responding to the i.g. report at 5:30, we'll bring that to you live. in the meantime, connell, i'm going back to the u.s. open. >> great job, see you tomorrow and "the evening edit" with the live coverage starts right now on the fox business network, have a great night everybody. liz: bombshell, the inspector general report how the fbi handle the hillary clinton e-mail probe. there's a lot here, including the i.g. report says fbi officials showed a willingness to hurt trump. to take official action to block trump from reaching the white house. one text exchange said we will stop trump from being president. also fbi director james comey, fbi officials peter strzok and lisa page used personal e-mail account for government business though they were going after hillary clinton for doing the same thing. and you will not believe what peter strzok used personal

e-mail account for. to hold off on overtly investigating the clinton foundation until after the election of we've got so much more. the fbi holding a press conference at the bottom of the hour, 30 minutes from now. we will bring that to you live. the analysis and the debate. money, politics, we deliver the debate behind tomorrow's headlines. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. the dow closing down 25 points to end the day at 25,175. the nasdaq posting another record close, media and tech stocks jumping on potential m&a deal-making. we'll get to that in just a second. first to the long-awaited i.g. report, more than a year in the making. edward lawrence is at the department of justice in washington with the latest.

edward? reporter: this report confirms the president's worst fears, what he's been talking about the past several months, even year there was possibly bias within the fbi against him while running for president and after he took office. one of the most damaging part of this report shows text messages between the person in charge of the clinton e-mail investigation and his girlfriend, a former fbi attorney saying that they would try and stop president trump from becoming president. now one of the texts again, saying they're going to stop him. here's the white house response when asked about the text messages. listen. >> the president was briefed on the i.g. report earlier today, and it reaffirmed the president's suspicions about comey's conduct and the political bias among some of the members of the fbi. reporter: the report was very critical of former fbi director james comey. calling him insubordinate at one point, specifically for a news conference he held last july saying that hillary

clinton or any prosecution or anyone in their right mind would not prosecute hillary clinton for possibly mishandling classified information. he apparently did not tell the attorney general exactly what he's going to do. that's why the inspector general's report says he was insubordinate inform a tweet comey said he respects the d.o.j.-i.g. office, which is why i urge them to do the review. the conclusions are reasonable, even though i disagree with them. i pray no director faces it again. thanks to the i.g. and the people for hard work. the democrats say this report has no bearing on what happened in the russia probe going forward. >> in the days ahead, the president and allies will try to twist themselves into pretzels and use this report to undermine the special counsel in the russia probe. unfortunately for them, nothing in this report lays a glove on special counsel mueller or the

ongoing russia probe. reporter: now, in the report now, there were five names of fbi officials turned over to the fbi as possible more biased via messages that they're sending back and forth to themselves. that could be disciplinary action. we may hear more coming up at 5:30 when the fbi director in less than a half hour now, talks about exactly what he's doing in response to the i.g. report, liz? liz: great reporting, edward, thank you so much. the i.g. report matters in this way, james comey is a witness into robert mueller's probe. let's bring in judge andrew napolitano. judge, we've got bombshells for you to react to. let's go through them quickly for you. fbi officials peter strzok and lisa page, willingness to take official actions to stop trump from being president. strzok worked for and was removed from the mueller probe. we've got the august 2016 text

from page that reads -- comey, strzok and page used personal e-mail accounts for government business though they were going after hillary for the same thing. peter strzok sent to private personal e-mail account a draft search warrant for the weiner laptop. it had information that was under seal by the justice department. it had secret information obtained by a grand jury subpoena. judge, your reaction to all that? >> well, if this is the worst they have on jim comey, ought to go out with his wife and celebrate. no criminal referrals. no suggestion that the law was broken and, in fact, the inspector general himself concludes that notwithstanding the political bias of these people, their bias did not infect the investigation. i'm unhappy with the report because i thought it would be stronger and i thought it would point more fingers in different

