super patriot jim comey. this is important. we haven't even discussed the glaring omissions in the fisa applications. that's a t big deal, too. played on multiple occasions, comey's fbi withheld exculpatory evidence to information from the fisa court. the omitted carter page, who previously assisted u.s. government agent, our cia. in fact, an fbi attorney actually altered an email so that it stated the opposite about carter page, that page was not a source for the government agency when in fact he was. they omitted damning information as determined steele sub source, again, a poster and egoist. they omitted two exculpatory statements come up or george papadopoulos. he spent two weeks in jail.ad when he was being sailed to surveilled, saying outright, noi interference, they just got thae of the trump campaign, russia. one omission after another, one lie after another. why lie about the sub source to get trumped? why lie about the true status of carter page, apparently helped undercover risking his life to help the cia, was fully

if i were jim comey, jim comey, andrew mccabe clapper, brennan, strozk, page, i would be struck by the comments of durham, is very important not to overlook the damning findings inside of this inspector general fisa report. let me start with the very basis of fisa abuse, we told you for some time. it's true. nunes got it right, grassley, graham got it right. according to the report, that dossier "played a central an essential role in the fisa investigation in carter page." you will see, you don't have the dirty dossier, you didn't get the fisa application and the fisa warrant. the report is clear about that basically saying, no dirty dossier, no warrant. we long have reported that's being 29 so-called intelligence garbage. that was confirmed today as steele told the inspector general that this dossier was not a finished product. remember the interrogatory in great britain, i have no idea if any of it is true? based on one single source, a compromise of, an unreliable source with a massive ego apparently who likes to make things up. it was uncorroborated intelligence, all of it. we now

jim comey. it was december 2018, and after that deposition, he came out in front of a spray of reporters and asked a bunch of questions about fisa. fisa abuse is a bunch of nonsense. well, if you read the inspector general's report very clearly, as the attorney general just laid out, it wasn't just fisa abuse. it was systemic, repeated abuse, gross abuse, misrepresentations, false statements, refusing to provide exculpatory evidence to the fisa court. and that was under jim comey's watch. and he knew very clearly. >> sean: congressman, he signed it three times. he certified it was verified. if i, sean hannity -- what would happen to sean hannity? i think if i lied before fisa court, premeditated lies with unverifiable document, i don't know, maybe, i think,d probably likely, i would be charged. and put in jail. and even mark meadows couldn't get out, as great as he is. >> that is true, sean. you would not only have run into a problem with signing off on that, but you know, jim comey is tht there

how incredibly hard is it, jim comey? how many have been turned down in the past 15 year? you don't have the numbers do you? not many is the real answer. but that wasn't even the most damning part of the interview with that liar you just saw. at one point jim comey was asked if lying to fisa court to spy on american citizen might merit professional consequences. here is how he responded. >> if you were still there and all of this came out and it turned out it happened on your watch, would you resign? >> no, i don't think so. there were more mistakes more consequential than this in my tenure and the important thing is to be transparent about it. >> tucker: think about it.co there were worse mistakes than knowingly using partisan lies to spy on american citizen but jim comey won't tell you what they are because he believes in transparency. did you catch all that? that was all in one sentence, by the way. t sentence that contradicts itself. did anyone notice? nobody seemed to. we need new inspector general to find out what he is talking about. how worried should we be? can we

what my constituents are asking me, when will jim comey, hillary clinton, barack obama, joe and hunter biden, adam schiff to ever be held accountable for the hell that they drug this country over the past three years. my answer to them, today more definitively than ever is election day 2020 will be the day to hold all of these figures accountable in these people are begging and asking, when will jim comey and others who are involved from the russian collision hoax to the phone call with the president of ukraine, everything debunked along the way, when will they be legally held accountable, that's a question that's left many unsatisfied with at this point. >> honestly i don't know if it will be but to your point i like this because it empowers the american people and american voters, they can be held accountable at the ballot box. i want to get to the media bias that were seen right now, mainstream media and from your colleagues on the left, but also hollywood, robert de niro is not a friend of the president and he might actually -- i want you to see it and not in turn react to. >> some

