report which has been highly anticipated and this part of the report congressman is dealing with andrew mccabe and how he lied on four different occasions , three times under oath. it appears now that mccabe and comey and loretta lynch are contradicting each other in terms of what went on. a moment ago we were talking about that phone call that andrew mccabe discussed, having heard from senior attorney general assistant about the clinton investigation. you said this may very well go higher up into the obama white house. what do you expect? >> well, i don't want to say what i expect. i want to say that this investigation needs to be thoroughly pursued within the department of justice, within the federal bureau of investigation under its new leadership with christopher wray by the outside united states attorney, mr. huber, from utah outside of main justice whose been appointed by attorney general sessions to look into this and by the united states congress and it's why we need to have access to those documents and certainly, the united states attorney can take the appropriate steps to pursue app

he said james comey just threw andrew mccabe under the bus. spector general's report on mccabe is a disaster for both of them, getting a little -- a lot -- of their own medicine." speaking to hillary clinton, this could be a very bad sign for her and other obama deep state actors. as as we explained last night, nearly a dozen g.o.p. lawmakers, they sent a criminal referral to the doj and the fbi demanding investigations into possible crimes committed by clinton, james comey, andrew mccabe, loretta lynch, peter strzok, lisa page, and other obama era officials. it's a massive story. take a look at the side of your screen. these are the criminal charges that they are recommending for just james comey. they sent a letter to the fbi, they doj, u.s. attorney john huber laying out a pretty case against the former fbi director. we've warned him, don't write the book of not go on a book to her. they explained how comey fixed for clinton email investigation, again, remember, how long have we been telling you? exoneration before interviewing hillary clint

james comey just threw andrew mccabe under the bus. t, we don't have all of the things they have. but know the mccabe part. it's interesting that there is a cross-section here of what comey is saying and what lynch and mccabe are saying and how this factors in. >> james comey a graduate of the university of chicago law school seems to have forgotten basic lessons as chuck just pointed out. we believe he is a witness for robert mueller before one of the grand jurors, but he is really seriously damaging his credibility by opining on everything under the sun by speaking on both sides of these issues. the president is right he threw andrew mccabe under the bus. he may be a witness in a prosecution of mccabe and mccabe's lawyers will for sure play the interviews. when he was questioned yesterday and show that to a jury. is this man worthy of belief. look what he said last week. >> bret: there will be plenty of questions left on the table for our interview april 26th with james comey. here's the response today: we are confident the u.s. attor

. >> if they bring a case against andrew mccabe, would you be a witness for the prosecution? > potentially. i don't know if the reporting is accurate. given the i.g.'s report reflects uner actions andy mccabe had with me, i could be a witness. kennedy: andrew maccabe put out a statement saying they are confident he'll not be prosecuted. donald trump tweeted that james comey just threw andrew mccabe under the bus. >> he did what we thought he did. he leaked these things to make himself and his wife look better throughout the investigation and potentially violated a bunch of laws. i'm sick of sociopath i can people in the intelligence committee deciding to leak stuff to make themselves look better. >> secret secrets are no fun. i learned it when i was 5. so i'm telling. we are telling on andrew mccabe. rosenstein has an ax to grind. trump called his wife a loser. then you could tell -- mccabe lied to investigators, it went from getting his pension to getting serious time. then you have comey rolling into say i may be somebody who could put hip away. kennedy: a lot of republicans

is andrew mccabe part of it. that's next.: inspector general report on former fbi director andrew mccabe has been released everyone. i want to go to he had war lawrence. he has more coming to us. hi, edward. reporter: trish this, is it just developing. white house is scrambling delaying the press avail. seems like they will get many questions about. appears in this report that the office of inspector general found there is a lack of candor among andrew mccabe. he wasn't truthful with their investigators when they were looking into leaks, from the fbi, going to the "wall street journal" for series of reports that were done. appears specifically single out mccabe as misleading investigators with certain manufacturing that was released. the information according to this report was decided to make mccabe look more impartial running the clinton probe. we're still looking at report. things are developing. the report centers around the lack of candor that mccabe had and very critical of him. trish? trish: my goodness, leaking like y

