he covers of course the department of justice. eli, my first question, why not tell the fisa court all the details about the information presented to support the warrant on carter page, everything, every single thing? >> first of all, i don't know the answer to that. before we get too far ahead, it would be nice to see what the democrats, and for that matter the fbi, say has been omitted from this memo. is there other evidence that was presented that if we saw it we would say, okay, it's not accurate to say that the fbi was relying upon this opposition research dossier in order to gain a warrant to spy on carter page. >> two quick follow-ups. is it material, in your opinion, that the information came from steele that he was paid and working for the dnc and the hillary clinton campaign? is it a material fact out there disclosed to the fisa court? >> it ought to have been disclosed to the fisa court. how significant that was, whether or not the central fact is whether or not they relied upon that. if it had not been for that dossier

what we are seeing now, not just with regard to the fbi or the justice department, now even the state department is involved does indicate that there's these careerists in the government that were dead set against donald trump becoming president. >> and i think that is the key difference between say a permanent bureaucracy or even a regular swamp. we're talking here about the politicization, the weapon station of police powers of all the powers of the government, if the state department i think i mean the way the state department defended hillary clinton's e-mails until the end. we had loretta lynch and the justice department meeting with bill clinton, so all of these examples are not your ordinary permanent bureaucracy or anything like that and of course -- david: we should mention by the way the idea of police state powers is something that's been talked about and movies made by the left in this country for decades, for as long as i've been alive and yet now they're taking the opposite point of view. we're talking about the media too the media used to always rail against government

he's sometimes called the justice department the, quote, trump justice department. and gripe why, quote, un, quote, am i guys aren't serving me, aren't being loyal to me. what's striking about this is that this memo two weeks ago president trump didn't even really understand what it was or what it meant but as soon as he started watching his allies talk about it on tv and he became convinced it would give him the political cover or the legitimate justification, depending on what you believe to potentially fire rod rosenstein, make changes at the justice department, he was absolutely convinced helped this memo released. so, yes, there was a process we all watch it go through, but today the memo being released with no reredaction was very much a foregone conclusion for a number of days. >> it bears underscoring that the president watched cable news to see how his allies were talking about it. this is a man that seems to me is more aware of what people are saying about him and the advice people are giving him on tv than he is from his own advisers, the people he puts i

. >> this was going to be the abolition of the justice department, the fbi was going to be dissolved, donald trump was going to be president for life. we were going to have an onion dome on the top of the mall of america. >> they were going to have to pack and leave the country. >> that's the hype for two weeks. now they've got it, i wonder what's going to happen to the spare electricity from the hype because there's nothing. >> the thing is, in business they say under promise and overdeliver. but you know if you believe the narrative that michael wolff built up in his book, donald trump needs to be calmed. so you have these people trying to please him with this information. i wonder if that mean it is next one will be more hyped. >> he needs everything is fine, he's about to win, the strain is about to be over. i don't know if that's an infinite loop you can continue to promise him. but for the rest of us we need more relief. >> magic beans. >> yes. >> i'm joy reed in for lawrence o'donne o'donnell. for weeks devin nunes one of the most determined republicans when it comes to deraili

guesscc what, ten days later, senior justice, justice department officials go out to brief the hill and they give the same false information about my client. now i want that investigation, because i wanted or -- wants to know who sent those officials there, and when they were briefing the hill, they said we are repeatingng what we were to. so they were given false information and they want to know who didn't. >> sean: plus talk to you guys about this.th sara, go ahead. >> i think what's important here is that we have to establish who william campbell is, the informant. he spent the majority of his life working overseas, putting himself in very dangerous and precarious situations in order to give information to the united states government in the u.s. intelligence community. this is somebody that the u.s. government trusted so much so that he spent more than three decades working for us, basically for the united states. first as a counterintelligence operator with the fbi, later moving into the criminal division when they went after the transportation legislation international, that was

it is xlamd the justice department and justice department omitted the province of it. there are serious questions raised by the memo. that they should make sure it doesn't violate any american civil liberties and not be used to make counter intelligence decisions. but speaker ross caution that had members of congress not use to it impugn the integrity of justice system and the fbi though that is precisely how president trump and his supporters are using this memo as mr. trump escalates his tikes u.s. law enforcement agencies. the justice department and fbi run by the president's own appointees say that the memo is misleading. >> i think it is a disgrace, what's happening in our country. when you look at that, and you see that and so many other things, what is going on, a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves. >> democrats and some republicans fear that president trump will try to use the nunes memo as a pretext on fire those investigating, whether anyone affiliated with the trump team collaborated in any way with the russians. issuing this blunt warning. saying

