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Bunk, but the fbi goes back and renews its fisa application three more times and by this point the fbi knows that the steele reporting is not credible. >> yeah i think you're mischaracterizing both what the fbi knew and what mr. horowitz says in his report. they didn't conclude the reporting in steele was bunk. they said there were questions about subsource reporting that should have been included in renewals. when i brief the president, i said i didn't know whether it was true or not, i just needed him to know about it. chris: i think you're mischaracterizing. steele isn't, horowitz isn't say...

At least discussed or characterized differently t was not acceptable. so he is right. i was wrong. chris: you make it sound like you're a bystander, an eyewitness. you were the director of the fbi while a lot of this was going on, sir. >> sure i'm responsible. i am telling you i was wrong. i was overconfident as director in our procedures. it is important that a leader be accountable and transparent. if i were still director i would be saying exactly the same thing chrisway is saying we'll get to the bottom of this. the most important is it systemic? are this problems in other cases. chris: on...

That brought it over. doesn't make it part of the broader mosaic, makes it the center peas of the whole fisa application. >> i don't understand it to be saying that. i could be wrong about that. chris: i got his quote here. he says, we concluded the steele reporting played a central and essential role in the decision to seek a fisa warrant, that it pushed the fisa proposal over the line in terms of the establishing probable cause. i mean he says what he says. words mean something. >> yeah. i agree with his characterization. i'm just, i don't see the disconnect between the two of us, i'm sorry ...

Briefed you on, turns out is bunk, but the fbi goes back and renews its fisa application three more times and by this point the fbi knows that the steele reporting is not credible. >> yeah i think you're mischaracterizing both what the fbi knew and what mr. horowitz says in his report. they didn't conclude the reporting in steele was bunk. they said there were questions about subsource reporting that should have been included in renewals. when i brief the president, i said i didn't know whether it was true or not, i just needed him to know about it. chris: i think you're mischaracterizing. ste...

Characterized differently t was not acceptable. so he is right. i was wrong. chris: you make it sound like you're a bystander, an eyewitness. you were the director of the fbi while a lot of this was going on, sir. >> sure i'm responsible. i am telling you i was wrong. i was overconfident as director in our procedures. it is important that a leader be accountable and transparent. if i were still director i would be saying exactly the same thing chrisway is saying we'll get to the bottom of this. the most important is it systemic? are this problems in other cases. chris: one of the central issue...