. >> the inspector gender -- general, found that andrew mccabe lied four times, three times he was under oath. in the last few minutes, the president has sent out this tweet. recommending the mccabe report to his readers to take a look. he calls it a disaster. he says that he lied, lied, lied. and then points out in his view, was totally controlled by the former director james comey who has a book out next week. no collusion, all of this was made up in his words by a den of thieves and lowlifes. andrew mccabe's section of the general report is being released now. but this is not the entire inspector general's report. it's going to look more broadly at the fbi and justice department's handling of the email investigation. mccabe section deals with a leak to the media about the clinton foundation in october of 2016, just before the election and was carried by "the wall street journal." the issue is that andrew mccabe, because he was a senior, was authorized to provide information to the media, but the inspector general found that he did so for a very personal reasons. and that reason we con

james comey just threw andrew mccabe under the bus. ig report is a disaster for both of them getting a little/lot of their own medicine. >>> rudy giuliani is joining the personal legal team for the president. the former u.s. attorney says he will help push the russia investigation to a conclusion. giuliani says he has known robert mueller a long time. he will ask the special counsel for a list what have he needs and checking off that list may go as quickly as a couple of weeks. the president never indicated to rudy giuliani his intention to fire mueller because he knows it is counter productive. giuliani said bob is the best we can do. >>> sources telling cnn deputy attorney general rod rosenstein informed trump last week he is not a target in the investigation in the personal lawyer michael cohen. rosenstein was not referring to the robert mueller investigation which is separate. mueller's team told mr. trump that the president is not a target of the russia probe. the justice department says cohen has been under criminal investigation

you would expect that andrew mccabe would be treated the same under the law. >> bill: will that happen john ratcliffe after a watchdog report finding mccabe repeatedly lied to cover up leaks to the media. he is with me now. welcome back to "america's newsroom." i know the treatment you want him to get. will he get it? >> i think he will. if i were going to make a prediction i would expect there to be a criminal referral in this matter and i would expect that andrew mccabe will be facing the same types of charges that michael flynn, rick gates and george papadopoulos are facing. i certainly am of the opinion that he should be based on the inspector general's report. again, this is the department of justice investigating itself and finding misconduct on not one, not two or three but four different occasions. some of those under oath. that i believe even though i'm not in the business of prosecuting people anymore, i believe in this case will be a prosecutable crime. >> bill: that was a story that lived for two hours friday afternoon and got swallowed up by everything else. you have reque

catherine thank you. >> president trump reacting to the comey news tweeting -- james comey just threw andrew mccabe under the bus, inspector general report on mccabe is a disaster for both of them. getting a little -- lot, of there own medicine. our first guest one of 11 members of congress who sign a letter to attorney general jeff sessions urging him to large criminal investigations into james comey, hillary clinton, lisa page. and other members of obama administration, we're joined by a arizona representative paul gosar. before we get to your criminal referral letter, your reaction to news that mccabe is increasingly likely to face criminal charges not once but four times for lying. if it happens, that way, would to be good for the rule of law? >> absolutely, we have seen, is that everything in deep state and in department of justice involved in this got a pass, the rest of us and people like general flynn were held to a different standard. this good that rats are paying a consequence. >> about 10 days ago we got word that president trump had been told in mueller investigation he is not a target