the president dmiensd the leadership of the fbi and justice department. president trump: i think it' a disgrace. a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and much worse than that. david: congressman jim jordan and matt gaetz joins. also gregg jearr jarett -- gregg jarrett and tom fit o fitton of judicious you watch. joining me, congressman devin nunes explaining why it was so important to release the memo. >> i have an obligation to the american people when we see fisa abuse. these are secret courts that exist to target foreigner for catching terrorists and people who might be bad actors. and the americans citizens represented before this court have to be protected. the only place that can protect them is the u.s. congress when the abuses do occur. it's not a place we wanted to go, by the where we had to go. bret: did you read the actual fisa applications? >> no, i didn't. david: house oversight chair trey gowdy who helped write the memo did. catherine: the memo makes the case the court was kept in the dark by the fbi and the justice department whe

fisa gets to hear one side from the justice department. the justice department has an obligation to present it fairly, making sure that the fisa court sees all of the evidence and all of the evidence that undercuts the evidence. you know, one thing i'm thrilled about, i've been fighting this fight as a liberal democrat for 50 years and thank you republicans anconservatives fors coming on board and looking critically at the fbi and the fisa court. i think that's a good thing for america. david: the fisa court is not the only one on the spot here. the fbi has a duty to trace down sources. and christopher steele, who was supposedly the main source of the trump dossier, turns out now that he may have just been a pass through and he was passing through a lot of information that was coming directly from the clinton campaign and there was no attempt by the fbi to track down where this information was coming from. >> and there should be now. it's not too late. there should be a deep inquiry into everything that went into the fisa warrant. we're al

department was and how critical the justice department was to this whole notion of criminal justice reform among other things, that i could best serve the president--uh, president there. capehart: what did you view as, uh, your priorities coming back into the building as attorney general, the first african american attorney general of the united states? holder: well, first thing was to, um, re-establish the morale and sense of direction, uh, within the--the justice department. the place had been in--especially the civil rights division had really been, um, decimated in a whole bunch of ways, both in terms of resources dedicated to the civil rights division and, um, the way in which the career people in the civil rights division had been-- had been treated, and the same thing was true in the environmental and natural resources division, to a lesser extent antitrust division, and so the first thing was to build up morale and give people a sense of, um--of purpose and then from there to focus on the things that i thought were, um, important. we had national security responsibilities, but i sa

specifically, the justice department. how bad can it get if he goes against his own justice department? >> well, it's just continuing what he's already started, as you just outlined. >> arguing they started it. >> okay. >> please continue. >> it's about one issue, the russian investigation, and the fact he's feeling the heat of the investigation. there's no doubt he'll continue trying to discredit exactly the institutions and officials that are going after him and his point of view. now, some say that this is him misunderstanding or not understanding the separations between, you know, the white house and the department of justice. that's bologna. he's been president for a year. >> yeah. >> no doubt hae'll continue. how problematic could it be? pretty problematic, not abiding with the white house and department of justice. >> what we can agree on is the house intelligence committee is a mess. operates in a bip partisan fashion, there's a level of decorum and republic. when mike rogersfu was here, he the republican, worked

we saw this in the letter and the department of justice days before. this would be a big mistake. >> that's right. not only raising objections that what was released to the public. when the fbi puts out a statement, this is a rare public statement saying mr. president, don't do this. you don't see this happen very often. that is why you are seeing what is a constitutional clash going on inside the administration or a clash between the white house and the national security community because there are people concerned inside the fbi about sources and methods being revealed in all of this. not only is that statement something that has been put out by the fbi but the fbi director was here with rod rosenstein saying don't do this but the white house appears to be going with the political demands inside the base of their party saying they want this memo out. make no mistake, this is something that could haunt this white house in the months to come if it turns out somehow the release of this memo damages that russia investigation or if people inside the burea

