so much so that christopher steele told bruce ohr himself -- because bruce ohr met with him several timessteele was desperate to stop trump. so those three key facts -- fusion's connected with the clinton campaign, his wife, nellie ohr, works for fusion, and chris steele has a deep whereas against the president -- bruce ohr communicated that with the fbi and the department of justice, specifically andrew wiseman who's on mueller's team. and the most important fact is he communicated those three pieces of information prior to the election. more importantly, prior to when the fbi and the department of justice went to the fisa court to get the warrant to spy on trump's campaign. that is huge. maria: yeah, that's huge because for a long time adam schiff has been saying, oh, they didn't know this was a clinton paid-for document. they found out after september. but we know from this testimony that, in fact, meetings were happening as early as july of 2016. >> adam schiff specifically says in the memo that bruce ohr's communication with the fbi with anything relative to the dossier took place af

i did not need bruce ohr to tell me that, but what bruce ohr did tell us, was the information was givenl before that fisa application in the fall of 2016. >> sean: weissmann, too. >> well, let me say this about weissmann. ohr testified that weissmann was present for one of the meetings. he didn't say how long. he didn't say what was discussed. and if he gave him a thumb drive, i don't have any indication that weissmann then took the thumb drive and looked at it. the only reason i'm being cautious is i was also part of another interview with a guy named jared kushner who showed up at a meeting at trump tower and some of my colleagues on the other side made a lot of hay out of the fact that jared was there. he didn't know what the meeting was about. as soon as he found out what it was about, he began trying to get out of the meeting. so i think it is fair to ask andrew weissmann and robert mueller, when did you know what, and what were you doing talking to bruce ohr, who, by the way, had been terminated as an fbi source, sean, but i don't want to speculate. >> sean: there is another chron

bruce ohr's wife kelly.ced a very john solomon from the hill and fox news contributor sara carter, investigative reporter. sarah, let's start with the fbi issue first. both you and john report this. baker originally believed what we all know is a fact. clinton committed a felony that was a violation of the espionage act and i believe obstruction of justice after they rigged investigations. >> yet. what's so fascinating about baker's testimony is that he's going through this t back-and-forth john ratcliffe out of texas was questioning him about this. and he specifically states that he absolutely believed from the beginning when he went through this binder, he was basically given a binder with the classified emails, with documents. he was appalled. he didn't see any other way around it but to charge hillary clinton. and he continued to battle according to hisclto own testimy with people in his office along with comey as well. he had these arguments going back and forth until the very end. and it wasn't until t

he said this about bruce ohr, he said republicans mischaracterize the influence of bruce ohr and misleadhe timeline of his involvement in all this. those statements were absolutely wrong. we now know bruce ohr, from his testimony in the deposition that we all took, said these three key things. he said, look, fusion gps is connected to the clintons, my wife worked for fusion gps, and chris steele has a deep bias against the president. he told bruce other, told the fbi and key people at the justice department -- namely andrew weissman -- all that information prior to election, more importantly, prior to to going to the fisa court to get the warrant. that is huge, and adam schiff's memo tries to mislead everybody about that fundamental fact. lou: misleading but also two chairmen. one, trey gowdy, of oversight and bob goodlatte of judiciary. they also misled the american people, and they failed to bring to conclusion with any effectiveness at all the investigation. this was properly theirs. they betrayed not the party, they betrayed the country, in my opinion w the awful conduct and their ch

explain that. >> andrew weissmann, in the summer of 2016, was briefed by bruce ohr, as well as anothertor, both of whom were top prosecutors on mueller's team. sout they have tainted the muelr investigation. it has noll credibility. the real question here is, why hasn't mueller, who was on notice about fisa abuses, investigated the fisa abuse? i'll tell you why. he'd have to have the permission of rod rosenstein, who, of course, was involved in the fisa abuse. >> sean: he signed the third renewal, the fourth fisa warrant against carter page. let me go back to john solomon. you did a lot of the uranium one story. you first interviewed -- we had an fbi informant that knew that -- mr. campbell -- that chronicled for than fbi director mueller, that there was bribery, extortion, kickbacks, money laundering going on, by putin thugs in america. they still got the uranium one deal through. talk about money from russia. the clintons got kickbacks from those people to theba tune of $145 billion in speaking fees, and mueller also, we now know through bruce ohr's testimony, he was the conduit for

