outing a whistle-blower? >> well, a whistle-blower is never guaranteed anonymity. and all they're guaranteed is that they won't be retaliated against from a workplace, in a job stand point, so you know, for me, i think this whistle-blower does need to publicly testify, and be subject to cross-examination which is consistent with the american legal traditions that we all believe make this a great country. >> so according to "...

Out, to some extent, beyond that mystery, i'm not sure we need more whistle-blowers. the white house's own documentation speaks for itself, at this point. and i also wonder if the reason this person is thinking about filing a formal complaint, when they're already talking to the inspector general is they're hoping to wrap themselves in some of the legal protections against reprisals, that come with filing complaints with the negligence committee and inspector general and they might have some already under the inspector general act but filing a formal complaint might double up that armor if and...