our chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is her life to take us in-depth on the importantvents and key people who change the course of this probe. >> good evening. documents, text messages and congressional testimony reviewed by fox news show eight days in may 2017 right after the fbi director was fired, they are pivotal period with no hard evidence of collusion, senior fbi and dod officials apparently pushed back against the white house. >> he unfortunately had to fly back to washington unexpectedly. >> on may 9, 2017, the fbi fbi director james comey left a los angeles recruiting event afr learning on tv that president trump fired him. the white house released a memo from deputy attorney general rod rosenstein to justify determination. "i cannot defend the director's handling of the conclusion of the investigation of secretary clinton's emails." >> i told the president, mr. president, with all due respect, you are making a big mistake. stick to our democratic colleagues complaining about the removal of an fbi director whom they themselves repeatedly and sharply criticize

>> shannon: catherine herridge, thank you very much. howard schultz, former starbucks ceo flirting with an independent run for the white house. tonight is showing no signs of exiting the spotlight, as he blasts a whole host of progressive policies and the democratic presidential hopefuls. trace gallagher is on the case. getting in, trace. >> good evening, shannon prayed for a man who hasn't decided whether he's running for president, howard schultz was surgically fighting the fight, going after liberal priorities, and his would-be opponents, beginning with senator elizabeth warren. watch. >> when i see elizabeth warren come out with a ridiculous plan of taxing wealthy people a surtax of 2% because it makes a good headline or sends out a tweet, which she knows in effect that is not something that is ever going to be passed, this is what is wrong. >> senator warren responded with a flurry of counter punches, including a campaign release, social media, and good old-fashioned television. watch her. >> this is the problem. billionaires think

first, i want to go to catherine herridge in washington for a recap of what has happened this afternoon and the important matters at hand. hello, catherine. >> shep, one of the most interesting things we've learned through the course of the confirmation hearings is we've g gotten more detail on the final record of robert mueller to be in the public domain. there's been speculation as to what the rules and riglations are. what we've heard from the nominee for attorney general william barr is a very specific set of steps. he said he expects to receive a summary from robert mueller. it will contained a list of cases being prosecuted and the declinations. that's cases where they gathered evidence but they don't feel there's enough to prosecute. he's indicated it's up to him to decide how to take that information and relay it to congress. also to make it public. he's testified that his intent at this point is to make that information public to the full extent of the law and based on these regulations, shep. >> shepard: catherine herridge live in washington. catherine, thank you. we're scramb

lou: thank you very much, catherine herridge reporting. joining us to take up the reeve luges that threvelation that hee dossier with andrew wiseman and others. at the time wiseman was the head of the fraud selection, now a senior member of the special counsel office or witch hunt if you prefer. victoria toensing and jo digenova, former u.s. attorney for the district of columbia, founding partner of the firm digenova and toensing. we sort of had an indication of this throughout. but this revelation now is raising all sorts of questions. one is it seems designed in part, at least to me, to make ohr look better but it is certainly damning to the top officials of the fbi. let's begin with you, victoria. >> he only looked slightly better because i think he's protecting sally yates. he was sally yates' deputy and yet he claims he never said this to sally yates. this needs to go to a grand jury where bruce ohr and sally yates are brought in to say whether he told her or not. and then for us who know the justice department, it's odd -- john solom

with fox team coverage tonight, catherine herridge took to the lawyer and causes quite a stir. we begin with john roberts. there's been quite a letter from the president today. good evening. >> it wasn't quite a reaction as well. they tell fox news that it has suspended, postpone for the time being all government travel for so-called congressional delegations. the sudden postponement as nancy pelosi's delegation raised a lot of questions as to whether it was prudence or payback. >> the congressional delegation led by nancy pelosi was about to leave for joint base andrews when president trump informed the speaker he was yanking the military aircraft she was supposed to fly on. in a letter the president said, due to the shut down i'm sorry to inform you that your trip to brussels, egypt and afghanistan has been postponed. we will reschedule the seven day excursion when shutdown is over. these postponement of her trip came after she sent president trumped a letter yesterday asking him to postpone the state of the union address. in pulling the plug president trumped called the trop