directions, but with the exception of who said what to whom in their e-mails, it really didn't tell us anything that we didn't know. i'll tell you a criminal referral i was expecting and that's of hillary clinton because the inspector general recognized that if the evidence of her guilt was of espionage was overwhelming, notwithstanding comey's public announcement that she's not going to be prosecuted. liz: you know, the i.g. report, judge, found comey effectively decided in advance about how he was going to treat the clinton probe, and that he intentionally hid his press conferences from loretta lynch whe, heas judge and jury absolving clinton and her e-mail server. your reaction to that? >> what he did was profoundly wrong, it wasn't criminal but it was profoundly violative of fbi and d.o.j. protocol. we knew this before the

inspector general's report. it is the job of the fbi to accumulate evidence and pass it onto the d.o.j. it is not the job of the fbi to decide what the evidence means and whether there's a sufficient basis for prosecution. why loretta lynch permitted jim comey to do this is not addressed in the report. the fault is as much hers for letting him get away with this as it is for him doing it. liz: you know, the other thing the i.g. found is justice department official sally yates and others instructed fbi agents to, quote, take no overt investigative steps in their probe into the clinton foundation, judge. that was prior. they said wait until after the election. pick it up then. it was to avoid appearing having impact on the election. your reaction to that? >> well, that could cut both ways. the way the inspector general worded it, it looked as though sally yates, then the number two person in the justice

department, the same position that rod rosenstein has now, was trying to protect hillary. the other way to look at it, she was trying to protect the fbi by asking them not to get involved in something that could have a political implication within 90 days of election day. but that investigation theoretically is still going on. that investigation of the clinton foundation is not yet officially come to a conclusion, and there's much more to come on that from the inspector general in one of his next reports. liz: you know, media, like cnn and msnbc say the d.o.j. watch dogs find that comey violated fbi norms but he and fbi officials strzok and page were not politically motivated. we have text messages of political bias between the two. we're going to show them on the screen if we have them. it goes on and on, judge, even though the i.g. said no bias,

seems like bias in the text messages. your reaction? >> there obviously was bias in the personal choices made in strzok and page, i'm guessing not having read all 500 pages but a lot of it in the past few hours, emac, guessing that the inspector general concluded that their political opinions did not affect the outcome of any fbi decisions. look, if the fbi as an entity decided not to prosecute her because they thought she was going to win and because she was going to be their bosses and because she feared or hated donald trump, that would be a profound, profound injustice. he's saying some of the fbi people had strong political opinions but not enough to affect the outcome of the case. liz: do you think hillary clinton should be prosecuted over her e-mail server?

>> yes, and i blame jeff sessions for not doing anything it for the last 18 months, emac. liz: judge andrew napolitano, appreciate it. >> all the best. liz: house conservatives demanding the justice department turn over key documents related to congressional inquiries into the fbi investigation into the 2016 election. let's bring in congressman andy biggs. what do you think you will find in the documents? >> add into what we've seen in the inspector general's report. i think there was bias. i think it's obvious and i know what we're going to see is people like strzok and page and comey and, they were investigating and hassling, not necessarily hassling but investigating the trump campaign with no authority to do so and no probable cause to do so. and if that's the case, then that's an abuse of power clearly, and i think the question is how high up did it go in the previous administration.

liz: congressman, you and colleagues, congressman ron desantis and matt gaetz quting draft procedures in the clinton e-mail investigation why do you want to see the drafts as well? >> they did a draft and gave the draft to party ofs interest like mr. comey and the department of justice and the fbi and so they could respond and actually perhaps even refute some of the original findings. we want to make sure it wasn't skewed, and that they didn't impact unfairly the ultimate report. liz: good to see you, congressman, thaush for your insights. come back if you have anything that develops out of what you are trying to endeavor there. >> will do. liz: markets mixed today. nicole petallides is on the floor of the new york stock exchange with the very latest. nicole? reporter: stocks finished mixed, another record. the nasdaq, an all-time record

high. the best of the bunch for this year. it's the 20th of this year and we're seeing some of the tech stocks jumping. the s&p gained, the dow pulled back 25 points. tech stocks, amazon, netflix, facebook all record closes. got to get to media. comcast with a $65 billion bid for twenty-first century fox, the parent of fox business network, see if disney upped bid of 52.4 billion all stock, and had been in place. all media stocks moved higher on yesterday's judgment. and new highs, hand made goods, charging more to the seller. the stock surges over 52 weeks. year to date, outpaces michael's. back to you. >> we are awaiting a press conference at the fbi about the inspector general's report at the bottom of the hour. we'll bring it to you live as soon as it starts. james comey is also an