report was in any way vindicating of jim comey, then the bible vindicated judas. because you saw -- [laughter] over and over again the work of jim comey criticized and the bias reflected. really, look, these aren't just small mistakes that were made, this is the alteration of evidence. this is committing a fraud before the court. if officers of the court behaved the way james comey did in your court, judge, you'd hold them in contempt -- >> yeah. they'd be on the bus to bell hallow. but one of the things that i don't think people understand is that horowitz's job was to get the facts. and not necessarily to draw a conclusion. and so this was no, there was -- nobody came out and said, yes, i hate donald trump. and he drew the conclusion that because strzok and page were just two people out of the whole group of them who admitted hating donald trump, that that couldn't possibly be the reason of all of them. it was kind of crazy, but that's finish. >> well, the inspector general's report is one piece of the puzzle. of course, the crescendo will come when we get the f

same jim comey who said the fbi didn't give a whiff -- it's the same jim comey who said he didn't leak or do weevil things in the very document he leaked. that's the jim comey we are talking about. about.march trey gowdy always good to see you. >> martha: admit they are -- president trump has a pretty good chance of winning. donna brazile on the new polls and whether that fear for her party is real. coming up next. ♪ if you have moderate to severe psoriasis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated with... ...an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. upper respiratory tract infection and headache may occur. tell your doctor about you

that was under jim comey's watch. he knew very clearly. >> sean: congressman, he signed it three times. he certified it was verified. if i, sean hannity, what would happen to sean hannity? >> i think if i lysed before fisa court premeditated lies with unverifiable document come i don't know, maybe, probably likely. i would be charged. and even mark meadows couldn't get in office as great as he is. >> that is true, sean. you would not only have run into a problem with signing off on that, but you know, jim comey is out there doing a victory dance. the only reason he's doing a victory dance is because he's not in jail. he may be celebrating the fact the ig community found him inept. >> sean: not yet. >> they did not find him a criminal yet. but as we start to look at this, they are bragging about all things. john ratcliffe is exactly right. bragging about all kinds of things that are in this report that shows another thing. adam schiff's memo, not only was he wrong not once, not twice, but three times, he deserves four

it was an indictment of jim comey's leadership at the fbi. the biggest takeaway out there, maria, what the inspector general's findings clearly delineate, even if you concede, and i don't, even if you concede there was a predicate to start this, there was no predicate to continue a counterintelligence investigation against the president of the united states. they had to do it by making those false representations to the fisa court. maria: yeah. we'll speak to devin nunez shortly of course. you referred to the nunes memo back in 2018, february of 18, where he wrote out all of the misconduct that took place by that cabal of people. then schiff came out with that correcting the record memo which we know now was wrong, just flat-out wrong. you mentioned some of the wrongdoing. one of them we know from the michael horowitz report was altering of a document by a fbi lawyer. tell me about that. where are you expect accountability, congressman? >> well, as the inspector general's findings outline, what are referred to as errors and omissions are fals

plus, why was jim comey uninvited from tomorrow morning's edition of "fox and friends." and what happened to his former boss, rudy giuliani? and today more republicans are pushing russian disinformation with a straight face, passing on conspiracy theories when they know the truth. why one evening. good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. this was day 1,054 of the trump administration. we have breaking news tonight about the news that is coming tomorrow morning. both politico and "the washington post" were first to report that committee chairs plan to announce the articles of impeachment during a press conference in the morning. politico reports democrats, quote, plan to unveil at least two articles of impeachment on tuesday, charging president donald trump with abuse of power and obstruction of congress. the judiciary committee plans to vote on the articles on thursday. nbc news has also confirmed these latest developments, and this comes after another marathon hearing on the hill in which democrats and republicans in the house judiciary c

it showed one thing that is perfectly clear under the corrupt leadership of jim comey, that guy. a small group of high-ranking powerful officials, and as the ex-inspector general also confirmed, they did it at the height of the election. and then beyond. they literally wrecked the reputation of one private citizen, outright lied on for separate warrant applications and the omitted exculpatory evidence. the even doctored team material to say something just the opposite of what it meant. nothing was verified. 17 significant failures in accuracy and omission. this is beyond really bad but don't take my word for it. let's listen to what the inspector general horowitz had to say earlier today. >> how would you describe the behavior here of knowing that the sub sub saurus disavowed the dossier and that was a primary reason you got a warrant? finding that a lawyer doctored an email to keep the investigation going in a way unfair to mr. page. this is not routine. do you agree with that? >> it is not -- it certainly better not be routine and i don't know any reason to think it is routine.

