we take up the deep state's sordid web of corruption with jim jordan and andrew mccarthy tonight. our top story tonight, the justice department's clear political corruption in the highest levels. the question is how far down does it go? the american public is asked to believe that it is answered ignorance in the justice department and not professional incompetence plaguing the doj and fbi. the corruption is too sinister and evident to ignore and the only way to respond to the aspect- trump partis an is to reopen every single operation he has touched. but the nation's attorney general doesn't see it that way. rob rosenstein testified before the house judiciary committee and flatly defended the department of justice and he seems convincingly unconcerned that bias and political corruption infested mueller's investigation. presidential election. the newly released text messages from fbi officials. peter strok and lisa page only the latest examples. of course, strok's son obtained a warrant from a court to spy on members. trump campaign. court documents show that the fusion co-founder

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the deep state sorts web of corruption with congressman jim jordan, former federal prosecutor andrew mccarthy tonight, we get into that. top story, justice department clear political corruption at highest levels, question is how far down does it go? american public is being asked to believe that its individual ignorance in justice department. playing the -- plaguing the doj and the fbi. reopen every investigation he has touched. nation's deputy attorney general, does not see it that way. for that matter, he does not see it at all. rosen stein testified before house judiciary committee today, defending the department of justice. fox news chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with the report. >> i think that public trust is gone. reporter: republican say anti-trump -- undermine confidence in russia investigation, pointing to august test from fb fbi agent to lisa page. he writes the path you threw out for considering. andy's office -- strong continue -- i'm afraid we can't take that risk. >> he thought he was super agent game james bond. reporter: rose rosenstein pointo a review. >

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andrew mccarthy said he worked as a prosecutor in manhattan.ashing the liberals in private. but when it came to being fair, you put that aside. everybody has opinions. >> everyone does have opinions. this guy was removed from the investigation. bob mueller is a republican. let's not forget that. if they're so worried about party politics. there's a republican in charge of this investigation. what's even more disturbing about the testimony -- i'm not sure if they were auditioning for a potential cabinet post, but it was just about making grand statements that were meaningless. they had enough to go with. this investigation, there have been hiccups along the way. that's enough, you want to call it into question, but do it with some moderation because then at least you look like you can set up the table. what's worse is how they did it and took wind out of the president's sail. >> talking about taxes. >> exactly. they stepped on the president. >> the white house operation, as much as they want to feed the congress of what they want to say to under

which is the home if you will for two nri fellows one being andrew mccarthy and the other the man we're assembled today to here victor davis hanson. please visit nr institute.org to learn more about this center, and all of the institutes programs. it is an honor to call victor davis hanson a friend and rich lowery too so as to the former -- this son of california is a raisin and almond farmer the author a of dozens of acclaim books, the martin and nearly angd e son senior fellow in residents in class eggs and military history, at the hoover ?iewlings at stanford, university, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of a weekly column for national review online. professor hanson is also the wayne and distinguished fellow in history at hillsdale college and among other honors, he was awarded the national humanity medal in 2007, the bradley proiz in 2008, the eric award this 2002 and buckley prize in 2015. we will proceed as follows to give a talk about 15 to 20 minutes hanson to provide an overview of some key themes of the second world wars. then, he will be joined by my other frien

former federal prosecutor andrew mccarthy is also saying this is now an obstruction of justice investigationnd the ultimate goal is to impeach president trump. where did you hear that before? and finally tonight, as we often say on the show, we are not the destroy trump media. and if you are watching at home, have no doubts about fake news not being a clear, present danger to the trump administration.e they are the willing accomplices in all of this. and we have an exampleti that should make you a believer. it's scary, it's real, and it proves what we have been saying on this program since '08. journalism in america is dead. on friday morning as news was breaking about general flynn pleading guilty about lying to the fbi, abc news chief investigative correspondent brian ross reported that flynn was prepared to testify that it was candidate trump that directed him to make contact with the russians. here's a report. >> it certainly would seem to suggest that michael flynn had a fair amount of information to offer the special counsel in return.ld >> that's right. he has promised full cooperatio

the sense of western civilization which is the home if you were one of the fellows one being andrew mccarthy and the other the man we are assembled today to hear. please visit nrinstitute.org to learn about the programs. we are honored to call and a friend come and richard lowry, too. the son of california is a reason and almond farmer, the author of dozens of acclaimed book, the anderson senior fellow in residence and classics and military history at the hoover institution at stanford university, a nationally syndicated columnist and the author of the weekly column for the national review online. professor hanson is also a distinguished fellow in history at hillsdale college and among others, he was awarded the national humanities medal in 2007, the bradley prize in 2008, the award in 2002, and the buckley prize in 2015. we will proceed as follows. professor hanson will give a talk is about 15 to 20 minutes. to provide an overview of some key themes of the second world war. then he will be joined by my other friend, the editor-in-chief of the national review and acclaimed author in his own

t andrew mccarthy, a contributing editor to the "national review," has thought a lot about that, andins us to tonight. thanks for coming on. >> thanks for having me. >> tucker: details are emerging from all kinds of directions all the time in this story, and so it is easy to lose track of the core point of this. my understanding was, this investigation was designed toht determine what influence the russians had on the 2016 election. is that no longer the point? >> i think ostensibly it is still the point. if you ask them, they would tell you they were conducting a counterintelligence investigation, the meddling in the election with a side line campagin collusion in it. my own view, for what it's worth, that is the guise under which the investigation has gone forward, really what a lot of people on the democratic side wanted to do was assign a prosecutor to the trump administration and this was a way to do it. where i think they are headed is an obstruction of justice investigation, and collusion has pretty much gone by the boards,e at least as something potentially actionable in the

defense of western civilization which is the home, if you will, for two nri fellows; one being andrew mccarthy, and the other the man we are assembled today to hear, victor davis hanson. please visit nrinstitute.org to learn more about the center and all the institute's programs. it is an honor to call victor davis hanson a friend and rich lowry too. so as to the former, this son of california is a raisin and almond farmer, the author of dozens of acclaimed books, the martin and ellie anderson senior fellow in residence in classics and military history at the hoover institution at stanford university, a nationally syndicated columnist and the author of a weekly column for national review on online. professor anson is also the wayne and marsha busk distinguished fellow in history at hillsdale college, and among other honors, he was awarded the national humanities meddle in 2007, the -- medal in 2007, the bradley prize in 2008, and the buckley prize in 2015. we will proceed as follows. professor hanson will give a talk of about 15-20 minutes to provide an overview of some key themes of of "the s