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justice department. that's the podium where christopher wray will speak momentarily. trey gowdy really upset about this report. i'd like your reaction to this. this is what he said -- kelsey, your reaction? >> gowdy is completely right in the statement. level of political bias that was released in this report today is absolutely remarkable. and you know, i think a lot of people in the right feel vindicated today. important to note no one is celebrating. a sad day for all americans. the fbi is such an important institution, and to see it

degraded like this by these bad actors who are inserting their political bias into their professional work is i think sad. liz: you know, al, the i.g. saying fbi officials showing willingness to take action to hurt president trump. the text message trump's not ever going to become president, right. >> that was lisa page to peter strzok and strzok replied, no, you're right, we will stop it. reaction to that? >> patently absurd on its face, liz. that is partly why peter strzok was reassigned and taken away from the probe. as to representative gowdy's comments, he's right for different reasons. the reason they didn't have subpoenas and search warrants is didn't deem secretary clinton's activities to be warranting them. they did deem president trump's activities to be warranting them. liz: that could be bias too in and of itself, al, we don't need to do a subpoena or grand jury because of our personal

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text messages in that much-anticipated i.g. report showing fbi officials peter strzok and lisa page that they had a willingness to take action to hurt trump, block him, from reaching the white house. reminder, peter strzok was removed from the mueller probe, page quit the fbi. lisa page -- let's bring in bill mcgern, "wall street journal" editorial board member. good to see you. >> good to see you. liz: what about the report? >> massive indictment of director comey's leadership of the fbi. there is all this talk of the fbi being an independent and so forth, it's not independent. it's part of the executive branch, but would never know that from the way director comey acted. what comes through are the text messages in politique suggesting bias.

if there was a single pro-trump message, i don't think director comey found it. to serve his own reputation. liz: isn't it gigantic bias staring us right in the face the way james comey behaveed? >> or massive ego. liz: is it bias? >> i thinkhe agents clearly show bias. what the critics will say is the inspector geral said there was no evidence that the bias led to particular investigatory decisions that were bad. but if you focus on the insubordination part of director comey, deceiving his bosses at the justice department to announce the end of the prosecution and to say no prosecution. liz: right. >> that's all powers he doesn't have. and to relaunch it in october. so there's enough for critics of comey on the left and the right to feed on. liz: he hid his press conference from loretta lynch.

>> it's deceitful. liz: and threatened to get the i.g. to no intention to ask for a special counsel, false choices speak or conceal, the i.g. says follow policy practice or depart from policy practice. >> the rule of law is based on accountability. and under director comey we had fbi director that thought the rule of law was him. liz: yeah, but now he's had an op-ed ready to launch in the "new york times" about this report. what's your reaction that he already has an op-ed out there? >> he realized, look, i think his reputation now is in tatters. he doesn't look like an honest player, and look, it's not just republicans, democrats think that he cost him the election. the reason we have this investigation is because democrats howled after his 11th hour kind of -- liz: your quick reaction to the comey, strzok and page had their own private e-mail

accounts. >> bad practices, these are all deviations to the norms, norms exist so powerful agencies obey the law themselves and don't abuse the power. liz: coming up at the bottom of the hour, fbi director christopher wray will be holding a press conference on the inspector general's report. we'll bring that to you live, and the analysis. stay right there. it was here.

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. liz: we are awaiting fbi director christopher wray. he momentarily will be holding a press conference at the bottom of the hour to talk about the findings of the i.g. report. let's bring back bill mcgern. bill, what is the fallout of this report? >> i think we're going to see it. look, remember the inspector general is going to testify before congress. they're going to have a lot of follow-up questions from the 500 pages, and i think we're going to hear from other fbi officials too. liz: here's the thing, fbi director christopher wray is about to speak. james comey is still a witness in the robert mueller probe. >> right. liz: and he's been a prominent critic of trump. he's connected to the fisa warrants on carter page and others. bring that all together. >> we have another inspector general study into the russian investigation, right? liz: and the fisa warrant process? >> right, this stuff hasn't come out yet. this was just the hillary clinton e-mails and remember this was because democrats complained that mr. comey had thrown the election to donald