the justice department allegedly didn't tell the court about this. jane: but that is important, though, isn't it? because if that is the case, and the fact that they are using dubious methods to investigate their suspects or their targets -- doesn't at then undermine the broader russia inquiry? liza: well, there's a pretty critical difference between saying they're using dubious methods and using source funded in part by the clinton campaign. it doesur not not nly lead from one to the other. nsone of the queste don't know is what other indicators were there of reliability for this document? were there other reasons to trust this document apart from who funded it? you have to understand that informants always come with their own agendas and bias. informants are often paid. this is not an unusual thing. o w significant it is, whether there was a dutyform the court, depends very much on case-by-case details that we don't know from this memo. jane: are we ever going toind out? liza: we are not, my guess, at least for a long time, because it is classified

and justice department of securing a warrant to spy on donald trump's presidential campaign based on the unverified claims in the trump russia steal dossier which was paid for in part by the democrats i think it's terrible if you want to know the truth i think it's a disgrace what's going on in this country i think it's a disgrace and when you look at that and you see that and so many other things what's going on. a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and much worse than that well if you take a look at the four page memo facts now christopher steele. ca this was the basis on which the f.b.i. acquired their warrant under the foreign intelligence surveillance act their warrant to wiretap members of the trauma campaign that was based on the infamous r.c.a. from christopher steel now we also know that the f.b.i. chief said it was so lace this and verify furthermore the f.b.i. was aware that the d.n.c. and the hillary clinton foundation paid roughly one hundred sixty thousand dollars for this deal dossier they knew it was paid for by the d.n.c. but they did not mention that in t

he is the deputy attorney general of the justice department. and he is in charge of overseeing the russia probe. there are people on the right, conservative activists and others who say that rosenstein is overseeing a biassed and corrupt probe and they want him to either step down or for the president to fire him. now, president trump left some open questions broke this when reporters asked him about it yesterday. listen. >> will you be firing rod rose sign? >> you figure that one out. >> we know that the president's feelings about rosenstein are that he is upset with his leadership of the mueller probe, but the white house is on the official side trying to push back on -- trying to push back on reports that the president is so angry with rosenstein that he is considering firing him. we had two white house spokespeople yesterday in the hours after president trump made that vague statement essentially saying there is no consideration being given whatsoever to firing rosenstein. that statement is an effort to tamp down on some of this clamoring f

david: using the full power of the fbi and the justice department to tilt the scales is not acceptable. all right two senators grassley and graham have this criminal referral to the justice department because of what mr. steele did. apparently he lied to investigators when they asked him questions about whether he talked to the press. what happens with this criminal referral? >> well i think the attorney general needs to take it very seriously, potentially act on it now there's a little bit of disagreement about whether by doing that they actually think steel was lying or they're doing that to pry open maybe more information about what the fbi actually knew and in other words yes, steele may have been meeting with the president but it doesn't mean that somehow, the fbi didn't know all of the information anyway, so whatever his representations were, maybe they were misleading but maybe the fbi knew more than they let on and that's important, david, because the representations they made in that fisa warrant. if they knew more than they let on, but then didn't disclose it to the court, th

we know obviously the department justice and the f.b.i. feel that this is a extraordinary reckless step to take because the information hasn't been better than house speaker poll ryan says republicans are right to push for the memos release there may have been milf eason's at the f.b.i. by certain individuals and so what we want is all of this information to come out so that transparency can reign supreme and accountability can occur will be the through f.e.i. director christopher ray appears willing to stand up to the president who hand-picked him for the job just months after firing his predecessor. trump himself has told associates the memo vindicates his concerns that u.s. law enforcement agencies conspired against him for more on this let's bring in scott lucas professor of american studies at the university of birmingham thanks for being with us this morning a first off can you tell us why this memo is proving to be such a lightning rod for both republicans and democrats. well the memo is the culmination of more than a year of effort

