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Institute. both join us. gentlemen, evan perez had news in the last hour that the inspector general found what we believe to be a problem made in one of the fisa applications for carter page. what i want to know from both of you, my understanding is this. andrew, you can't talk about it. you're restricted from discussing the report or the investigation. right? >> that's right. i am currently -- i've reviewed the report. i'm in the process of that. and i've agreed not to speak about it in any way until that process is over. >> all right. i'll respect that. jim, you have not seen the report. is ...

Chief analyst. good to see both of you. >> thank you. >> they're trying to change the language and build the case for what they call bribery or at least alleged bribery, and it begins with this so-called testimony, but you're hearing from a number of republicans who are being critical of the closed door testimony. explain why democrats say they have to know what witnesses are going to say in an open testimony, and they do that by discovery in a closed door testimony. is there anything wrong with that? >> no, of course not. that's exactly what happened during the clinton investigation when the ...

>> thank you. you, too. >> everything's pretty spooky these days. all right. let's start with process. the resolution today passed. why do you believe it makes this process fair for the minority? >> well, we followed the process that was available during the nixon impeachment, during the clinton impeachment. so we had a model to use and we thought that's probably the best approach, even though i have to say the circumstances now are very different in both those prior impeachments. you had a special prosecutor or an independent counsel doing the fact finding that we've had to do through these d...

These days. the resolution today passed. why do you believe it makes this process fair for the minority? >> well, we followed the process that was available during the nixon impeachment, during the clinton impeachment. so we had a model to use and we thought that's probably the best approach, even though i have to say the circumstances now are very different in both those prior peoples. you had a special prosecutor or an independent counsel doing the fact finding that we've had to do through these depositions. they had a report they were able to present and then cog tongres took the ball from ...

Cross-examine witnesses, call your own witnesses. you get those rights and say it's too little, too late. it's somewhat predictable. >> okay. thanks, lauren. ross, give us the intel. compare this to the clinton impeachment for us, if you could, in terms of the rights of the minority party here. >> yeah, so the comparisons aren't direct because, remember, in clinton, the starr investigation happened -- the starr report was done and submitted to congress. but notably in clinton and nixon, the rules allowed a role for the president's lawyers. specifically to cross-examine witnesses. and here, i t...