trump. liz: right. but getting back to the fisa warrant process, christopher steele, you know, those claims from third, fourth parties removed, he doesn't even now stand by the dossier, in court. >> i think earlier trey gowdy's comment, if you look at the way the investigation was handled, there are a lot of questionable calls on mrs. clinton like letting cheryl mills be counsel and so on and stuff. trey gowdy pointed out it was a very different approach. in the hillary approach, it was voluntary, we'll get your cooperation in the russia investigation, we'll see. we're going to insinuate someone into the campaign, we're going to get fisa warrants, a very, very different approach. liz: let's talk about james comby and what the i.g. found and really he set the tone for fbi. >> absolutely. liz: he told fbi subordinates, do not tell loretta lynch, according to the i.g., i'm

having press conferences on my own where i will be exonerating hillary clinton. >> outside of his authority to exonerate. liz: right. >> if you go to the memos he wrote about his conversations with president trump. he writes in one part he told president-elect trump then i don't do weasely things, according to testimony, weasely is exactly what he did with regard to president trump. liz: here is christopher wray. took notes and leaked it. let's go to christopher wray at the justice department. >> good morning, everybody. thanks for being here on such short notice. as you all know, of course, the justice department's office of the inspector general issued its report today about d.o.j. and fbi activity in the run-up to the 2016 election. let me say up-front they appreciate the inspector

general's work on this important review. thought i'd take a few minutes to talk about the report and then i'm happy to take a few questions. the fbi's mission is to protect the american people and uphold the constitution, but to carry out that mission, we're entrusted with a lot of authority. so our actions are subject to close oversight from the courts, from our elected leaders and from independent entities like inspector general. and that's how it should be. that kind of examination, that kind of oversight makes the fbi stronger as an organization and makes the public more safe. with that in mind, let me briefly address the findings in the inspector general's report. i take this report very seriously, and we accept its findings and recommendations. it's also important, though, to note what the inspector general did not find.

this report did not find any evidence of political bias or improper considerations actually impacting the investigation under review. the report does identify errors of judgment, violations of or even disregard for policy and decisions that at the very least with the benefit of hindsight, were not the best choices. we've already started taking the necessary steps to address those issues. first, we're going to hold employees accountable for any potential misconduct. we've already referred conduct highlighted in the report to our disciplinary arm, opr, which is the fbi's independent office of professional responsibility. we need to hold ourselves accountable for the choices we make and the work we do. we're doing that fairly but

without delay in the way that people should expect. we're going to adhere to the appropriate disciplinary process, and once that process is complete, we won't hesitate to hold people accountable for their actions. second, we're going to make sure that every fbi employee understands the lesson to this report. because change starts at the top, starts with me, we're going to require all of our senior executives from all around the world to convenient for in-depth training, specifically focused on learning the lessons that we should learn from this report. then we're going to train every single fbi employee, both new hires and veterans alike, on what went wrong so these mistakes will never be repeated. third, we're going to make sure that we have the policies, the procedures and the training that are needed for everyone to

understand and remember what is expected of all of us. that includes drilling home the importance of objectivity. of avoiding even the appearance of personal conflicts or political bias in our work. ensuring that recusals are handled correctly and effectively and communicated to all the right people. making all of our employees fully aware of our new policy on media contacts which i issued last november, and making painfully clear that we will not tolerate noncompliance. ensuring that we follow all d.o.j. policies on public statements about uncharged conduct or ongoing investigations. and ensuring that our employees adhere strictly to all policies

and procedures about the use of fbi systems, networks and devices. i've always directed our associate deputy director to lead a review of how the fbi handles sensitive investigations, and to make recommendations on how those should be staffed, structured and supervised in the future so that every sensitive investigation is conducted to the fbi's highest standards. we're going to continue also to work with the department to gauge our progress in each of these areas. the oig report makes clear we've got work to do. let's also be clear on the scope of this report. it's focused on a specific set of events back in 2016, and a small number of fbi employees connected to those events. nothing, nothing in this report

impugns the integrity of our workforce as a whole or the fbi as an institution. as i said earlier, fair and independent scrutiny is welcome and appropriate accountability is crucial. we're going to learn from this report and we're going to be better and stronger as a result. but i also want to be crystal clear about the fbi they get to see. in the past ten months, i've been able to visit over 30 of our fbi field offices around the country and a whole bunch of our legat offices overseas. i've visited with folks at every fbi division at headquarters and office after office, meeting after meeting, i see extraordinary people doing extraordinary work. again and again, i hear remarkable stories. frankly, inspiring stories about the work the men and women of the fbi are doing to protect the american people and uphold the constitution.