james comey also talking to jake tapper over the case of the deputy director andrew mccabe. interview, the ig sent the information on to the u.s. attorney's office in washington for possible prosecution. mccabe is accused of lying to internal investigators. comey was cautious with the comments. >> if they ultimately bring a case against andrew mccabe, would you be a witness for the prosecution? >> potentially. i don't know if the reporting is accurate. i know cnn reporting. i don't know it of my own accord. given the ig report reflects interactions with andrew mccabe with me and other senior executives. i would well be a witness. >> shortly after, the tweet from president trump. james comey just threw andrew mccabe under the bus. ig report is a disaster for both of them getting a little/lot of their own medicine. >>> rudy giuliani is joining the personal legal team for the president. the former u.s. attorney says he will help push the russia investigation to a conclusion. giuliani says he has known robert mueller a long time. he will ask the special counsel for a list what he

fbi officials, like andrew mccabe, the former number two who was fired for leaking, , and the inspectoreneral at the justice department, have sent a criminal referral to the u.s. attorney here in washington, saying that mccabe tried to cover all that up by lying to thee fbi's own investigators. mccabe says tonight he believes he will be vindicated, but it's worth noting that former justice department officials are telling us that the fact that the inspector general, whose nonpartisan at the justice department, sent this outcome of this criminal referral, it carries a lot of weight. that is whatat the president waited aa few moments ago, maye james comey and andrew mccabe are getting and dose of their on medicine. mark? >> mark: that is pretty amazing news. thanks for that. the executive assistant director of the fbi, not one of those who's under criminal referral, and competent as the president of judicial watch. tom, this is pretty amazing. we basically got a situation where the director of the fbi, the principal business in the prosecution of the a deputy and possibly vice versa and c

so andrew mccabe said he told jim comey. james comey said he didn't. it is sort of a he said he said from a prosecutorial perspectiv perspective. >> ari: he also said inspector general the investigator concluded three times he lied under oath separate from anything. >> marie: , so there's some disagreement about who is telling the truth. is it mccabe or comey? and the information that was given to the press is not classified, the fact that there was a foundation was under investigation, i know there were referrals that happen a lot, it happens all the time. i'm not sure this will get prosecuted because i'm not sure it's a solid case. >> sandra: that's a lot there. >> marie: is it evidence that andrew mccabe lied other than jim comey? >> ari: the inspector general. >> marie: but he basted on comey. >> ari: heaved based on interviews he gave to his angels and concluded. >> marie: he did because comey told him the opposite. >> sandra: would you least concede there's enough there to warrant looking at it further. >> marie: absolutely. i'm just not sure it'

james comey through andrew mccabe under the bus. e inspector general's report on mccabe is a disaster for both of them. getting a little, a lot of their own medicine? mccabe's legal team says in a statement that we are confident unless there it's an appropriate measure from higher levels of the administration, the u.s. attorney's office will conclude that it should declined to prosecute. meanwhile, there are multiple reports that mccabe plans to soothe the trump administration for defamation and wrongful termination. you see him on the left. former assistant deputy attorney general tom dupree. boy, you came on a busy friday. this is a man who worked for james comey. we will get to the classified information that was potentially given to a columbia professor. let's get to mccabe. did he break the law? >> the attorney general report, the fact is, you cannot lie to a federal agent. that applies to you and me and it certainly applies to the deputy director of the fbi, who honestly should have known better. >> harris: what should happen t

the justice department watch dog refers its findings on former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe to federal prosecutors that could decide on criminal charges if they decide he intentionally lied about authorizing a leak to a reporter just before the 2016 election. so did mccabe do something illegal? this is -- is this an example of corruption at the justice department and fbi? our panel joins in now for debate. dan palmer is former adviser to republican presidential candidate ted cruz and a gop financer. robin is a former obama campaign regional field director and democratic strategist. thanks both of you for being here. so robin, you, first. you know what andrew mccabe is being accused of here, having set up phone calls to release information to the "wall street journal" and lying about it to investigators. does it rise to the level of criminal behavior? >> if he lied about it. now he has -- supposedly he had every right -- not leak, but he had every right to provide that information to the "wall street journal." whether or not he lied is a horse of a different color. we need to find out i

