that didn't work in the 30s and it won't work now. lou: breaking tonight, the swamp may not be yet drained, but it's clear for the first time in a long time who has not only the mandate but the power to get that swamp drained. president trump has a lot more friends and allies than ever before. he has more than the left, the gop establishment and the deep state combined. none of this that happened the last few days wasn't thought possible a few days ago, but possible it is and winning he

does timely, and finally we have tax reform heading to conference and soon to be law. some of the allies are fighting back against a special counsel witch hunt. the house intelligence chairman devin nunes has directed his staff to prepare a contempt of congress resolution against deputy attorney general rod rosenstein a and fbi director christopher wray for allegedly hiding a top agent's top political bias against president trump. we'll have the full report for you here tonight. also a major legal victory for the president. the supreme court now allowing the president's travel ban to go into full effect while legal challenges proceed in lower courts. and a show of strength in north korea. the united states and south korea launching the largest ever

air force drills. our top story, more trouble for the special counsel robert mueller, a man who is in significant trouble for his conflicts of interest and his actions as special counsel reveal a pro-clinton, anti-trump attitude so strong that it influenced the hiring of prosecutors and influenced the investigative assignment of top fbi officials. we know the special counsel removed peter strop from the mueller team. we know yes was removed and we have a clear picture of his previous assignments and why mueller did everything he could to avoid the reasons for

strock's removal. he led the investigation of hillary clinton's email server. he took part in the drafting of comey's statement on clinton's email case. james rosen as our report. reporter: as a form deputy director for the fbi peter strzok participated in mrs. clinton's lone interview with the fbi in july 2016. and he reportedly helped persuade james comey to forego prosecution of mrs. clinton.

and which the fbi may have used to launch an intelligence probe on a cam opinion trump advisor. then he became a top figure in the probe of russian collusion led by robert mueller until july of this year when mueller learned strzok sent an email to a colleague critical of trump. >> there were pro hillary people at the heart of the investigation. >> this was one of the lead agents on the hillary clinton email investigation. if trite's disturbing and possibly could call for a reopening of that investigation. reporter: the fbi inspector general is reviewing strzok's role in the matter. a source close to the investigation said it should be

completed next year. house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes has been seeking to interview him for two months. d.o.j. emailed to counsel to house speaker paul ryan saying strzok would be available after all. he participated in the questioning of michael flynn on january 24 that led to his guilty plea. and it was peter strzok who changed comey be language from grossly negligent to extremely careless, a phrase with no legal implication. lou: joining us now to assess these latest revelations, george washington university law

professor, jonathan turley, one of the nation's leading experts on constitutional law. we have a large menu from which to draw. these latest developments, we are finds that strzok was involved in nearly every facet of the fbi investigations and that of robert mueller's special counsel. this is an extraordinarily active fellow with an anti-trump bias that apparently was being played out at the top of the f.b.i. as well as the special counsel. >> one of the things the justice department looks at when someone has a problematic or tainted history is how to control the damage. how far did this person go? this individual seems to have been everywhere at every time throughout the investigation. so the idea of controlling the

damage, it could be difficult. the other thing is at this point i said for some time that regardless upon he which side you are on, the russian investigation, the clinton investigation, the public as a whole has very little respect for the prospect. when you reach that point. it's a time to have all of these investigations go forward and be as transparent as possible. it supports those who want answers on why changes were made. the thing that catches my eye the most of is this idea that he was a key player in changing that language. the extreme carelessness when it was first uttered by comey, moment us reacted immediately and said what's that? that's not a legal standard. it seemed to come out of the

head of zeus. if it came out of this guy's head and nobody else was supporting it, that's a matter of concern. it didn't make a lot of experience at the time. lou: rhetorical equivalency was used by fbi director james comey to avoid gross negligence, but they mean precisely the same thing, do they not? >> they really do. the problem with the cling on investigation is obviously there was gross negligence answer false statements that were made. at the time i wrote columns saying i was surprised at the agreements the clinton people were able to forge. the clinton team refused to speak. hillary clinton refused to speak with the state department that was investigating whether security had been breached. that alone was astonishing. then to find out that the

department of justice cut these immunity deals and had agreement to the get rid of certain evidence like laptops, i thought was quite breathtaking. i have been a criminal defense attorney for some time, and those seemed to be to be rather odd for the justice department investigating a major case. lou: i have literally talked to not a single attorney who can find a single example in which key witnesses and possibly subjects of an investigation have been granted immunity wholesale to this extreme on the part of the clinton staffers and top officials of the campaign. it stands alone. >> i thought that was a legitimate issue of that hasn't been fully answered. i thought it was particularly odd to read accounts that some of the clinton people said they weren't going to turn torch