just in the past several months, we've disrupted terrorist attacks in places ranging from the fisherman's wharf in san francisco to a crowded shopping mall in miami. in march, we charged a ring of iranian state-sponsored hackers with stealing terabytes of data from scores of american companies, universities and government agencies. in austin, we deployed more than 600 of our people to assist in the investigation of the package bombings down there. this year alone we've rescued 1305 kids from child predators. some of them as young as 7 months old. we've arrested more than 4600 gang members, violent gang members in just the past several months. our fbi lab has closed thousands of cases through fingerprint analysis and dna

analysis, and our hostage rescue team deployed something like 27 different times on missions around the country. i could go on and on. the fbi's men and women are doing all that work with the unfailing fidelity to the constitution and the laws that it demands, the bravery that it calls for and the integrity that the american people rightly expect. as fbi director, i'm laser focused on ensuring that our folks get to continue that great work and do it with the fidelity and bravery and integrity that we've always had. as i've been saying since as far back as my confirmation hearing, i'm a huge believer in the importance of process, of doing this job by the book in every respect, and i expect all our employees to do the same. i've tried to emphasize that at

every opportunity, in my view, the fbi's brand over the past 110 years is based less on all of our many, many successes than it is on the way in which we've earned those successes. following our rules, following the law, following our guidelines, staying faithful to our core values and our best traditions, trying to make sure we're doing the right thing but doing it in the right way. treating everybody with respect and following the facts independently and objectively, no matter who likes it. that is the best way that, in my view, is the only way to maintain trust and credibility with the people we serve. i appreciate this chance to respond to the i.g.'s report, and i would also refer you for more detail in our written response that's attached at the end of the inspector general's report. with that, i'm happy to take a

few questions. reporter: in particular that singled out in the report has been referred to opr, what are you referring to specifically? >> i can't comment on specific personnel matter. there are a number of instances in the report where there's conduct that's highlighted. we've had that referred to, as i say, disciplinary arm, our opr. there's a process for that. it's a tough process, it's a rigorous process, and we expect that process to be followed and once that process is complete, we won't hesitate to hold people accountable. reporter: just to follow on that, i know you kicked off on specific conduct. here it does say that director comey, lisa page and peter strzok used personal e-mail accounts but only peter strzok is being referred for an investigation to see if that's in violation of policy. is that investigation ongoing, and are there any individuals beside peter strzok who are being investigated internally? >> well, again, i'm not going to talk about any particular personnel matter because i

don't think that would be appropriate. as i said at the beginning, i'm committed to doing the right thing in the right way and by the book, and by the book does not include talking about pending personnel matters with all of you as much as you would like me to. thanks. reporter: you said there's nothing in the report that impugns the integrity of the fbi's workforce as a whole, the report says there is a culture of leaking at the fbi, do you disagree with that finding in the report, and what do you plan to do about it if you do agree with it? >> as i said, we accept the findings of the report and the recommendations. we've drawn a number of things on that regard. first issue a new media policy that's much stricter and much more clear than what it been in place before. second, we're going to be doing intensive training on exactly those issues. things like the one that you alluded to that includes contacts with the media.

third, we're going to make painfully clear to everybody that we won't tolerate noncompliance, and last, i've asked our opr to take a hard look at whether or not they think the penalties that exist right now are sufficient to deal with that kind of contact. yeah, sure. reporter: i want to talk a little bit about the reputation of the fbi. certainly the fbi has taken a lot of hits from the president and his tweets and certain things he said about certain investigations, members of congress have certainly hit at you guys, and now concerning this report, taking issues with the fbi. and a lot of what we've been hearing is people are worried that the reputation of the fbi has suffered as a result of all the activity in the last several months, and i'm just wondering if you think that's the case, and if so, what you intend to do to try to fix some of the perception perhaps that the public may have of the fbi now? >> that's a subject that's near and dear to me. i guess i would say a couple