according to a source familiar the inspector general made a criminal referral on andrew mccabe to the local u.s. attorney's office here in d.c. we do not know exactly when this referral was made but the inspector general's office issued a scathing report on mccabe just last friday outlying a series of lies to former director james comey, to internal fbi investigators as well as to the inspector general's office itself. now, mccabe completely denies all of these allegations, maintaining he did nothing wrong. and the issue stems from a wall street journal report back in october of 2016 and mccabe, according to the inspector general, authorized two fbi officials to speak with a reporter about that story. it was on the clinton foundation. it was an ongoing investigation at the time. the inspector general's office said mccabe was not forthcoming about his role in approving officials to speak with reporters about that story. mccabe said he was one of the few people at the department who was actually able to do that and authorized to do it. fbi director james comey is in the mix here as well

andrew mccabe part of -- >> i did. >> thank you. andy mccabe part allegedly of planting a story -- >>ing ar. yohave the direc trking about a leak or maybe didn't -- >> he referred that to the division. >> his own leak to "the wall street journal" and leaked through a surrogate. right? >> his notes. right? >> to spur the special counsel on. incredibly important just as mccabe is here leaking and save his own soul and his own skin and professional reputation. i think the same is true here with -- >> it's a little bit different. he was a private citizen. giving the notes -- just saying it is different than mccabe -- >> defend the reputation. >> mccabe was authorized in his right to be able to disclose certain information. what is doing him in for the ig report is that he has misled people about the role and played dumb about whether or not -- lack of candor. of course the transparency -- >> fbi -- >> lying. legally lying and lack of candor and transparency is the common theme and jake i thought to myself you have described everyone's cr

reporter: there are new details about the basis for andrew mccabe's determination.for three violations of the fbi's ethics code. they include lack of can doirnd oath, lack of candor not under oath as well as the improper disclosure of non-public information to the media. after the "wall street journal" reported on a possible conflict because his wife accepted $700,000 from the democrats. he wanted to set the record straight it was mccabe's lack of candor about the media conduct that led to his termination. then director james comey said he never authorized the leak. in a separate development text messages between peter strzok and lisa page show strzok traveled to washington, d.c. to interview a key witness. the two fbi officials appeared to debate amongst themselves about what they will share with their superiors at the justice department when they return to washington, d.c. strzok writes i think we need to consider the lines of what we disclose to the doj. there is no immediate comment tonight from mccabe's lawyer or the bureau. trish: congressional investigators a

this one is about andrew mccabe. ays the doj just issued the mccabe report which is a total disaster. look at that, it appears like magic. good job. the doj just issued the mccabe report which is a total disaster, he lied, lied, lied all caps. mccabe was totally controlled by comey. mccabe is comey. no collusion, all made up by the den of thieves and low lives. low lives is probably right. >> what's interesting there is in fact, according to the inspector, this is the independent inspector general for the department of justice who has investigated andrew mccabe, particularly on this question of a leak to the "wall street journal" that in fact was saying that they were investigating hillary clinton. so this wasn't a pro-clinton leak. this was indicating that they were investigating the clinton foundation. but they say that, among other people, that mccabe mislead comey, his boss, the director of the fbi, mccabe being the deputy director, so they may -- the white house may draw some equivalence between the two. but, in

trish: andrew mccabe got a little help with his legal efforts. roots gofundme page was cooked up by a high-priced d.c. p.r. firm owned by a man who served in to both obama administrations. this wasn't just a grass roots effort it sounds like. >> there is no grassroots. it's simply a criminal cartel that spreads across the former obama official, the fbi, the former embeds of the d.o.j., the left-wing media. they spend more than a decade building a network of strategic communications. ben rhodes called it his echo chamber. they are good at this. they are professionals. mccabe should be worrying how good his lawyer is, not about his p.r. trish: he does have a p.r. firm now working with him. let me turn to another big issue that's front and center on everyone's minds. the tariffs. i have been so struck by everything that you have said on this because when you look at china, it's too easy as a ceo to think we can make a little profit over the 1.3 billion people living there. but when you think of it strategically in terms of our national security, we