. >> harris: i want to bring in chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge. erine, to bring their reporting into all this -- are you with me question actor you are we watch this play out in the same time. we are digging deeper into the indictment. what are you finding? >> harris, i want to take a minute to lay out some of the data points on the timeline. what we saw go down this morning. based on our reporting, we have the arrest of roger stone at approximately 6:00 a.m. he said in this news conference at the special counsel issued a press release about the indictment before. if i could hear him correctly, he notified stone's attorney. i received the press release from the special counsel's office as spokesman peter carr, approximately 617 this morning, and that press release could deny him the indictment a lengthy summary of the 24-page indictment against stone. that would have taken a certain amount of preplanning or premeditation, if you well. stone went on to say -- and we will have to check to see if it's accurate come with the fbi -- is that there were 2

catherine herridge with the reaction to the allegations about the president's loyalties.e start out with john roberts in a most unusual accusation against an american commander in chief good evening. >> was an extraordinary arab news reports. when accusing the president of trying to sell out his country to the russians, the other accusing the president of trying to hide from his senior aides, the contents of meetings with vladimir putin. as you can imagine, the president came out swinging hard against both. >> leaving the white house for new orleans today president trump slammed the report that the fbi was looking into whether he was working on behalf of russia after he fired james comey. >> i never worked for russia. it is a disgrace that you asked that question. >> according to "the new york times" the fbi leadership became so concerned about the president's behavior with the times, they began an inquiry into whether president trump was engaged in un-american activity. on the south on this morning president trump reminded who was leading the russia investigatio investig

and its interests, shep. >> shepard: catherine herridge reporting live from capitol hill. the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell publicly disagreeing with president trump on the senate floor about u.s. policy on syria. for that, the chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. >> shep, good afternoon. a stunning break with president trump. mitch mcconnell announcing that he has filed an amendment saying the united states should not be bringing home u.s. troops any time soon. >> i never would acknowledge the plain fact that al-quaida, isis and their affiliates in syria and afghanistan continue to pose a serious threat to us here at home. it would recognize the danger of a precipitous withdrawal from either conflict and highlight the need for diplomatic engagement and political solutions to the underlying conflicts in syria and afghanistan. >> then a short time ago as senate republican leaders were leaving their luncheon, mcconnell talked more about this saying it's important to show our allies in the region, israel and jordan, that the u.s. is

catherine herridge is live in washington. hi, catherine. >> good afternoon.eller's investigation is in the final stages and some media reporting suggests that mueller could finalize his report as early as february. but mueller's office does not comment publicly on its progress or the timeline. the end of last year, the house intelligence committee voted to provide special counsel investigators with the testimony of political operative roger stone. last month, the senior committee democrat suggested that e-mails between stone and his associate, jerome corsi are inconsistent with statements to congress. another outstanding question is whether mueller has been building an obstruction case against the president over his firing of james comey. an issue is related to mike flynn. on sunday, the incoming chairman of the powerful senate judiciary committee was pressed on the president's choice to leave the justice department william barr who wrote to the deputy attorney general last year stating any obstruction case would not be on sound legal footing. >> i shared man

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catherine herridge has more. >> buzz feed is starting by their story after two law enforcement officersnvestigators say they have evidence the president told michael cohen to lie to congress. buzz feed's description to the special counsel's office and characterization of office and testimony obtained by the office recording michael cohen's testimony are not accurate. over the weekend, the buzz feed reporter's dissected the special counsel statement claiming it was not a full-throated denial of their reporting. >> we're keen to learn -- we want clarity from the special counsel's office and we want to learn about the construction of that statement, who was involved, how, when and where and where. >> and i have further confirmation this is right. stand our ground. our reporting will be borne out to be accurate and we're 100% behind it. >> in a tweet, the president told his followers that buzz feed is the one that released the unverified trump dossier that was paid for by the clinton campaign and the dnc. it's important to know that that d dossier was used in concert with other information.