computers until they had certain assurances. that was government material. they didn't have to strike a deal in wasn't a judge in the country that wouldn't have ordered them to be turned over. it doesn't mean it would have resulted in prosecution, but these are legitimate concerns. lou: the destruction of devices. the list goes on. when we look to strzok. his involvement in such a product range of issues that involve hillary clinton and every one of them was decided in favor of clinton and against what i think it's fair to say obvious crimes that were committed, whether it be putting a server and conducting state business on it with classified information. it was as if they introduced concepts of intent and the idea material was not compromised

when we had full straightforward statements that we expect there were come prove miced classified documents as a result of her placing that private email server in her home. and with this -- with such a range of charges against strzok and the the charges against james comey, the fired fbi director. do you think we'll see the hillary clinton seem case and as well the clinton foundation case reopened? >> i'm not too sure. i think the department of justice is going to allow the inspector general to finish his investigation. he has a great ability to dig on something like this. and my understanding is it i.g. is communicating with leadership in the house about that investigation. i have a feeling they will let

that run to its conclusion. but i do think there will be a lot of people who want some answers. we talked about regular order. there was nothing regular about how the clinton investigation was handled. that dponts mean there were crimes. but the public does have a legitimate interest in learning exactly what happened at this point. because it's too much, i think, concern among citizens that their government is a series of partisan spirs on both sides. -- partisan conspiracies on both sides. lou: john northern, i believe there are so many questions now the about the lack of ethics, the lack of ethical concerns about obvious conflicts of interest and assignments that were so critical for the republican, if you will, i don't believe the american people

would ever have faith in this justice department other fbi if these investigations are not reopened and a decided, determined and transparent premove all conflicts of interest at the very least is assured as they go forward. >> that's clearly a valid point. there are lingering questions, and i think it's damaging to everyone to have them go unanswered. lou: we are coming back, there is much, much more on this story and many more in the swamp. stay with us, we'll be right back. president trump strongly criticizing the fbi for unfair treatment of former national security advisor michael flynn. >> i will say this, hillary clinton lied many times to the fbi and nothing happened to her. flynn lied and they destroyed his life. i think it's a shame.

lou: we take up mueller's witch hunt against the president with john bolton. barack obama has attacked president trump for withdrawing from the climate change treaty.

lou: a big win for president trump. the supreme court ruled the trump administration can fully implement its travel ban even as challenges continue. lower courts ordered exceptions for people with bona fide connections to the united states, including family ties. the supreme court is expected to take up the case by june. former president because arrogance and compulsion to undermine president trump in full display this weekend as he continuing to be what appears to be a global shadow tour. sneak paris he railed against what he called a temporary lack of american leadership. can you imagine the arrogance? he said because the trump

administration comoas to withdraw from the job killing pair tries climate trade agreement. i cannot believe this guy. he's emulate we did in may, following president trump around, apologizing and attacking the president. >> he doesn't know what to do with himself since he's no longer president. he's engaged in what appears the mueller investigation wants to go after the trump administration on, a violation of the famous logan act. conducting his own foreign policy overseas. this is a demonstration of the hypocrisy we are facing in washington. lou: this is beyond ignorance and opposition and resistance. this is outright subversion. there has never been a president

who has done this to his predecessor in american history. >> i think it's the complete unwillingness of the opposition to admit they lost the election. lou: who gives a damn what they acknowledge it's the reality. if they refuse to recognize reality, let them get medication or treatment. but let's move the economy ahead. >> they are trying to prove the trump administration is illegitimate. lou: lee an english from the wal street -- > someone recalls the

famous scene in the debate where chris wallace asked both candidates, if you lose will you accept the results? lou: did hillary lie? >> william sapphire * 20 years ago called hillary a congenital liar. lou: i think it was a persuasive case. but this should not be a surprise to anyone. yet the national media moved to a different place. the national media has become left wing and it's broadcasting only to those who support one point of view, and that's the leftist view. clintons, though they play a major role tonight are any other part of the left. >> dianne feinstein gave away the store yesterday, not that it

wasn't obvious they are seek an obstruction of justice conspiracy here. lou: that's a ridiculous charge. it's because they exhausted the i wilii will -- the illegitimacy charge. >> it's dangerous for this reason. they created a category of crimes that only exist because of the investigation, lying to the fbi, perjury. obstruction or alteration of documents or other evidence. they could indict people for those crimes if they were investigating their christmas card list. lou: if speaker ryan and mitch mcconnell the majority leader if they had guts and integrity, they would be moving forward to move this special counsel out of the tinted jeff sessions, a