fbi officials like andrew mccabe.he former number two who was fired for leaking and of the inspector general at the justice department has sent a criminal referral to the u.s. attorney here in washington saying that mccabe tried to cover all of that up by lying to the fbi's own investigators. mccabe says tonight he believes he will be vindicated, but it's worth noting that former justice department officials are telling us that the fact that the inspector general whose nonpartisan and the justice department sent this out, this criminal referral. it carries a lot of weight and that's why the president tweeted a few moments ago that maybe james comey and andrew mccabe are getting a dose of their own medicine. >> mark: that's pretty amazing news, thanks for that. chris is the executive assistant director of the fbi. he's not one of those who is under criminal referral and tom fitton is the president of judicial watch. tom, this is pretty amazing. we basically got a situation where the director of the fbi it would be the

classified information, wow, witch hunt continue. >> justice department watchdog reporting finding from andrew mccabefederal prosecutors to whether mccabe should be charged with a crime. mccabe misled investigators including then own boss, director james comey about his authorization of leaks to the wall street journal. attorney general jeff sessions fired mccabe last month, two days before scheduled retirement. cheryl: well, wells fargo is getting ready to shell out big bucks. >> it's a big dollar sign, isn't it? >> yes, it is, we could get an official announcement as early as today but wells fargo is reportedly very close to settling a record 1 billion-dollar fine imposed by regulators as penalty for auto insurance and mortgage-lending scandal. the settlement may come with scrutiny about how the bank pays sales employees. a major union change, american federation of teachers cutting ties to wells because of relationship with gun makers and nra. >> let's talk about apple because shares took a hit, what was going on. >> shares of apple falling almost 3% and still trading down slightly in the premarke

, andrew mccabe did exactly what general flynn did for a look at how general flynn has been treatedk where mccabe is at this minute. clearly, if you were to apply the law, and to not just apply the social norms among good friends, both mccabe and comey i think would be in very serious legal risk at this stage. >> sean: the new comey standard, if we will use the comey standard, number one, i guess everybody is part of a crime family, which is outrageous in and of itself, the standard is, it might be unless presented to a judge, so the judge will know who paid for it, the judge won't know it's unverified, and the judge will then issue a warrant to spy on an american citizen because it may be possible. it's possible. >> well, look, the number one thing to recognize out of everything we've learned from james comey is that this is the world according to comey, and which comey is always right. so at every stage, if somebody else disagreed, he is disappointed in them. this is a point made by rosenstein and has memo to the president. comey seems incapable of learning from his mistakes. inca

andrew mccabe.he president went after andrew mccabe for something that his wife did, ran as a democrat, and that had nothing to do with the president. >> no, no. the president knew something early that everybody else is now finding out. the president has excellent instincts. >> but he didn't say that. he talked about his wife. >> you don't know that he didn't say that. he knew that andrew mccabe could not be trusted. and look what happened just this week. andrew mccabe -- it's admitted now he lied four times, at least three under oath, dana, criminal referral just this week, because he lied about leaking to the media. this is the number two at the fbi. this should have everybody concerned, everybody should go back and look at what the fbi was doing. and not doing. while comey and mccabe were in charge of it. and they all thought, if not wanted, the other people to win the election. and that's so colored and politicized so much of their actions and inactions. >> well, as you know, as you mentioned, t

because you went there, i'll give an example because you asked, andrew mccabe. the president went after andrew mccabe for something his wife did, ran as a democrat and had nothing to do with the president. >> no. the president knew something early that everybody else is now finding out. the president's excellent instincts. >> he didn't say that. he talked about his wife. >> he knew that andrew mccabe could not be trusted and look what happened just this week. andrew mccabe has admitted he lied four times, at least three under oath, criminal referral because he lied about leaking to the media. this is the number two at the fbi. this should have everybody concerned. everybody should go back and look at what the fbi was doing and not doing while comey and mccabe was in charge of it. they ought thought, if not wanted, wanted the other person to win the election. that's so colored and politic e politicized so much of their actions and inactions. >> as you know, as you mentioned, the inspector general is looking into andrew mccabe. thank you very much. >> thank you, d