bruce ohr demoted twice. all used high positions in government to persecute those they disagreed with politically. don't forget about lying to the fbi. after all, that crime shouldn't only apply american war heroes like general flynn after you brag about, oh, we wouldn't do this in the obama administration, and then have an andrew mccabe say, you don't need a lawyer, when he really did need one. and don't forget about also in all of this, the illicit leaking baker, brennan, steele, clapper. when are they going to be held accountable? over the next year, with a brand new attorney general, william barr, this country, we have to decide! you want to save the united states, you want to be a constitutional republic? you want actual justice under the law?w? do you want a dual justice system or do you want america to be handed off to your kids and grandkids as a banana republic? that's the choice america is facing tonight because a high ranking, unelectedki officials obviously were able to yield so much power over th

we know bruce ohr from his testimony, said sh said 3 key t, fusion gps is connected to the president, and he was desperate to stop trump, he told bruce ohr told fbi, and keep people of justice department, all that information. prior to the election more personally prior to the october 21 date when they went to fisa court that is huge, adam schiff's memo trying to mislead everyone about that. lou: misleading and also two chairmen, trey gowdy and bob goodlot, they also misled the american people and failed to bring to conclusion with any effectiveness the investigation that was properly theirs. they betrayed the country, in my opinion, with awful conduct in choice to do nothing in the face of the vast political krup crutn -- corruption of department of justice and fbi. >> we'll try to release all transcripts, 15 people we interviewed, from andy mccabe to loretta lynch, and everyone in between. lisa page, lisa strzok, jim page, we think that press you be able to see what took place, we think that will give more clarity to this craze thing that took place at fbi. lou: jim jordan. >> thank

we got compelling testimony from the number four guy bruce ohr. he provided calendar notations and notes that told us, in fact, that glenn simpson started a meeting back in august. we know the democrats were saying they met until thanksgiving. that was important because it showed you when they started investigating president trump. >> that's the key question. there are reports that it's not the same matching. now you have a chairman of the committee. privately meeting with them when the committee will investigate them farther. >> yeah. >> this is why he has to recuse himself so they can trust anything that comes out of the committee. you have 20 answer what they talked about and how many times you met with glenn simpson. they made a remark that it's about the benjamins. you reacted to that. there have been calls for her to move off the port affairs committee because of her comments. you got into a tift with her on twitter. >> i had a press conference and talking about the democratic leadership to a number of the new freshman democrat congressional

but we now know because of john's reporting and your reporting as well that bruce ohr told everybodye fbi, everybody, that the dossier was unverified, uncorroborated, it was paid for by clinton and put together by a russian hater with dubious russian lies. >> and at the -- he told that to two people who were top prosecutors on mueller's team. so, imagine that. and then, of course, all of that information was concealed from the fisa judges. they were lied to. they weren't told that hillary clinton had paid for it or that steele had been fired for lying or was severely biased. >> sean: and weissman was on it. explain me that. >> he was briefed by bruce ohr, especially another prosecutor, both of whom were top prosecutors on mueller's team. they have tainted the mueller investigation. it has no credibility. and the real question is why hasn't mueller, who was notice about fisa abuses, investigated this fisa abuse? i'll tell you why. because he would have to have the permission of rod rosenstein, who of course was involved in the fisa abuse. >> sean: he signed the third renewal, the four

number two, we know that bruce ohr was funneling information from christopher steele long after steeleas fired from lying in leaking by the fbi to the special counsel's office. does that mean the dossier that hillary paid for with russian lies, has that become the road map for this witch hunt? >> it certainly was one of the road maps. tomorrow i'm going to report that there was a third dossier. remember, we know about the steele dossier, we know about the blumenthal dossier, sent to the state department, forwarded to the fbi. tomorrow, i'm going to report that there was a third dossier put together and given to the justice department using fusion dps materials, and when you hear who wrote it, who gave it to the justice department, and who knew about it, you going to love this. >> sean: after two years of us being together, you are now not going to tell me and you know who wrote it? [laughter] and you have this on lock down? >> i do, indeed. i will give you a little hand fair let's assume in the bruce ohr family, getting to the fbi -- >> sean: ding, ding, ding. message sent and received

this is significant because it moves of the timeline with bruce ohr and other f.icials, going around standard investigative procedures in the handling of the dossier. this loss of several months before they used it in part to secure its surveillance warrant for term campaign aide carter page, harris. >> harris: wow it, that's interesting detail. i wrote it down. catherine herridge, thank you very bunch. meanwhile, president of this we can criticize the mueller investigation and said the investigation has not implicated in his campaign. the president also did not reject the possibility that he might pardon former associate roger stone. >> first of all, i just don't -- except with the beginning. will before we are talking about. roger is somebody that i have always liked pribilof people like you but some people probably don't like roger. the roger stone is somebody of always liked. he's a character. i don't know if you know this or not, he wasn't on my campaign. except with the beginning. >> harris: former assistant attorney andy mccarthy, touching on that same thin