disastrous choice for attorney general. but enough said, it's done, let's move forward. this is an affront against law and order being carried out by the left. it needs to stop. >> i have been fighting the very concept of the special counsel for 30 years. this is not a constitutional exercise. lou: what we are learning about peter strzok who was the minion of james comey, the fbi director, involved in every major clinton scandal deciding in scene anti-trumper of the highest order, coloring all of the conclusions of investigation. no wonder nothing ever goes anywhere. >> it's why people are losing faith in the government, particularly the fbi. lou: who would have faith in the

justice department or fbi. >> that's why president trump should have fired james comey on january 20. lou: it took great courage for him to do it when he did it because every may of in the d bn said there will be such political backlash, you can't do it. but this president is here because he did the right thing. >> they have to take this mueller investigation seriously. lou: get the hell out of it. >> it's the way the opposition does the ground work for the impeachment charge coming if we lose control of the house. lou: you are going to throw an impeachment charge in this and we are supposed to take it seriously? lou: at what point do the

majority leaders take responsibility for this government and side with this president on every damn issue. unity works. we have just seen it. >> i think the tax cuts can be a galvanizing unit. lou: i'm talking about keeping the republic going. >> that requires keeping the republican majority in the house and senate. if nancy pelosi is speaker next year they will impeach trump. lou: we have a threat against the republic, against the legitimate president of the united states and you are talking about after the mid-terms. i'm saying to you this majority leader, this speaker, this president have to align themselves and be unified and move this government forward and

roll over the nonsense that's robert mueller with all of his conflicts of interest, and peter strzok. >> it's a disaster. has been gentleman min franklin said at constitutional convention, gentlemen, we must all hang together or we'll hang separately. lou: forget about hang, just clean up the damn mess. lou: ambassador john bolton, thanks. good the see you. up next, robert mueller's partisan witch hunt. we know why he's doing it. it's been exposed and a former key member of his team exposed as an anti-trump zealot.

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lou: a few thoughts on the special counsel and the lead investigator who appears to have been an anti-trumper. robert mueller and peter strzok thought they were under no come:punks to be -- compunction to be honest and decent. congress is making it clear they will have to answer. the devout anti-trumper was chosen to lead the email investigation in 2016. strzok was asked to work on

comey's draft statement, the purpose of which was to exonerate clinton. rock is responsible as well for changing the language from grossly negligent. had that expression been used there would have been no choice but to prosecute. instead he came up with the words "extremely careless." strzok was assigned to obstruct russian efforts in the dnc hack. rock agreed with the dny that they would take somebody's word that the rugs were involved in their servers at the dnc. strzok become one of a dozen officials who actually received

the trump dossier. then strzok was assigned to oversee interviews of general michael flynn. are you starting to see a massive contamination of the entire process? the inspector general's office is investigating strzok's role in sensitive cases. in fact 9 of the 17 attorneys who served on the mueller team special counsel contribute to democrats, more than half of those, and five of those donated individually to hillary clinton. all of which means a call for the firing of robert mueller no longer satisfies any call for accountability. rock and mueller and comey in my judgment should be the subject of criminal investigation and be held accountable for crimes

against a sitting president and the voters who selected him. this quote from martin luther king, jr. says he who passively accepts evil is just as guilty as he who participates in it. and he who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. president trump passes the final -- >> we have a final step to go and i predict we'll be very successful. lou: republican lawmakers go to work to reconcile the house version and senate version. this paddle boarder has a

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lou: joining me now, ed rollins, great to see you. let's start with all of the conflicts that are now obvious in the mueller special counsel and the fbi, in the so-called investigations of the people

scandal, you name it. anything attached to the name clinton. ed: one of the most of important agencies did not do a transition when trump won. the agency has been stacked by significant lawyers that are democrat inclined. they had 8 years of obama's team in there and they have done everything they can to help her get elected. lou lou: it's clear peter strzok, a top fbi official, he was contaminating the entire proceedings. ed: the texts going back and forth to an agent who is also an agent and they are both married. lou: because i'm in a generous mood, i thought i would leave out the part that i thought

would probably day the same. ed: the bad behavior had an impact on his most of intimate thoughts. he was very anti-trump and pro hillary. that's why they dropped and fumbled that investigation. lou: why isn't the president ordering his private attorneys to launch every legal action possible against mule per and against whomever supports mueller and rock and the fbi. this is out of control. this is an attempt to take over the united states government. it's absurd. then you have got one of his attorneys talking about, well, he authored this, he authored that. i don't want to hear from him. i want to see this man do something. i want a team of lawyers in

there to protect the president. > ed: i think the team in there is second rate. at the end of the day they are up against the all tar team of the justice department. mueller has an agenda and a strategy. the strategy is to take the president out. the president's side needs as competent lawyers. they have to take this very seriously. lou: you are not saying they are not taking it seriously? ed: they are acting like they are not taking it $seriously. i watched 40 smart people get felonies attached to their resume with nixon. this is not watergate, but they have to make sure he can do his job and protect him. lou: roy moore has an important

endorsement of president trump. mitch mcconnell has decided roy moore is a pretty good guy. ed: i think the reality, i'm glad to have the president endorse him and mitch mcconnell decided he need another senator. lou: who the hell does mitch mcconnell -- why -- i don't even understand how remotely he thinks. he sounds like he's doing a favor to the people of alabama to let them decide who their senator will be? ed: they will make their own choice. to moore's credit, he has had every unsubject stainsated charge thrown at him, an has fought back. lou: mitt romney talking to mormon leaders.