you look at somebody like andrew mccabe. he rushed into prosecute michael flynn. they went in, interviewed flynn, and prosecuted him for fall statements. mccabe lied to the fbi, as documented, mock mock multiple times. a different set of rules for mccabe? all about equal application of the law. >> sean: when meghan mccain actually asked comey today about, oh, "i told some of my lies in the book" you can still lie and be a good person, wait a minute, does that apply to general michael flynn, who was charged with lying to the fbi? congressman gaetz? >> sean, if lies were music, jim, you would be beethoven. when you lie to congress, it's a crime. when you allow your personal politics to dictate the outcome of an investigation before even conducting the investigation in earnest, that could be obstruction of justice. so in congress, we don't want to sitt around and help that jeff sessionsat and others would seriously look into these matters. we wanted to specifically detail the violations of law and then demand action from our attorney general because we cannot allow th

attorney here in washington for andrew mccabe, comey's number two at the fbi for leaking information to the press against the rules of the fbi and then lying to investigators about it. yet, james comey is saying in the memo we didn't leak. we are not leakers. yet this very same day we are learning that mccabe is in criminal jeopardy. mccabe's camp telling us they think there will never be criminal charges brought and he will be vindicated but he is in jeopardy tonight. >> shannon: what about rod rosenstein? what do you think about details he may have told the president in the oval office last thursday with respect, we think to the medical, and investigation. >> last thursday we knew there was a meeting between the deputy attorney general and the president and the oval office. we didn't have all the details. tonight it is breaking through that yes, they talked about the mueller probe which rosenstein oversees, as well as michael cohen. those raids of the office and home. what we are learning is rod rosenstein, when asked by the president, said you are not the target, mr. president, th

the "wall street journal" which talked about the political corrections which had been made to andrew mccabe'sill mccabe which was for a state senate race in 2015. and she had received, from terry mcauliff, the virginia governor, and his pac at the time, upwards of $500,000. this was seen certainly within law enforcement circles and critics of the fbi as evidence that andrew mccabe had a conflict of interest when it came to the clinton email probe. so, when you look at the leak about the foundation, that was kind of his way of awkwardly pushing back that he was impartial; that he was impartial not only with the email investigation but also with the ongoing investigation of the clinton foundation. but the bottom line, as you go through this ig section, this inspector general report, is that you see he lied on multiple occasions to multiple investigators. first the leak investigators at the fbi, and then following that to his boss, director comey. he told him he was not the source of this leak to the "wall street journal." and then ultimately, with the inspector general as well. so it was a patt

department inspector general today released his report on fired former at the eid deputy director andrew mccabeeral's report confirms that mccabe lied not once but four times to his superiors and to investigators about his leaks to the media. we will have the full report for you here in moments. also tonight top republicans demanding answers from the department of justice on

that the department's inspector general did recommend criminal charges for fired fbi official andrew mccabe. mccabe's team saying they are confident the u.s. attorney's office will decline to prosecute. kimberly, judge napolitano, lock her up. "fox & friends." who knows. gathering and transmitting information relating to national defense, not securing it. that is a 10-year stint. >> kimberly: he is not wrong about the law and the penalty. whether or not there's going to be the wherewithal and the intention, motivation to be able to follow through on the charges and pursue them. it's interesting because there's been so much we've been discussing and going through with this but that's something people thought was going to come back like the ghost of christmas past. let's take a look at this again. with a properly maintained, classified materials? was there a breach? if so, was it intentional? is it something she should be investigated, prosecuted for? now we see the decision with respect to mccabe and saying perhaps they're not going to pursue it. >> jesse: with respective mccabe, juan, if yo