it's been reported he wanted to investigate hillary clinton and jim comey. his allies in congress sought to impeach rosenstein for not pursuing those. what keeps you up at night when you see a president and attorney general so disdainful? checks and balances, self-police, it's one of the pillars that hold up a democracy. what do you think personally when you know mccabe and what he's been through, jim comey was here, all the people who have been smeared by donald trump in terms of their motives for investigating the campaign and the ties to russia cleared yesterday by the ig, exonerated from the smears, the accusations of treatson. >> it's troubling we have a president who targets people for an investigation. it's troubling once people are exonerated after a thorough investigation, the conclusions are not accepted and instead you have a second backup duplicate investigation that's designed to come to a different conclusion. you mentioned before the statement that seeps like it was coerced from mr. durham. first it's weird for a prosecutor to comment on an on

former director jim comey think about that for a minute. given what we know, mueller ought to be groveling for forgiveness -- he ought to be relocating to paraguay in sh. in fact, he's more self-righteous than ever. jim comey is a good person -- unfortunately, you are not. approved by a federal judge, comey tells us. amidst the fact that the fbi lied to the judge. the fbi did not insert spies in the trump campaign, no, they just use spies to monitor the trump staff. jim comey does not think you have google or doesn't care you have google. doesn't care what you know, they could issue a hundred ig reports, all of them exposing jim comey the sinister fraud and he knows and of it matters because he knows he will never be punished. that's part of what we learned today. what else did we learn? we are always happy to be joined by federalist sr. editor mollie hemingway. as someone who followed this from day one from orchard takeaway? >> there is no question the ig found rampant abuse of the fisa process, the fbi engaging in bad behavior as it sough

former director jim comey think about that for a minute. given what we know, comey ought to be groveling for forgiveness -- he ought to be relocating to paraguay in shame. in fact, he's morere self-righteous than ever. jim comey is a good person -- unfortunately, you are not. approved by a federal judge, comey tells us. he omits the fact that the fbi lied to the judge. the fbi did not insert spies in the trump campaign, no just to monitor the campaign staff. and so on. we'll never know the difference. jim comey doesn't think you have google apparently, or more d likely he doesn't care. they can issue a hundred ig reports. every one of them exposing jim comey as the sinister fraud he has and he knows none of it matters because he knows he will never be punished. that's part of what we learn today. what else do we learn? we are always happy to be joined by federalist senior editor mollie hemingway. as someone who followed this from day one, what's your takeaway? >> this is a report that is looking if there was abuse in the fisa process and th

once again i think it shows, jim comey's lack of judgment. and we don't know the extent of this, but what we do know is this was his shot. these were people operating, and that tone including the moral turn starts at the top and seeps down. so this i think is just a terrible blight again on the service of jim comey. one final thing i wanted to get in about the fisa court, we need to remember how the fisa court came to be, and it was part of the reaction of the congress bipartisan only and we've now had the many years, and i actually as the attorney general have approved pfizer applications it's a very difficult process. how do you do it, and you ask questions and you i guess except representations. my data, of the key fbi agent and the senior lawyer at the justice department. it's a very tough process. i wouldn't go quite so far, and we do need to take a careful look at this entire apparatus because the judges, the 11 judges of this a very important court are operating at a terrible handicap. plus the handicap, there's no lawyer or voice on t

what is l jim comey and his colleagues doing. we have andrew mccabe for a criminal rereferral on him. s he's saying this is all lies. >> my first thought on reading the tweet that jim comey put out is that he didn't actually read the report. if he did read the report, it's dishonest and engaging in this spin of trying to put on a strong face, a strong posture to be on offense but he is not acknowledging, he's not accounting for all of the mistakes that were made under crossfire hurricane and he's the fbi director. so where the taught is tha -- tt the buck should stop at the top, he's advocating for zero accountability as if no mistakes were made at all and it's a reaffirmation that president trump made the right decision in getting rid of james comey because to have the inspector general report come out and for someone like jim comey and andrew mccabe to say there's nothing to see here, no mistakes were made, it shows they didn't belong in the position this were in. maria: let me get your take on what were the most damning parts