catherine herridge reporting live from washington. >> shep, the lawyer for michael cohen called on these to take action against the president and his lawyer, rudy guliani. >> the house of representatives now has an obligation, a resolution of censure when the president of the president of the united states intimidates a witness. so is a federal criminal investigation of rudy guliani for witness tampering, calling out a man's father-in-law and wife in order to intimidate the witness is not fair game. >> the subpoena from the intelligence committee led by richard burr and mark warner is significant because this committee may be the only one still operating on the hill and doing an investigation that has bipartisan support. their work has had a focus on russian interference and the intelligence implications rather than the politics of the issues. after cohen's team postponed testimony in the house, the chairman of the oversight committee says he will get answer from the president's former lawyer. >> we will let you know how to we plan to proceed. we will get the testimony as sure as night

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge reporting. >> good afternoon much the lawyers for paul manafort filed a response to allegation he is lied to special counsel investigators therefore violating his plea agreement. we have obtained a redacted version of the filing. manafort's lawyers reporting that their client is suffering from depression, anxiety, and using a wheelchair at times. his lawyers say prison conditions have weighed heavily on his state of mind and memory and their client did not intentionally make false statements. pourings are redkted, there does appear to be a design fault allowing you to rode what lies beneath the black ink. what we were able to decipher states that the special counsel has alleged manafort met with some one called con stan tin kalanik, shared election polling with him and shared a peace plan for the ukraine. he is important, widely described as a russian ukrainia than political consultant, and suspected intelligence operative for moscow. >> shepard: also news about the russian lawyer who is at the trump tower meeting in 2016, veselnitsk

deep intelligence correspondent catherine herridge was at the session today. hey, catherine. >> shannon, william pryor testified that he has known robert mueller for three decades. and he would not be involved in a witch hunt. barr says the refusal jeff sessions was the right thing and he committed to following the law and not bending to politics. >> i will not be bullied into doing anything i think is wrong. by anybody, whether it be editorial boards or congress or the president. >> from the outset, william barr, the president's nominee to be the justice department, saide will protect a special counsel investigation. >> the country needs a credible resolution to these issues. >> barr said he saw no chance the probe would be shutdown for cause. he pushed to make the final mueller report as public as possible. >> i will try to get that information out there consistent with the regulations. >> are there any circumstances that would cause you to terminate the investigation? >> bob mueller could only be terminated for good cause, and i frankly, it's unimaginable to

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has more from washington. catherine?anks, harris, and good afternoon. the public testimony comes after the ordered coin to pay $2 million in restitution, forfeiture, and fines, and report to prison on march 6th for campaign finance violations, tax evasion, and lying to congress about a moscow trump tower fought down my progress though my project that never materialized. has to republicans are characterizing a decision to call cohen as political theater. >> the first figuring the democratic congress has, they bring in a convicted felon. think about this -- this guy has gone to prison in two months, ht figuring, and he's going to prir because he lied to congress. and that's her first big witness? >> in a statement, he said he accepted the invitation of democratic chairman eliza cummings, "in furtherance to provide the american people with answers. i look forward to having the privilege of being a platform to give a full and credible account of events with have transpired." he said steaming is consulting with special counse

catherine herridge reporting live from washington. >> in these prepared remarks, the president's nominee to attorney general says he's planning to make the report public. my goal will to provide as much transparency as i can. i will make the judgments based on the law and will let no personal, political or other interests influence my decision. as noted last week, he was on capitol hill to press for the confirmation hearings and barr was pressed on how he will handle the special counsel's report after he sent this memo to the deputy attorney general concluding any obstruction case by the special counsel targeting the president was not legal. here's senate democrat, chris coons. >> i asked about his intentions to recuse himself or seek an opinion from the ethics counsel from the department of justice and whether he would follow that regardless of the advice or outcome. >> lindsey graham said he's had assurances from barr about the special counsel among other issues. >> are you committed to making sure mr. mueller can finish his job? yes. when the report is handed over to you, what will yo

let's get a report on more on this from catherine herridge on capitol hill. catherine?, harris, and good afternoon. this public hearing is arguably one of the most important of the year for the u.s. intelligence community, because it publicly lays out threats and also helps set the budgetary requirements with congress. you are right, if there is a dominant theme this morning, it was china. new alliances that china's building with russia, as well as china's long-term strategy to steal american secrets and technology to gain the upper hand with the united states. here's fbi director christopher wray. >> i think china at large is the most significant counterintelligence threat we face. we have economic espionage investigations, for example. that's just one piece of it. in virtually every one of our 56 field offices. a number of those has probably doubled over the last three or four years. almost all of them, not all of them, but almost all of them lead back to china. >> on election interference, the feeling amongst u.s. intelligence officials is that 2020 is really the tar