things. one is there's no shortage of opinions about us out there. i will tell thought opinions that i care the most about are the opinions of the people who actually really know us and know us through our work. so i'm focused on what the juries think when agents take the stand. i'm focused on what victims and families think when they are asked who do you trust to get your child back? i'm focused on what do our state and local law enforcement partners think, who do they trust? who do prosecutors want to work with on cases? to me, it's the work that matters. i look at things like that. how recruiting is doing, how retention is doing. our recruiting, we get about 12,000+ people for example trying to be special agents every year. our admission rate, our selection rate, 5%. that's better than the

admission rate at harvard, yale, princeton or stanford. that's not a fluke. we hired a whole new crab of interns. we have the highest number of applicants for honors intern program. want to know what that admission rate was? 5%. i look at things like that. i look at what people think when they know us and look at what people think when they express views through their actions. i look at our attrition rate. our attrition rate in the agent population of the fbi is 0.8%. in my view, the views that matter, the opinions that matter are the views that people who know us through our work, and when i go around the country and around the world and talk to our partners and the victims and the people who know us, our brand is doing just fine there. thank you. reporter: when you read this report, if you could sum up your reaction from having read it in one word. what is that word and how would

you describe your emotional reaction to it? >> disappointed. reporter: why disappointed? [inaudible] >> not that i can think of. reporter: some people are going to use this report to criticize the mueller investigation. what is your opinion that the mueller investigation has integrity and credibility and people are criticizing you for sharing documents, investigative documents. how do you respond to criticism that you might be making the case by sharing investigative material with congress? >> i think on the first point, i'm not going to speak for the office of special counsel. i would note that there are a number of things that we've done, both in terms of referring people to opr, but also in terms of reassigning people to try to ensure that we're bringing the right kind

of integrity to staffing and all sensitive investigations. as to the congressional question, my view is we have an obligation to be responsive to legitimate congressional oversight. that's part of our job. as i said at the beginning, we are entrusted with enormous power. so we should expect we're going to get tough questions and need to be responsive and cooperate with that, but, but, we also have an obligation to protect sources and methods and not compromise ongoing criminal investigations and to adhere to grand jury secrecy and things like that. the challenge is how do we make sure we're going to do both? we've committed to doing both and struck the right balance so far. reporter: the inquiry about the president's criticism of the fbi, he has attacked the credibility of the fbi. do you think the d.o.j. i.d.

report validates his criticism? >> i'm not going to comment on any person's criticisms, i'm going to talk about the opinions that i think matter. the opinions that matter are the opinions of the people that are relevant to our work, day in day out, all across this country. we have 37,000 fbi employees. agent, analysts and staff and scores of task force officers that work with them. and every day, every day, all around this country and around the world, those people are having to make important decisions that protect lives. the opinions of the people that they have to engage with on that work, those are the opinions that matter to me. that's what i'm focused on. as far as the report goes, there's some sobering lessons in, there and we're going to learn the lessons and act on the lessons and that's the way the fbi has always handled these things in the past and that's what made the fbi stronger over the last 110 years. >> do you think the members of

congress are acting in good faith now that they've -- >> i think congress has a job to do, and we have a job to do, and together we're trying to work through the various issues that are presented by the tensions between congressional oversight and as i said earlier protection of sources, methods, trade craft, ongoing investigations and things like that. we're committed to work through those things with congress, yes? reporter: i know you don't want to identify the people who are involved or referred to opr, but can you tell us how many have been referred to opr as a result of this report? >> i can't. that's not a topic i can comment on. i really want to be careful. i know why you're asking the question, and i respect that, but it's really important to me to make sure that we don't compound the mistakes that are found in this report by deviating from our process, i think it's very important that

we respect the appropriate process, that it be done right, as i said earlier, by the book. once that process is complete, we will not hesitate to hold people accountable. reporter: [ inaudible ] the lessons are the important, number one, the importance of trying to avoid even the appearance of bias in all of our work. that objectivity and the appearance of objectivity matters. there's lessons in there about contacts with the media and appropriate engagement with all of you. there's lessons in there about the appropriate uses of devices. there's a number of things and the i.g. has nine recommendations at the end, and i think those are the lessons we're trying to learn from this report. and we take it very seriously and accept the findings and the recommendations. >> thank you, everyone. >> thank you. liz: okay, that was fbi director christopher wray winding up a press conference