it turns out the inspector general came out swinging against andrew mccabe. were you surprised? >> frankly they could have swung a lot harder and using the term lack of candor they are not candidates. let's be truthful. let's call it like it is. what the report does that is beneficial for everyone is it now documents the absolute state of meltdown of crisis in the leadership of the fbi. you'd got leaker, and lying mccabe and they've been running the show for how long? how many investigations have a tank's? how many people have a politically targeted? they tried to steer a national election for the president. this is a level of corruption that is so insidious and so corrosive, i don't think the fbi recovers from this and you ask yourself how many f. e. i directors have written tell-all books with this sanctimonious self-righteous justification of how they leaked about confidential things from the president. any fbi directors come to mind? know they dell. this is probably the most serious tragic corruption of a law enforcement law enforcement agency of the united states government

deputy director of the fbi, andrew mccabe has been fired. counsel of the fbi jim bakker has been demoted and reassigned. peter struck demoted and reassigned. page, fbi counsel, demoted and reassigned. last two were on mueller's team. kicked off mueller's team. bruce was reassigned because he wouldn't tell anyone that his wife was working for gps. that's interesting. that's interesting stuff. those are the top people in our fbi. fine you can look at all the things you want to talk about, those are being looked at by the special counsel bob mueller. how about all the facts i just laid out? they need to be examined as well. >> i want to ask you about the speakership. are you running? are you interesting? do you want to be the next speaker of the house. >> paul ryan is the speaker of the house. there is no race for officer. >> only until january. >> if and when inside a race for the speaker i have had colleagues encourage me to do. i'm open to considering running for that. but the most important thing is, by far, what we do in the next six month

andrew mccabe's criminal referral could be just the start. outlines, the possible domino effect.isten. >> the number 2 at the fbi or was number 2, senior official charged with investigating hillary clinton over the email matter and targeting donald trump, alleged by the inspector general and potential prosecution tainted both investigations, and andrew mccabe, and setting up the ambush interview of those agents with general flynn, charged with lying and admitting to lying. >> for mr. mccabe, mr. comey or mr. mueller. shannon: fired just days before the deadline, for this pension. this is something to be concerned about. the engine that exploded and killed a woman on a southwest plane is not the only engine model with problems with the faa no longer allowing certain rolls-royce engines to power long-haul overwater flights after they were shown to develop cracks and we are getting a brand-new look at a flight attendant trying to keep everyone calm as the southwest plane made an emergency landing. a friend of the captain and former navy pilot speaking out about the heroic landing. >

andrew mccabe, he is also mentioned in this criminal referral letter. the reason doj report found that mccabe lied under oath three times about leaking to the news media. it now, those are serious violations that involve at least three criminal statutes, and of course, these lawmakers want mccabe investigated. on top of that, we have peter strzok and lisa page. they are also being referred for possible criminal charges tonight. an outcome of the letter lays out how text messages show that strzok removed a reference -- remember the exoneration statement, she was emailing with president barack obama. they withdrew it. they took it out. they wiped it out, which means that obama knew about the server all along. they changed it through a government official. sure, that is what we will call president obama. these lawmakers are also calling for members to be investigated for lying to federal judges. we have been talking about this, as one of the biggest revelations. in other words, the unverified, uncorroborated, clinton bought and paid for, phony russian propa

that is a whole lot of problems for andrew mccabe.ant attacks by donald trump drove the investigations which we didn't fly and simply had a lack of memory or could not recall facts that is not enough to criminally indict someone or even charge them. i am a former prosecutor and i don't think the case is going anywhere. the civil case we need to pay attention to. shannon: prof. jonathan turley, jamie, for you, he said flynn was indicted for criminal statements, mccabe use the flynn defense, was confused and unlike flynn it appeared to have worked. the issue was not as much the crying need to indict mccabe as lack of consistency how this law is being applied. >> no question there is no reason to doubt the inspector general. he was an obama appointee, no reason to doubt this was politically motivated. what is problematic is the president tainting the process with his tweets making it look problematic and pushing jeff sessions to fire mccabe earlier than necessary. the president attacking mccabe and comey for lying is like the hamburger a