>> i think the dossier was being used widely in the justice department. but he didn't disclose on these forms his connection to fusion gps. but even after the fbi got cold feet about steele ohr continued to meet with him and launder the information back into the justice department. so a major issue. taking a further step back. this is another piece of edshowing the super structure of the russia collusion investigation into donald trump has been really i are redeemably compromise and needs to be shut down. i don't know what other evidence you need on top of the number four official at the justice department. his wife working for the clinton gang. and lord knows what else. we think the dossier is being used for fisa. i'm convinced it was used to just fight unmasking of general flynn and donald trump himself from foreign intelligence intercepts. gregg: should flynn file a motion to set aside his plea? >> he's before judge sullivan who excoriated the justice department over its mishandling on misconduct in the senator stevens case. he doesn't like government

and department of justice. very ill serves the public and we hope they will stop, but nonetheless, the chairman has announced his intention to continue with other so-calledthis investigation into the fbi and department of justice and maybe other agencies. he has publicly described this memo as phase one, in fact it is phase two. phase one began with the midnight run and presentation to the white house of information he had gotten from the white house. we hope these phases of distraction will come to an end and once again, the committee will focus on what the russians did to interfere with our elections, what we know about the trump campaign's contacts and communication or collusion with the russians and what we can do to prevent this from happening in the future. so that is where we hope our investigation will get back on track. with that, i am happy to answer any questions. -- if the president does block this -- schiff:tative chef: -- i think the republicans realize that after calling for full transparency, th

we can't wait -- what is the justice department going to do? what did ray know about this and why is any taking steps to inform the fbi? mr. mueller, when did he know? for the russia collusion narrative, the fundamental basis for his investigation, what did he know and when did he know it about the clinton involvement in his investigation? >> harris: i want to stop right there, what you've said is ground shaking and you're the first person who said it and i've been covering this since it came out. the memo is devastating. it's a devastating blow at the mueller investigation. paul ryan says the two don't connect. let's watch us together and get your reaction. >> what this memo is is congress doing its job in conducting legitimate oversight over a very unique -- if mistakes were made in individuals did something wrong, this memo is not an indictment of the fbi, of the department of justice, it does not impugn the mueller investigation or the deputy attorney general. >> that all speaks for itself, the speaker reads the memo his party authorized, t

let's bring the department of justice. let's hear what they have to say and look at the full fisa applications and go through them and see what's being left out of the memo. we took a vote and they voted no, we don't want to know. we who haven't read it, we that don't look at the underlying materials, we don't want to know. we want to publish our memo. this is about a narrative they wanted to tell that they wanted to get out in the public domain and you're right, i would add one other thing to the timeline. this all began on march 20th when james comey testified before our committee in the first open hearing and revealed there was a counterintelligence investigation going on of the trump campaign. we on the committee, the democrats laid out a powerful case why a thorough and objective investigation needed to be done. republicans said they view that hearing as an utter disaster, as did the white house. it's only a disaster if you view your job as protecting the president and not finding out the truth. it was the very next d

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the justice department saying rachel brand is leaving in a couple of weeks. in a statement sessions praises brand as a lawyers lawyer who has played a critical role, and who has shown great leadership. the department saying i've seen first-hand his commitment to the rule of law and keeping the american people safe. here's what the attorney general said at a justice department meeting last week. >> thank you all for being here, and thank you, rachel, for your kind words and more importantly for your strong leadership as our third in command of the department. those two, ron and rachel, are harvard graduates. they are experienced lawyers. they have 27 years in the department. rachel has had a number of years in the department previously. they both represent the kind of quality and leadership that we want in the department. >> back now with the panel. jeff, you know -- >> i know. >> how unusual is it for someone to leave this position after only nine months? >> super unusual and she's a superstar. i met her when she was involved with the supreme court. she was a

that would be the call of the justice department overseeing them. you have the possibility of whatever is found not being shared with the public. i think where the rubber meets the road here politically is with the house because the question has been from the start, would there be any restraint, any limits on the president's willingness to delegitimize these institutions that he views as a threat to him. early in the presidency i think there was more pushback from republicans in congress. you get noises from republican senators about firing bob mueller would be a catastrophic event. but on a day-to-day basis and with a decision like this to release the memo over the objections of so many at the fbi and the intelligence community, the house republican majority in particular is sending him a very different signal, that they will be there arm in arm no matter how far he goes. that puts him out on a limb for 2018. you've got to think this issue of whether they're willing to exert any restraight or oversight by each action most closer to center stage for

