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>> laura: wasn't mccabe's lawyer, her lead counsel? i believe am i getting that right? all one tangled web. ford wasn't the only one to bring unsubstantiated claims. we also learned tonight that no official process has begun with those criminal referrals initiated on kavanaugh accuser julie swetnick or her attorney michael avenatti. all chuck grassley did was send referrals to investigate them for allegedly making false statements to the judiciary committee but nothing has been done. helgi how much is there to investigate? >> there's nothing to investigate. julie swetnick has pretty much admit...

>> bret: to answer charlie's point about who would have been told her why wasn't mccabe or the justice department brought o this knowledge. >> i think what fbi sources have said to other reporters, not me, is that he didn't want to influence the investigation. he didn't think it was appropriate to speak out about it because it could affect the way his investigators approached the investigation. i think that's a question comey needs to take seriously. >> bret: steve, earlier tonight you put it in a broader perspective about people looking at this from the outside saying what? >> exactly. the bi...

>> bret: to answer charlie's point about who would have been told her why wasn't mccabe or the justice department brought o this knowledge. >> i think what fbi sources have said to other reporters, not me, is that he didn't want to influence the. he didn't think it was appropriate to speak out about it because it could affect the way his investigators approached the investigation. i think that's a question comey needs to take seriously. >> bret: steve, earlier tonight you put it in a broader perspective about people looking at this from the outside saying what? >> exactly. the big thing that h...

White house. there has to be a chinese wall here. >> the cnn talks about the meeting on the sideline but takes it a step further and saying reince priebus later called the office of comey himself and asked him to talk to reporter on the background to put cold water on the story. that is calling the director and asking him to put his hand on the scale of the story. >> that was initiated in the white house it sounded like. >> took place later. >> right. >> right. >> so -- so you had the meeting in the white house. you had mccain coming up. you had reince saying if that is the case can you guys g...

Shouldn't be happening. >> and conversely. >> conversely, the fbi should not be talking to em. >> if this reporting is correct and it was mccabe who started this. you know i will give them good news, dah, dah, dah, we have sort of had a rough start. wasn't mccabe's wife that ran in virginia? he was part of one of the hillary stories in the past. i think temporary mcauliffe may have raised some money. i got in trouble again! i named a guy named david johnson a couple of weeks and said he is a bigot. it was craig livingstone! >> you throw stuff against the wall and some of it sticks. >> so i nee...