regarding andrew mccabe.o you about a leak to the wall street journal in which he confirmed or he had people leak to the wall street journal confirming the existence of an investigation into the clinton foundation. if they ultimately bring a case against andrew mccabe would you be a witness for the prosecution? >> potentially. i could well be a witness. >> you express a lot of horror in the book when public officials and even celebrities lie to investigators whether martha stewart. >> yeah. >> so i would assume that you would be upset at andrew mccabe. i haven't heard you criticize him the same way you criticize others. so far it's the accountability of the mechanisms working because it's a department committed to the truth. so it's working. i don't know whether there's a criminal referral or what will happen but that's part of accountability and examination of what the consequences will be. for a leak that the inspector general said was only motivated to preserve his own reputation having nothing to do with

here weighed in on all of this tweeting today anderson, james comey just threw andrew mccabe under the bus. it's a disaster for both of them. getting a little, lot of their

doesn't leak the same day the justice department's inspector general has criminal referral, or andrew mccabe. for leaking information to the press, then lying to investigators about it. we didn't leak, and yet this -- mccabe is in criminal jeopardy, telling us there are criminal charges. >> what about rod rosenstein, may have told the president of the oval office with respect to the michael cohen investigation. >> the deputy attorney general and the president in the oval office, we don't have the details, breaking through talking about the mueller probe. and rod rosenstein. you are not the target. and and he is not the target of the mueller probe. and that suggests that is not - he is a subject meaning is conduct is being investigated, not out of the woods with any stretch of the imagination. they don't have evidence to charge the president with crimes. they can find more evidence, these investigations are ongoing but the bottom line tonight is the president's team, at a time when james comey and andrew mccabe and investigators find themselves under fire. >> thank you very much. a few more s

completely free from white house interference. >> the president focused on the steele dossier, also on andrew mccabeme was really an unknown but somebody put a bug in the president's ear that mccabe had been corrupted by donations to his wife's campaign through terry mcauliffe's group, the president believes, representing hillary clinton, although it wasn't directly. >>> meanwhile, top house republicans are claiming the memo showed there is no basis for an obstruction investigation into the president. devin nunes last night released a statement, with others, that reads in part, the memos also show former director comey never wrote that he felt obstructed or threatened, while he went great lengths to set dining room scenes, discuss height requirements, describe the multiple times he felt complimented. he never once mentioned the most relevant fact of all which was whether or not he felt obstructed in his investigation. they go on. comey was willing to work for someone he deemed morally unsuited for office, capable of lying, requiring a personal loyalty, worthy of impeachment and sharing the traits of

him. >> i would expect there to be a criminal referral in this matter, and i would expect that andrew mccabethe same types of charges that michael flynn, rick gates, and george papadopoulos are facing. >> now there could also be a civil suit in the works. mccabe's attorney says he is considering filing a defamation lawsuit against president trump, so shannon, safe to say this is nowhere near over. >> shannon: every time the president tweets something about this, mccabe's attorney says thank you. more evidence. not overcome as you said. thank you. the doj inspector general says mccabe lied on multiple occasions, one "washington post" columnist says sure, comey and mccabe mae's serious mistakes but they were pretexts for trump's vendetta against investigators. let's debate it with the panel. democratic strategist scott bolden. jamie weinstein. fox news political analyst gianno caldwell. welcome. i want to play little bit more about republican congressman john ratcliffe had to say. he's a former u.s. attorney himself. here's what he had to say about where he thinks this goes. >> andrew mccabe,