this has been romney's latest contribution. roy moore in the u.s. senate would be a stain on the gop and the nation. leigh corfman and other victims are courageous heroes. this guy is so fumbling, incompetent and aggravating. i can't manage him back in public life. ed: he lost the u.s. senate race and the presidency. he ought to sit up in his mountains and ski and watch the process and stay out of it. if he ruins that senate seat he will be up trump's tail and he will run for president.

be sure to vote in our poll. do you believe fbi agent peter strzok's anti-trump pro-clinton proclivities are the showing that mueller's team is aimed at undermining the president? do you think there are no depths to which we'll descend to help sea animals. the seal liked the cut of their jibs and hitched a ride. up next, a victory for the trump administration. the supreme court saying mr. president, you are in charge of national security.

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lou: joining me now, michelle malkin. great to have you with us. a lot to talk about, michelle.

let's start with what turns out the president in the first view of the supreme court is in charge of national security and support his ban against the terrorism trouble primarily muslim countries, six of them. >> this is big news, it's good news. it's more a relief. just this week we'll have the 4th and 9th syracuse courts adjudicating these matters it's outrageous to think that lower courts were able to intervene and step in the way they were in the first place to stymie the president from exercising his -- his plenary power to keep out anybody he wants to for any

reason at any time. lou: this is terrific news for the president. peter strzok, the g-man at the fbi who is an anti-trumper and pro-clinton -- and energetically so. he has been involved in the email scandal to the decisions not to prosecute. it's appalling and disgusting what james comey was asking for from this man and knew what he was getting when he put him in these assignments. >> i think this agent is the poster child for the deep state essentially operating as a clinton mole. and exoneration agent, doing

rewrite to the down play clearly criminal behavior on the part of hillary clinton. this may be just the tip of the iceberg. lou: do you think it's enough to throw mueller out of the special counsel? do you think the president has that kind of attorney with talent and energy. >> and intestinal fortitude, i think. this should never have been granted sanction in the first place. you put these special prosecutors in places of power and they will not just take an inch, they will take a mile, and that's what mueller has done. lou: romney tweeting on moore today. i am just going to ask you what your thoughts are because my

thoughts become unpublishable. >> let me see if i can say this without profanities. for that failed presidential candidate to go around talking about stains on the gop, i think the impact the gop establishment has had, and particularly with mitt romney's campaign and subsequent host campaign to undermine our president every step of the way, to smear those who supported him, and among those who support president trump are those. lou: and not a satisfactory defense of what he has become. michelle, thank you very much. up next, schumer and pelosi, they are glad to accept a

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lou: joining us fox business' deirdre bolton. let's start with general flynn.

>> i like what the fbi had to say. the fbi has destroyed flynn's life and hillary clinton continues to lie and nothing happens to her. he complete dplairt one clean sound bite for all of us journalists it's appreciated. mark: you try to put a war hero like general flynn in jail. but you give hillary clinton a pass. flynn either had a bad lawyer or he thought there was something wrong with that russian phone call. it was not illegal or improper. lou: it sounds like there was a breakdown between the legal team and between the general and the president. >> it sounds like he's in pardon territory and it sounds like mueller has to be removed. put in a new prosecutor to better manage the situation.

>> the collusion case looks like that attractive girlfriends who lives in canada town never meet her. lou: i think the president now has a major legislative victory. this is moving ahead. the president is stronger, i think, by orders of magnitude than was a week ago. this meeting between the house and senate, just shore up the differences in the bill. thursday senators schumer and pelosi did not show up the first time. they said yes they will be there thursday, so you can't claim only one party is working on it. mark: they are struggling to couple with a tax plan.

the companies that buy back the stock, that will only drive up the stock market and increase everybody's pensions. lou: we'll take a page from belgium. small business creates most of of the jobs in this country. this a very important move as we approach conference. it looks very good. i have got to ask you here as we close out. mitt romney rearing his pretty head here. your reaction. >> i think mitt romney was encouraged to run for senate. mark: we need an irregular irrey contest, mitt romney or hillary clinton.

good night from new york.