a lot of that interview was jim comey setting up stroman. he also said, you know, we were accused of all of these terrible things, and see, we were exonerated. if you go back to when republicans asked the ig to do the investigation, he stood accused of abusing and manipulating the fisa court, which is exactly what the ig found him guilty of. and it is a little bit difficult to really credit jim comey's claim that he knew nothing and was just distanced from all of this, but -- >> dana: especially when you're talking about a presidential campaign. i think, that you cannot to be as a leader of an organization, you cannot be divorced from decisions like that. >> and as chris wallace pointed out, this came on the immediate heels of the shellac he over the handling of the hillary clinton investigation. so the idea that you are going to take one that is even more politically sensitive and then not be involved at all, it is just very hard to believe. >> dana: lesson taught something that we just heard. this is from senator schumer, and just in this

report will show we have lots of evidence against director comey, jim comey. somebody who has now -- who has had several i.g. reports call into question his credibility and competence leading back to 2016 and 17. >> bill: we shall see next monday. thank you for your time today from the white house. >> i'm not a woman who feels sorry for myself. i hope my three daughters are

comey take away, no later than january of 2017, jim comey's fbi those with absolute certainty that christopher steele's dossier sources are bogus because they talk to the sub sources who tell him this information is garbage. it's beer talk. comey's fbi authorizes the spying on an innocent american citizen three more times. not only that, the seven misstatements in the initial fisa? they add in those lies and they add to ten more allies in three renewals! >> sean: i'm hoping at this point, we have a real criminal investigation with serious people. that would be barn door. when we come back, you will not believe what's happening on capitol hill right now next. woman: my reputation was trashed online. i felt completely helpless. my entire career and business were in jeopardy. i called reputation defender. vo: take control of your online reputation. get your free reputation report card at reputationdefender.com. find out your online reputation today and let the experts help you repair it. woman: they were able to restore my good name. vo: visit reputationdefender.com or call 1-877-866-8555. >> sea

i think that jim comey is to be congratulated for saying he was wrong because we don't often hear that from people at the top of the american government. >> jesse: you should say that sometimes too, you should apologize to the president for saying he was a colooter and the dossier was not a big deal. >> juan: those are facts. he admitted that he was wrong and i think the second thing is, process mistakes got made. >> jesse: process mistakes. >> juan: but they were not made because of donald trump or because of that, there was none according to the inspection. i may finish my point. so you have no bias here which was the selling point coming the inspector general report going to prove bias or no bias. nothing that was said by jim comey yesterday or the inspector general indicates there was any political bias and starting this investigation or pursuing it to the contrary, they were real convictions on three of the four people who were monitored. >> greg: they were 17 errors. you are not supposed to know what people believe things have to see 17 errors in what direction? >> juan: you know

comey, sally -- sally-- sally eight gates -- claiming they were at such a low level, he never got to them and they were unaware how bungled this investigation was and i think that goes back to what i was saying, the processes were so bad, i don't think a lot of went errors and omissions to the upper levels. host: if you want to read his story, you can find it, his analysis of the report released yesterday and the fi >> house democrats move ahead with articles of impeachment against president trump, charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of congress. read the text of the articles of impeachment on our website c-span.org/impeachment. today members of the judiciary committee will meet to write the final language. watch c-span2 for the votes to move the impeachment proceeding to the house floor. follow the impeachment process live on c-span2, online on c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> democrats in the house announced articles of impeachment against president trump, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. it is related to the military assistance to

comey for quite some time, and hearing jim comey basically say he takes responsibility for some of the things that were shown in the report with regards to the fisa application. how does that play into the president's narrative that he says everyone is out to get me, there is a deep state out to get me, the fbi is not a reliable organization? >> yeah, you hit the exact right point. the report has a little something for everybody here. i imagine the president will conveniently ignore the part about no political bias. but, you know, this is a serious issue. fisa is a powerful tool that we give to law enforcement that has serious implications on our civil liberties and people are right to question it. now, the president, of course, will latch onto this because this is fundamental to his message. his message is that he is the victim, that there is an establishment force that is out to get him and by extension, they are out to get you, the voter. it's a powerful message and it rallies so many people to him, that he stands against those institutions that have failed for people, in their eyes

we'll be hearing from jim comey later as part of our coverage. we'll dip back into the hearing underway. >> the record is some what spotty with rudy giuliani. i know new york times reported in may, ambassador volker gave a detailed account of his meeting in july 18th. >> let's take a look if we can put it up july 18th of "the new york times" you are referring to. the article says and i will read it. mr. rudy giuliani and dated may 9th, 2019 before the call, mr. rudy giuliani said he plans to travel to kiev, in the coming days and wants to meet with the nation'sth president elect urge him to pursue in queries and it continues, allies of the white house can yield information about two matters of intense interests of mr. trump. one is the origin of the special counsel investigation, goes onto describing it. the other is the involvement of former joe biden's son. that was in "the new york times" article. >> we are talking about the breakfast of volker? >> notkf yet. >> if we can continue the rest of the article to the next slide, slide 17. this the s