ohr, bruce ohr, whose wife worked at fusion gps told mccabe and other senior doj officials that mr.e the author of the dossier hated trump, was very politically biased and they went forward anyway. again if the shoe were on the other foot and this was the republican party, hiring a foreign agent to investigate hillary clinton, it would be front page news all over the world. this to me is exhibit a of how the media is for the anti-trump agenda. maria: i want to point out that is exactly the opposite of what adam schiff keeps saying until this day, even though we did get all of that information during the bruce ohr testimony we learned a lot from that testimony and i guess you're talking about who signed that fisa warrant that includes rod rosenstein and sally yates. they will be subpoenaed then. >> well it was renewed four times and i want to find out or ask publicly without the dossier there would have been no warrant received, and that the document, the dossier was prepared by a foreign agent, with information in the dossier to this day is a bunch of garbage and it was the foundati

let's assume bruce ohr family getting stuff to the fbi -- >> sean: ding, ding, ding.essage sent and received, thank you. let me go to what we have here. everybody that i know who knows william barr says straight arrow. william barr is going to do his job. if you can do his job, sarah, he has to go back to hillary. he has to go back to rigged investigation. yes to go back to the crime she committee. he has to go to the fisa that everybody was warned about, the dossier. what lies were told the pfizer judge, correct? >> sara: correct. and sean, there was nobody else to actually have an investigation conducted on any of this but william barr. remember, the final say is going to be the department of justice. congress can only do so much but without the department of justice, actually opening up an investigation without william barr, all of this goes nowhere. we absolutely have to have an investigation. >> sean: john, you are going to blow the story wide open tomorrow. >> john: yes, sir. >> sean: both of you and i watched on first, do you believe now things are closing in o

he had inappropriate contact with bruce ohr, department of justice.o flood about that to congress saying he only had conversations after the election with bruce ohr. and now he's talking to this person who has been discredited, who could easily have been a part of this investigation. so by adam shifts appearance of bias standards, then yes, he should. will he? of course not. democrats are in charge. >> kennedy: it feels like we will never get to the truth. the truth the soap subjective. you got the russian intelligence saying that we found no collusion, but on the house side the democrats are saying, "absolutely, it's right there in plain sight." but it's a big leap to prove he couldn't tell my criminal conspiracy. >> morgan: it seems like people will only believe that merely report if it fits whatever their narrative is. the tragedy of all this is that we've talked several times during the show today, kennedy -- it's not just the house intelligence committee. it's the fbi, it's the doj. these institutions that were revered, that i faced a lot of refo

glenn used the throw bruce ohr under the bus analogy. having testified, here's what happens. i'm going to use a slightly different analogy. one side throws you out of the boat and the other side throws you a life raft and pulls you back in. the other side throws you out and they pull you back in. that's going to be the pattern the entire day. friendly questions followed by hostile questions followed by friendly questions. but in terms of substance, it's going to be very, very sort of disappointing in the end. whether or not they hold him in contempt is more of a political act. if you're what looking for are serious substantive answers to important questions, there are probably better things to do with your time today than watch this hearing. >> oh, i don't want to say that. i definitely don't want to say that. i think actually it's going -- and i mean this sincerely with all due respect. i think this is going to be fascinating. really quickly, we only have a minute left from both of you. what are you looking for as we go forward? >> i think the question about what comes next

intelligence was nothing more than christopher steele and sidney blumenthal, and now the wife of bruce ohr what christopher steele said to the -- he told congress that his wife put the dossier together, gave it to him and he routed it to the fbi despite the conflict of interest that rules justice official should never get involved in cases where their spouse has a financial interest. >> sean: we only have a small sampling of all of these interviews, we do not, there is so much information, you both agree with me, exit question, that in fact when everything comes out, there is at least a dozen people that should be charged here? >> yes, absolutely, if not more. >> sean: how many more? >> i would say definitely between 12-20. >> sean: and john? >> the house republicans who did all of the interviews, they are preparing criminal referrals. >> sean: it has to be released. >> it will be nine right off the bat. >> sean: u.s. sources in the special counsel office, what are you hearing about what will be in the report supposedly released next week? >> i think that the end is near and there will be