. >> reporter: the memo also alleges that the fbi and justice department did not inform the fisa court that former british intelligence agent christopher steele who compiled the dossier was funded by the democratic party. adam schiff said that it is, quote, not accurate that the secret court waunss unaware of steele's political motivations, he says that the court knew of a likely political motivation behind steele. >> what it ends up delivering is criticism of a single fisa application and its renewals that cherry picks information that doesn't tell the reader the whole of the application and as the doj and fbi have said deeply misleading. >> reporter: while the memo attempts to portray the fbi as relying on outside information to launch the russia investigation, it notes that a counter intelligence investigation was actually opened months before the page application based on a stream of intelligence separate from the dossi dossier. this includes information from the australian government can which learned that another trump campaign adviser, george papadopoulous, had been offered dama

but the other thing trump is trying to do is put pressure on the justice department. he has this idea that he pressures the justice department will quit or bend to his will. and to some extent, it is worked. we are to -- we are really lucky that jeff sessions had to recuse himself. and it wasn't a choice. he to recuse because he was involved in the campaign. because you do see sessions bending to trump's will and even today sessions who is recused from the investigation and shouldn't have anything to say about the memo because it relates to an underlying investigation he's recused from and putting out state giving credence to the memo and saying it he will refer it to the right people at the justice department, things he has no business saying when he should be standing up for the people in the department. what we've seen in the last week is -- i've been impressed by chris wray. the president wanted to do something unethical and hugely inappropriate releasing the memo but probleming the fbi and the justice to back down from the public and private objections and we've

it's a covetted job this slot at the justice department. especially among careerists in the government, especially among lawyers. why not stand in and take whatever comes? >> i think it's the time we're living in, brian. i've spoken to some people who say, of course, that that is a high profile position, but when you look at the pressure that the justice department is under, it's a toxic environment to work in right now and that job in particular is the most toxic. she's someone who is a conservative, but worked for george w. bush and president obama as well, and she does not want to be in this position where she would be forced to be in this political area. she would much rather stay in the legal area where she's able to make progress on things like civil rights and civil litigation. she's a lawyer's lawyer as jeff sessions described. she's not a politician. and that's what she might be forced to be if she was in a position she had to defend the justice department's actions in the mueller probe. >> i would guess some day she'd be a spectac

this memo released despite the objections of the fbi and the justice department. an outcry from democrats, the president is now sounding off in the white house, watch. >> i think it's a disgrace, what's going on in this country, i think it's a disgrace. the memo was sent to congress, congress will do whatever they're going to do but i think it's a disgrace, what's happening in our country. en

none of that investigated by the justice department. i'm telling you -- i told you yesterday when i saw you on the plane, i'm not one of these people that said this is going to shake the world, this is not going to turn things upside down. >> steve king told me last night it's worse than watergate. i said if you seen the supporting information? no. have you seen the fisa application that you guys say was done wrong? no. worse than watergate? >> i'm not saying that. i'm speaking for myself and. there are two many republicans that overstate the case. i'm not doing that. i take this very seriously. i was one of two republicans that voted against bill clinton's impeachment. i've stood with your brother against the entire republican leadership as far as getting aid for new yorkers. almost got me thrown out of the party. i take this very seriously. what i've seen over the last 18 months is wrong. >> congressman, i appreciate it. that's why i come to you in these situations, why i came to you yesterday for counsel on the situation. i, however,

did the justice department know about these things? there should be a screening for it so we have the best people in the white house. >> to an extent there is screening it is security clearance. and people don't have it yet. >> you know, erin, donald trump ran as a business man who would whip the white house into shape, whip the government into shape and i don't -- this is a sad story and i don't want to politicize this particular story, but it is part of a pattern. these people are there, on temp clearance, and fired and hired. and you have a white house that is in chaos. >> thank you very much. i appreciate your time. and thanks to all of you for joining us. have a great weekend. "ac 360" begins right now. >> more now on the news that broke just minutes ago. two competing memos. the republican version is out. president trump releasing over objections from the fbi and others. now, after several days considering the democratic rebuttal, the president decided not to make it public. jim acosta is standing by at the white house. >> report