comey take away, no later than january of 2017, jim comey's fbi those with absolute certainty that christopher steele's dossier sources are bogus because they talk to the sub sources who tell him this information is garbage. it's beer talk. comey's fbi authorizes the spying on an innocent american citizen three more times. not only that, the seven misstatements in the initial fisa? they add in those lies and they add to ten more allies in three renewals! knowing it is all bogus. >> sean: i'm hoping at this point, we have a real criminal investigation with serious people. that would be barn door. when we come back, you will not believe what's happening on capitol hill right now next. when we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks and everything was up and running. i was printing out labels and saving money. shipstation saves us so much time. it makes it really easy and seamless. pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and it's ready to go. our costs for shipping were cut in half. just

comey, sally -- sally-- sally eight gates -- claiming they were at such a low level, he never got to them and they were unaware how bungled this investigation was and i think that goes back to what i was saying, the processes were so bad, i don't think a lot of went errors and omissions to the upper levels. host: if you want to read his story, you can find it, his analysis of the report released yesterday and the fi >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. wednesday morning, we talked about the justice department inspector general's report on the fbi with jerry dunlevy. discussion about the articles of impeachment introduced by house democrats with kimberly whaley. alabama republican congressman mo brooks will be on to talk u.s. policy in afghanistan. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >> live wednesday on the c-span network, the house returns at 10:00 eastern for work on prescription drug pricing and legislation dealing with agriculture workers. that's on c-span

jim comey is on fox this morning, and he said, "carter was treated unfairly." does the u.s. government owe carter page an apology? >> well, i can certainly tell you based on what we saw, they do. and here's the bottom line: many of us have been looking at this secret fisa court for years saying this isn't first and won't be the last time the f.b.i. misrepresents evidence before this court and proceeds. we have tried to reform the proceedings. senator lee, a republican, senator leahy, a democrat, myself, and others have been pushing for fisa reform. we couldn't get the republicans to join us in that effort. maybe now they will. this should be a bipartisan effort to clean up the fisa court. what happened in this situation was inexcusable. but remember what the inspector general said is the bottom line: opening this investigation was warranted and not political. >> brennan: he also said there were 17 significant errors that he uncovered. >> no question about it. >> brennan: i'm wondering if you have confidence in the current director, chris ray, to be able to fix some of these

and on the heels of that report, former fbi director jim comey is claiming exoneration saying that the truth is finally out. >>> good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, december 10th, i'm yasmin vossoughian, amin had an important family matter that kept him from making his flight back in time but he is on a red eye, as we speak. and will be back in the anchor chair tomorrow. we begin after weeks of hearings and countless hours of witness testimony, today democrats are expected to announce articles of impeachment against president trump. five sources familiar with the discussions telling nbc news democrats will bring two articles against the president, abuse of power, and obstruction of congress. speaker nancy pelosi's office announced last week that leaders of the house committees involved in the impeachment probe will hold a news conference at 9:00 a.m., this morning, to announce the next steps in the inquiry. two people familiar with the matter are telling the "washington post" that under the current plan, the judiciary committee will vote on the articles on thursday setting up a flo

comey, sally gates and people like that, but inspector general report cleared them of any wrongdoing saying that these mistakes were at such a low level that and never got to them. they were completely unaware of this investigation was. i think that goes back to what i was saying about the process was so bad i think a lot of these errors and omissions went up to the higher levels. >> if you want to read his story go to the washington times website and you can get it there, his analysis of the ig report released yesterday and the findings from it. thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you. >> c-span hitting camp 2020 competition is in full swing. all across the country fiddle and high school students hard at work creating short documentaries on the issues they most like on the 2020 candidates on their campaigns. i would love to see your progress, tickets behind the scene and share your photos using the # student camp 2024 and a chance to win additional cash prizes. still working on it idea where resources on a website to help out at studentcam.org as information to guide you