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hillary paid for this, they never verified it or corroborated and they were warned in august by bruce ohrssman, the pit bull, knew about all of this, because he was briefed by ohr also. >> that's right, yeah. >> sean: what's new about schiff? >> adam schiff has been the biggest champion in congress for the dossier for two years until just recently. but let's remember, let's take everybody back to the spring of 2017. nunez, house committee chairman, goes to the white house, tries to find about some unmasking abuses. and schiff goes bananas. this taints our whole investigation, right? remember that. nunez steps aside. well, let's fast-forward to this summer. schiff, who is he meeting with, the author of the dossier and there talking with glen simpson, this is at a time when schiff and nunez's committee knows it's highly possible. it isn't until i find this photo in the last couple of days showing them together that they had this meeting. my favorite line in this is when asking about what this meeting was about, simpson said, it was just a small sock meeting. i don't think the author of the

what is more concerning is he met with glenn simpson, this is fusion gps whose bruce ohr's wife worked meetings did they have? why did he fight so hard for us not to find out who paid for fusion gps, that it was the democratic party? he fought to make sure. >> laura: why? it runs brack to the democrats that's why and hillary. >> and glenn simpson came before the committee, he asked: what should we look at? taking ideas from him. >> laura: a scandal. >> if he holds himself to the same level as nunes, he should recuse himself. >> laura: we will talk to you later about the senate. thanks for joining us tonight. get your black-tie on and grab your champagne. raymond is back from l.a. even though he said the oscars don't mean what they once did the back lash over the best picture win could have wide implications. stay there. we all dream about our next vacation... but some of us turn those dreams... into action... the bookers. the doers. the 'hit that confirmation button and let's go!'- ers! because bookers know that the perfect place to stay... is right there for the booking. be a booker a

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is bruce ohr still employed with the department of justice? >> to answer your question directly, mr. collins, bruce ohr is currently employed with the department of justice. >> is there any process at this point or that you can comment on, you are aware of the discussions and implications spanning from congress with bruce ohr's involvement in many of the problems we've seen in doj? >> i'm generally aware of mr. ohr being -- questions being raised about his behavior at the department of justice. >> knowing what you know and seeing what you have seen and using your past experience and prior knowledge do you believe that mr. ohr was operating outside normal channels and appropriate channels in which he was operating under that was been publicly reported? >> this is a very important question for many people both in this body and in the general public. the office of inspector general is currently looking at the carter page, fisa application, and it is also being reviewed at the same time by mr. john huber, who is the u.s. attorney from utah asked b

he had was the rumors and the smears on the slanders of this dossier, he had been told in 2016 by bruce ohried in his own spouse worked on it. that is all just rhetoric can be said to scott pauli, i was opening up a counterintelligence investigation. not only do we have a right to do that, there is no evidence to do that. he is not andrew mccabe indeed, he is not a doctor, on a constitutional lawyer. if he is a problem with donald trump and thinks he has done something wrong, that is a matter for the u.s. congress. >> tucker: i agree. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> tucker: democrats running for president to have a new rallying cry for 2020, tear down every wall and protect this country. why are they saying that exactly? we will ask the question after the break. ♪ buffalo style chicken in a pouch-- bold choice, charlie! just tear, eat... mmmmm. and go! try all of my chicken creations! chicken! when it comes to reducing the evsugar in your family's diet,m. coke, dr pepper and pepsi hear you. we're working together to do just that. bringing you more great tasting beverages with less sug

fusion gps who nellie ohr, bruce ohr's wife worked for. i have a number of questions for schiff.y meetings did he have? what did they talk about? why did he fight so hard for us not to find out who paid for this fusion gps? that it was the democratic party? did you know he fought to make sure that we had to go to court. >> laura: he didn't want that out because it runs back to the democrats and hillary >>> when glenn simpson came before the committee he asked him, what should we look at? taking ideas from him, where should we go with this investigation? >> laura: scandal >>> if he holds himself to the same level that he held devin nunes for, he should recuse himself. he needs to move off this case. >> laura: we're going to talk to you later about what happened over in the senate with the infant protection act. thank you for joining us tonight, we really appreciate it. get your black tie on, grab your champagne, our own raymond arroyo is back from l.a., he says the oscars don't mean what they once did. the back lash over the best picture winner could have wide implications. you're

even when bruce ohr told him that steel hated trumpet and was not reliable.not put in i mean the fisa abuse is incredible. they have a lot to answer for. >> is not just the way they were trying to remove the president but the means they used to get there in the first place. >> right. mr. mccabe complains about donald trump picking on him in tweets. at least trump is out in the open. this guys using sneaky powers to try to go after him. then when they briefed, when mr. comey briefed donald trump early on, they do not quite on the food truth about the investigation. i think it is really scary. i'm old-fashioned. >> if the abuses of power continue and there is nothing that says they have been curtailed, i hope when a democrat president is targeted, you sharing the outrage then as well. >> yes. >> thank you so much, bill mcgurn. >> thank you. >> "the new york times" out with yet another exposc on the president. that the left is once again claiming we will bring him down. we've been down this road many times before but this report is making one new claim that is r

