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You mentioned exculpatory evidence a couple times when you were with me before? >> yeah. horowitz made an oblique reference to what i was talking to you about, which is a transcript. when the target of your investigation says, this is treasonous activity i would never engage in, guess what, comey that is exculpatory information, the court needs to be told that. it is fundamentally fair thing to papadopoulos and they were not told. maria: thanks so much. trey gowdy, kim strassel. we'll be right back.

All we get is some oblique reference that george papadopoulos made in a bar. that's the whole reason we had a two-year long investigation. >> julie: that was the whole theme of the f.b.i.'s basis. they had no basis. they used the christopher steele memo -- dossier which turned out to be b.s. and that was their basis. so they were going knowingly on b.s. >> right. that was the basis in the fall. that was the fall of 2016. even before that, when they quote launched the russia investigation, it was based on a comment in a bar. that doesn't even get to the dossier which jim comey admitted in decem...

China and it's been doing that with some gusto while these ma noouf noou -- maneuvers were taking place, the russian and chinese leaders met for, i think, the 27th time in recent years in vladivostok where there's a key economic forum under way and they spoke about how they are an essential part of maintaining stability in the region now and how they would confront isolationism and protectionism, an oblique reference to the problems that both are having with the united states in terms of trade wars and sanctions. and it's really sort of started to transform the geopolitical landscape, this all...

Red flags. >> and those red flags, the tone here, as you describe it from your sources, maggie, angry and meandering. that don mcgahn felt you cannot send this letter. >> it was repetitive, according to sources. it really was essentially, you know, the raw, undistilled thoughts of the president on james comey, a man with whom he had growing dissatisfaction and had been thinking of firing since the transition. there was an oblique reference into possible russian collusion where the president referenced and i'm paraphrasing this, but it was essentially, you have privately told me i'm not under i...

What comes out of a special counsel investigation. paul: now, yeah, dan, that's the problem. the fundamental lack of political accountability in the sense that though technically rod rosenstein could fire the special counsel, in practical terms because of this probe, because of how it was created, you really can't do that. >> well, that's right. i mean, rod rosenstein said a couple of things about this special prosecutor that i think are worth drawing attention to. he talked about appointing a special prosecutor because it was necessary to bring that person out of the chain of command, make hi...