what did jim comey sign off on 3 of these fisa warrant requests. lisa page and peter stzrok, prosecute the lawyer. case agent number one, who is it, prosecute them. >> as i dug through i was surprised to see there was so much because the initial headline you see is this is nothing but a president - james comey and andrew mccabe did not know what was happening but it is clear no one in the fbi was not updating evidence to be exculpatory, these fisa applications continue to be renewed and reviewed, decision-makers say it did trickle up. >> they took an inch and got by with it and took a mile basically. is what happened. that is why they have those inaccuracies and got by with it so then it was like a double down, double down, double down and this is why the all thing got away from them but it is astounding to me they thought they could get by with us and were not going to be called into account and no one was going to be prosecuted. shannon: this is what james comey had to say in reaction. >> the horwitz report is not only moving the goal posts but t

the last time he met with lavrov was the day after he fired jim co comey. after everything you know do you believe there is something truly off about trump and russia? >> there's no question there's something deeply odd about the way this president interacts with russia. we have never seen anything like this before. you go back to the helsinki meeting and all of the claims that you just made denying the -- or at least downplaying the effect of russian meddling in the last election. that is behavior we've never seen from a president. russia is our most significant enemy on the world stage and you have to be on your game with each one of your interactions and i don't think we've ever seen a photograph out of the oval office along the lines like the one we've seen today with lavrov almost standing behind the president, behind the resolute desk and it's remarkable and maybe like the one lavrov took in the oval office which was taken by his own photographer because we didn't have one there. >> here they are and that was the meeting last time. >> stay with me ple

why did jim comey sign off on three of these warrant requests? lisa page, why are there being called to account? prosecute the lawyer. case agent number one. who is it? prosecute that person. >> shannon: as i dug through i was surprised to see there was so much because the initial headline you see is, anything the president or his supporters have suggested -- maybe it's true james comey and andrew mccabe, they did not know the minutia of what was happening. it's clear people were not updating evidence that could be potentially exculpatory. these applications continue to be reviewed and renewed based on faulty information. the decision-makers may not have known that. >> they took an inch and got by with it. then i took the mile basically. that's what happened. that is why they have those inaccuracies and they got by with it. it was like a double down, a double down, a double down. this is why i think the whole thing got away from them. it's astounding to me. they thought they could get by with this and that they were not going to be called to acco

. >> it is striking because jim comey would say we had other evidence by this point so it wasn't just based on the carter page warrant. why were you misleading the foreign intelligence? that is a very legitimate beef that law enforcement officials facting not john q. public out there but a presidential campaign, now a president-elect of the united states didn't say we have a problem here. >> this is a very bad fact set that's laid out here. the problem with this i.g.'s report is it doesn't neatly acquit anybody's version of the events. it also does not suggest the jim comey version of events that we were headed in this direction anyway and so who cares. the fisa courts have been shrouded in secrecy since they came about. they are not accountable to anybody. this is a reason why you have heard people make complaints like that and usually they fall on deaf ears because the national security import has outweighed it. >> if by then you knew donald trump jr. brought russians into the trump tower, papadopoulos was under scrutiny, contacts with wikileaks. if you had a whole lot of other stuf

comey. we know he lied to the fisa court, we know they lied multiple times to the fisa court to get warrants against carter page. i think at that level, with everything being classified and with their arrogance at the same time, i think they think they can just get away with it. the truth isn't going to come out in the end. it looks like it will come out.s the one i want them because i love the country and i want to believe in our justice system. you see roger stone in effect facing life in prison. you see the whistle-blower venerated as a christ figure. you are a legitimate whistle-blower and you goif to jail. you got to wonder is this on thg level? >> i was talking this with my children the other day and they ask essentially the same question for they say, when i was growing up, i always assumed adults were smarter than kids and adults were fair because there were adults, we all come to realize it. that's simply not true. people have political axes to grind. sometimes karma is a real thing

up next, jim comey offered kind of a lame apology. not a big shot over the ig report but is it too little, too late? victor davis hanson and former fbi director chris swecker tell us next. they >> i have total confidence the fisa process was followed and the entire case was handled in a thoughtful, responsible way by the doj and fbi. i think the notion fisa is abused is nonsense. >> laura: don't you love those old sound bites? they were so much fun. almost a year ago, actually over a year ago.on that was comey dismissing concerns fbi was abusing power to spy on the trump campaign.ve now, he persisted withss this le even after the ig report came outt last week. writing in "the washington post," the allocation of criminal conspiracy was nonsense. there was no spying on the trump campaign. the truth is finally out. six days later, comey changing his tune. >>th i was wrong. i was overconfident in the procedures that the fbi and justice built over 20 years. i thought they were robust enough. it is incredibly hard to get a fisa. i was overc