we now know that bruce ohr, who warned everyone at the doj and the fbi -- by the way, including andrewnn, mueller's pitbull -- that it was put together by a trump hater named christopher steele, eventually fired for lying and leaking. and hillary paid for it, and it is unverified and uncorroborated. so the question is, it was used four times and signed off, what about all the people that signed off on a document they never verified? >> all of them should be held accountable. we are attempting to find them accountable in congress. probably the right thing that should happen would be the judges to hold them accountable. in the meantime, the new attorney general when he gets in there, he should immediately call for some type of review of all of this. we are going to have to present in the information. i think at that point, hopefully something will happen. >> sean: with criminal referrals. >> either criminal referrals, or if the judges hold them accountable, they can lose their law license. but really, if there is not reforms done to the fisa process, if accountability is not delivered in

he had been told in 2016 byst bruce ohr that it was unverifiea in his own spouse worked on it.t rhetoric, he said to scott pauli, i was opening up a counterintelligence investigation. not only do we have a right to do that, there is no evidence to do that. he is not andrew mccabe indeed, he is not a doctor, or a constitutional lawyer. if he has a problem with donald trump and thinks he has done something wrong, that is a matter for the u.s. congress. >> tucker: i agree. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> tucker: democrats running for president have a new rallying cry for 2020, tear down every wall and protect this country. why are they saying that exactly? we will ask the question after the break. ♪ we will ask the question after the break. ♪ (woman) candace, two minutes. too late for lunch. starkist saves the day. sweet and spicy tuna in a pouch! smart choice, charlie. (charlie) no drain, no pain. just tear, eat... and go! try all of my tuna, salmon and chicken pouches. daughter: dad! theycome on, come on!room! ok, dad. one... two... three! (both screaming) dad! you saved m

bruce ohr's testimony is inconsistent with his boss, sally yates.timony is inconsistent with his boss, james comey, james comey's testimony is inconsistent with his lawyer jim baker. mccabe's testimony is also in consist inconsistent with rod rosenstein so you have all of these things that were taking place and again that underscores the point that there were senior officials at the department of justice that were the same officials that has undermined and pre-judged hillary clinton as innocent pre-judge donald trump as guilty and they were the ones making the decisions in these investigations. maria: and that was congressman john ratcliffe with me here last week. he of course a february of the intel as well as the judiciary committees i'm back with former south carolina congressman and chairman of the house oversight committee trey gowdy also a fox news contributor and former federal prosecutor and congressman your thoughts on what you just heard from your former colleague john ratcliffe. are we going to see any accountability with bill barr, seeki

counterintelligence agent at the fbi, peter strzok, the top russian organized expert at the justice department, bruce ohrve come under sustained attack from the president and honestly from conservative media and congressional republicans. that list, of course, includes andy mccabe himself who is now doing interviews over the last few days because his book is out tomorrow. read it and weep. what has received the most attention thus far is his contention that senior justice department and fbi officials were so disturbed and so concerned about what appeared to be the president's inappropriate relationship with russia that they considered the full range of options that might be available to them to try to handle that kind of extreme threat to the country. this previously unimaginable possibility that somebody who was an agent of a foreign adversary had become president of the united states. >> what was it specifically that caused you to launch the counterintelligence investigation? >> it is many of those same concerns that caused us to be concerned about a national security threat, and the idea is if the pre

the case is that the real scandal here is how comey and mccabe and lisa page and peter strzok and bruce ohrd and how they acted and particularly how they acted -- to some degree in the clinton case, but even more so in the trump case. where do you come down? >> well, i think the actions of some of those actors cast a dark spell on the fbi. i don't know why we continue to talk about andrew mccabe or listen to him. the inspector general determined he lied multiple times including three times under oath. andrew mccabe, in here theory, s supposed to be leading the investigation into hillary clinton, and he says he was worried about russia collusion. there's $145 million from russians given to the hillary and bill clinton foundation when she was tear of state. -- secretary of state, and he's sitting here saying that he was really worried as to how this was going to interfere with his investigation into president trump? i mean, i don't know why we still listen to the guy. he's been proven to to be a serl liar again and again. chris: bob woodward, you have been covering and dealing with fbi offici