in response to the findings of the inspector general's report. with me on the phone is attorney kurt schlichter. your reaction to what unfolded today? >> liz, i have to say, i am thrilled how proud the fbi director is of his honors intern program. hugely relevant. hugely important, after this devastating oig report comes out and demonstrates despite its alleged conclusion that there was pervasive political bias throughout the fbi by senior fbi members throughout the entire investigation of hillary clinton, and by implication throughout the investigation against donald trump. liz: you know, kurt, the i.g. report, the headline is that the certain fbi officials, it seems, took official action. looked like they were going to take official action to hurt donald trump. jim jordan is now tweeting out more text messages out of that report, and here is what he's tweeting that what he is seeing

in the i.g. report. i want your reaction two. fbi employees texting each other. quote, you promised me this would not happen. response was okay, that might have been a lie. fbi worker responds i'm very upset. another attorney, an fbi attorney says, quote, i am so stressed about what i could have done differently. your reaction. >> holy cow. i'm still trying to figure out how the -- in the face of this evidence, this circumstantial evidence, hell, it's almost direct evidence of political bias by senior fbi officials and this oig report can come out and say, you know, i have to give the benefit of the doubt, seems like prosecutorial discretion in the choices to give suspects immunity and not to subpoena documents. at every step throughout this report, and i haven't read the whole 500 pages yet liz, what i've seen at every step, the

oig gives the benefit of the doubt to the fbi prosecutors and made it easier to dismiss the very serious charges against her. and i'm just wondering, liz, do you think that the d.o.j. and the fbi give the benefit of the doubt to normal american citizens who are under investigation as opposed to politicians that they demonstrably support? liz: kurt schlichter, thank you so much for coming in on such short notice. appreciate it. let's bring in the panel kelsey and al, first you kelsey, reaction to christopher wray's comments just there? >> look, i understand christopher wray defending his agents. my sympathy goes out to them for having to operate with the dark cloud over their head. i disagree the political biases didn't impact the investigations, perhaps they didn't impact the conclusion in the investigations, but there is no doubt that the political biases impacted and influenced the process of how these

investigations took place. we know that peter strzok slow-walked the clinton investigation and seemed like he doubled down on the trump-russia investigation, and i think we're going to have to wait and see more on whether or not the trump-russia investigation actually definitively was impacted by the biases. liz: al, your reaction? >> i guess all i can say, liz, is i wish that jim comey took a page out of director wray's playbook and not commenting on ongoing investigations. >> that's a great point. that's what triggered it. kelsey to al's point, it's been bipartisan, both sides of the aisle upset with how james comey basically approached his job. go ahead, kelsey? >> a pretty basic thing that al just said that you don't have an fbi leader inserting himself politically into an investigation like this. it was unprecedented and that's what the investigation found, and you know, this is a pretty

basic lesson to be learned but need to be talking about the fact that there are all the media leaks going on. the media was apparently being wined and dined. liz: that's the other good finding. >> and agents are also using their private e-mails to conduct official business while they're apparently investigating hillary clinton for doing the same thing? it doesn't make sense. liz: that's the news we broke at the top of the hour. james comey, lisa page, peter strzok used personal e-mail accounts to conduct government business. final words, al. >> a lot of politicization, let's move on. liz: we will have more after the break. don't go away. (vo) from day one, we always came through for our customers. it's how we earned your trust. until... we lost it. today, we're renewing our commitment to you. fixing what went wrong. and ending product sales goals for branch bankers. so we can focus on your satisfaction.

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tomorrow. the white house unveiled a list of tariffs on chinese products. here is "making money." take it away, charles. charles: the long-awaited inspector general's report is out on the justice department's handling of the 2016 investigation into hillary clinton's email server. edward lawrence is live at the department of justice to break it down. >> christopher wray was tasked with cleaning up the mess outlined in the inspector general's report. he says it shows there is no overall bias in the fbi. this report is one specific investigation and only involving a small number of people. >> this report did not find any evidence of political bias or