>> jim comey told chris wallace he did not read the applications that he signed. if -- it is goes to a courts over signature of director of fbi, and court assumes he signed it he mist have read it, interrogated lawyers and fbi and agents, and those who prepared it. nobody double checked anyone else, the true target, was the guy run for president of the u.s. u.s.u.s., if they can be ty with something that high profile, you can imagine how sloppy they are. david: judge andrew napolitano thank you so much. >> thank you. >> before we head to break, what is coming up on "evening edit" with elizabeth macdonald. >> senator elizabeth warren appearing to backtrack, from her all in government takeover plan to take over health care. she is not talking about that a quote often choice, this after she lost half her national support, we have a disturbing new scandal, doing potentially significant damage to bloomberg's campaign, disparaging jokes about women. and more of what have you been debating, fisa court slamming james comey and fbi team under him, ordering fbi to come up w

former fbi director jim comey saying he was wrong after damming testimony from the justice department inspector general michael harowitz. he did not find evidence of political bias driving the investigation into donald trump's campaign, but he said no one in the fbi including jim comey, was vindicated in his report. >> 17 errors and you say it was handled in a thoughtful and opponent way. >> he is right, i was wrong. i was over confident in the procedures built over 20 years. procedures built over 20 years [ applause ] thank you. it's an honor to tell you that liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. i love you! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ cologuard: colon cancer and older at average risk. i've heard a lot of excuses to avoid screening for colon cancer. i'm not worried. it doesn't run in my family. i can do it next year. no rush. cologuard is the noninvasive option that finds 92% of colon cancers. you just get the kit in the mail, go to the bathroom, collect your sample, then ship it to the lab. there's

up next jim comey offered kind of a lame apology. not a big shot over the ig report but is it too little, too late? victor davis hanson, and they tell us next. [ indistinct chatter ] [ electrical buzzing ] [ dramatic music playing ] [ squeaking ] [ screaming ] elliott? [ gasps ] elliott. you came back! my son. my, my family. lot's changed since you were here. it's called the internet. whoa! -whoa! holiday movies. ♪ i'm dreaming of a white christmas ♪ ♪ family. home. woo! [ gasps ] woo-hoo! woo! i'll be right here. ♪ ♪ >> i have total confidence the fisa process was followed and the entire case was handled in a thoughtful, responsible way by the doj and fbi. i think the notion fisa is abused is nonsense. >> laura: don't you love those old sound bites? they were so much fun. almost a year ago, actually over a year ago. that was comey dismissing concerns fbi was abusing power to spy on the trump campaign. now, he persisted with this lie even after the ig report came out last week. writing in "the washington post," the allocati

jim comey, how was he ever fbi director from day one? >> day one, that was a critical, critical, wish we could do it over moment. >> he signed the fisa. he was responsible. he was the director of the fbi. he knew very well what was going on. he was in close communication with andrew mccabe. we know andrew mccabe had meetings with lisa page as well as peter strzok. they wanted to stop the president. they wanted to coup the president of the united states. this is what they wanted, and this is what they did. laura, this was not their first rodeo, and the fisa court knows that. they knew they had applications in there fudged by the fbi. this was supposed to be there top brass. this was supposed to be there top brass. so how can comey or wray chris wray say nobody made a mistake when premier agents made more than 17 errors? >> laura: how does christopher wray say? -- stay as head of the fbi? he'd like to stockpile on the fbi. >> it might be unfair to christopher wray and others butd i think the american people would like to see a wholesale ch

that is why you see john durham looking back at the efforts and the efforts of people like jim comey and john brennan to look and see if this started before the official's cross fire hurricane date of july 31st. i have seen classified documents that show that it did. >> jason: your service on and off the judiciary committee and intel committee is really insightful. i appreciate it. congressman mcclintock come i wish i could go back to you as well but i have to wish you both a merry christmas. thank you again for joining us tonight. again, thanks to both of you. tonight, even democrats are starting to realize impeachment is not only bad for the country, but also a political nightmare. the infighting has officially begun. and in the last nights debate, andrew yang called out his own party. watch this. >> the media did not do his favorite by the recent donald trump became the president and the first place. if you turn on cable networks, news today, you would think he is the president because of some combination of russia, racism, facebook, hillary clinton and emails all mixed together.