she's making this change amid frustration at the justice department because of vacancies. a number of the divisions she oversees does not have heads. and more importantly she felt she could cast in the spotlight that rod rosenstein finds himself in now where she would have to oversee the mueller probe if she was fired. and we know the president has been openly critical of rod rosenstein and his job has been in question some time. >> i know you're the reporter on the story and not the defender of the number three at justice but maybe you have knowledge on this. why not stand in the batter's box? it's a covetted job this slot at the justice department. why not stand in and take whatever comes? >> i think it's the time we're living in, brian. i've spoken to some people who say, of course, that that is a high profile position, but when you look at the pressure that the justice department is under, it's a toxic environment to work in right now and that job in particular is the most toxic. she's someone who's a conservative, but worked for george w. bush and president obama as w

maria: but talk about the department of justice. the number three guy there, bruce ohr, his wife worked for fusion gps. did they all know his wife worked for fusion gps the firm that actually wrote what you called nonsense, the selacious dossier that was used for a warrant to spy on an american citizen? >> well, that's what our investigations going to reveal. i can tell you that i have looked at the underlying source documents which include more revelations regarding bruce ohr and his wife nellie and the connection with gps. there was a direct pipeline into the doj essentially from the democratic national committee and fusion gps that is troubling , more bad details are going to come out about that unfortunately who at the fbi was aware of that? we're still determining that. maria: and it feels like, jim kallstrom, we're pursuing an investigation of potential collusion between trump and russia something that doesn't exist and we're not investigat ing something that we know exists and that is this bias and this corruption at the top

certainly this hangs over the white house and, indeed, the justice department and the fbi. in fact, all of washington, what the president's plans are for the deputy attorney general. there is no white house briefing today. so at this point we are going into a weekend here with unusual confrontation between these separate agencies here and the white house. wolf? >> we'll see if rod rosenstein, deputy attorney general, stays or goes. you can clearly see on his face, the president, that deep irritation with the deputy attorney general when he was asked do you have confidence in him, he said you figure that one out. stand by. i want to go to capitol hill right now. democrats are reacting as well. democrat reese acting and saying this republican majority report is distorted. >> reporter: that's right. in fact, i just got off a conference call with adam schiff, ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee who laid out a number of concerns with some of the allegations in this memo. i'll tick through some of them. one of the big allegations in the republican memo is what th

and justice department republicans say it shows investigators have concluded with trump's political opponents but critics say the memo doesn't prove anything. i'm super bowl fever takes hold of minneapolis where the new england patriots and philadelphia eagles are from caring to do battle for american folk goals greatest prize. i'm going home for good to have you with us in is lee at least six people have been injured in a drive by shooting in the city of much outa a twenty eight year old man is now in custody all of the victims were foreign as heating authors used to suspect the attack may have been racially motivated. it was a bold attack in broad daylight police say a man they've identified as an italian national drove his car along this road and opened fire on passes by several wounded and at least one victim is listed as being in serious condition some of the injured was standing in front of this bakery the owner says she's shaken by the violence. a shot right through the window of my bakery i'm really not well something like this isn't easy for someone of my age i need to leave. police

justice department is independent of politics in the white house at least it has been until mr trump so i'm very worried about a constitutional crisis in which this country is badly divided by a man that isn't looking at the constitution in my opinion just by his own words as the supreme law of our country let me thank you always great talking with you because we on the again and again congratulations on the book thank you larry hope you have me back i love being on your show who all was lanny davis and the book is the unmaking of the president twenty sixteen how f.b.i. director james comey cost hillary clinton the presidency great read and thank you for joining me on this edition of politics remember you can join the conversation on my facebook page or tweet me at kings things and don't forget to use the politic he has tagged that's all for this edition of politicking. despite its title and history the soviet union i know has dominated international sport however little was known about the lives of those champions from the. thought of you know. when on the charts number this at thei

and justice department officials looking into the russian affair. investigators are accused of failing to disclose that their probe was partly based on research financed by hillary clinton's campaign republicans claim this shows an teach from bias that the f.b.i. they're calling for the memo to be released there may have been mail fees and at the f.b.i. by certain individuals so it is our job in conducting transparent oversight of the lead of the executive branch to get to the bottom of that sunshine is the best disinfectant and so what we want is all of this information to come out so that transparency can reign supreme and accountability can occur but the f.b.i. has warned against releasing the dancey in a rare public rebuke we have grave concerns about material emissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memos accuracy. for their part democrats claim the memo cherry picks highly classified information in an effort to discredit the sci's russia investigation led by robert mueller hasn't even read this is not about the facts this is about a nar