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Lightly. maguire had a long day. he also testified before the senate intelligence committee behind closed doors. guys, it s now unclear what steps come next. lawmakers have suggested possibly having the whistleblower come before congress or even calling attorney general barr rudy giuliani to hear what they have to say, device. steve: griff. just to be clear, at the beginning of that we said that top republicans are interested in the whistleblower sources. they don t want the identity of the whistleblower revealed. right? that s right. everyone is more or less praising the whistleblower and whistleblowers in general trying to protect their identity, but it appears thi the fact that this second hand information is certainly something that republicans, steve, have seized upon in really trying to drive home a points. in fact, one republican, john ratcliffe saying this is just like the steele dossier all over again. steve: i have read that all right. griff, thank you very much. brian: m ....
A number of these presidential telephone calls. he looked at the transcripts and he writes in the new york post this morning that it looks like the leaker had outside help because it looks like it was written by a law professor. he said possibly he had help from congressional members or staff and house republicans, when they get the whistleblower under oath need to ask him whether or not he spoke to the press or congress about the complaint. ainsley: there are so many issues here to discuss. number one, this is a whistleblower with second hand information. he or she. brian: it s a he, right? steve: that s a he. ainsley: that s what new york times is reporting new york times reporting a staffer. a man. he wasn t in the room. wasn t on the conversation. and the laws don t protect second hand information. and then yesterday, when joseph maguire was second grilled, adam schiff, he was so cool under pressure and ....
From anybody. i was just trying to work through the process and the law the way it is written. griff: maguire also acknowledged the complaint was based on second hand information but speaker pelosi was not satisfied cautiously pressing ahead in the march to impeachment. this is a cover-up. this is a cover-up. i think what the dni did was broke the law. the law is very clear. this is nothing that we take lightly. griff: maguire testified behind closed doors to the senate intelligence committee right now where things stand guys it s unclear whether we can see the whistleblower, attorney general barr or rudy giuliani testify before congress. there is talks but nothing set in concrete yet. they have a few weeks off. we will find out in october. steve: will indeed. griff, thank you very much. i have a feeling the whistleblower dolls not want his identity revealed. fred fleitz who was in the cia he actually transcribed ....
To be further rivetted the whole town is abuse with who the whistleblower is. cia employee assigned to the white house. source tell fox news this individual served on the nsc staff that grew harsh criticism from the president who said in a new video obtained by bloomberg he wants to identify not only the whistleblower but also who leaked the info to him you know what we used to do in the old days griff: acting dni joe mcgwire calling the situation unprecedented and unique, affirming his belief as a whistleblower, acted in good faith law. he defended his handling of the complaint. you went to the subject of the complaint for advice first about whether you should provide the complaint to congress. it did appear that it has executive privilege. it was not stonewalling. i didn t receive direction ....
Same exact thing. i didn t see any hearings on that. and i told her, i said this is wrong. its dishonest and pathetic call the president out for violating the law he didn t for the same thing president obama did six out of eight years. that s mistruth to the american people. that s misleading the american people. that s a false narrative they continue to push. i m not going to let them sit there and get away with it. steve: tom, they didn t like your message because you essentially said look, there are problems down south and y all can fix it because the administration for the last two years you said have asked congress to close three loopholes and they have just sat on their hands. that was my point. one of the congressman said you are blustered and angry. yeah i m angry because children are dying. 31% of women being raped. cartels getting rich. you complain about the tent conditions. claim 65,000 people in detention. it s your fault. look in the mirror. if you were work wearing thi ....