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge if you're from washington. at we would love to hear from catherine is that context to give us some perspective. >> thanks, harris, good afternoon. a source familiar with the closed-door testimony confirms with fox news that nellie ohr told house investigators that she was tasked with doing opposition research during the 2016 campaign on melania trump as well as the president's children. on capitol hill, they say it came from fusion gps, the same opposition research firm that was paid by the dnc and clinton campaign for the unverified trump dossier that was later used to secure a surveillance warrant for trump campaign aide aides. "as i recall, i did some research on all of them, but not into much depth," ohr said. "how about donald trump jr. was directed to do more research on him then some of the others?" "i don't like it was relatively superficial. looked into some of his travels. and ivanka trump's travels. the goal was to see whether they were involved in dealings and transactions with people who had any sus

let's get the latest with catherine herridge following the developments on capitol hill. hi, katherine. >> we're nearly seven hours in the confirmation hearings. one of the main themes from william barr is he's committed to protecting the russia special counsel investigation. any final report he wants to make public to the fullest extent possible. let's listen. >> the country needs a credible resolution to these issues. if confirmed, i will not permit partisan politics, personal interests or any other improper consideration to interfere with this or any other investigation. >> barr also testified that he has known the head of the special counsel, robert mueller, for three decades and he says that he's a very honorable person and will give the president a fair shake in any final report. he was also asked whether he thought any conditions under which he would terminate the special counsel investigation. here they've exchange. >> are there any circumstances that would cause you to terminate the investigation? or any component of it? or a significantly restrict its funding? >

catherine herridge is live in washington. hi, catherine. >> hi, shep.ccording to the media released from the democrats, the investigation is limited and targeted focused on a dozen and current administration firms. some were dismissed or resigned for cause. others pursued by the special couns counsel. the most high profile include the current national security adviser, john bolton, the president's son-in-law, jared kushner and the former national security adviser whose sentenced for lying to federal investigators in the mueller probe is still pending. the focus is on alleged mishandling of classified information. the statement reads -- >> the letter alleges the white house is defying federal law by failing to provide congress about security clearance practices. last summer, the white house said they were exploring if they could pull security clearances for former justice department officials which they did in a dramatic fashion for the former cia director john brennan. critics of the white house said it was retaliation for speaking out against the presi

and first, catherine herridge reporting live in washington. catherine?ut e-mails and media appearances and julian assange and what he knew about the clinton e-mails. the indictment refers to wikileaks as organization one. and quoted -- >> stone told the trump campaign about potential future releases about organization one. the witness tampering is extensive. it states that stone repeatedly urged a witness to make false statements to the house intelligence committee, that would confirm stone's earlier testimony. stone went further in a text with a congressional subpoena looming. "stone wall it" he said, anything to save the plan. and then richard nixon. the indictment stops short of drawing any connection with stone, wikileaks and the russian back hackers that obtained the e-mails. that's important to emphasize. trace? >> trace: catherine, sarah sanders responded minutes news after this broke. >> she responded after the story broke before we had a full picture of the charges. let's listen to what she said. >> one question that i would be interested to see

catherine herridge on the job for us today to bring us up to speed with the news. catherine?> the white house characterized the decision to leave after a new attorney general is confirmed as part of a smooth transition. >> i don't think there is any willingness by the president of the white house to push them ou out. my guess is that he is making room for the new attorney general to build a team that he wants around him. >> rod rosenstein left his home in suburban washington this morning without speaking to reporters. last month, house republicans closed out their russia probe and it singled out rosenstein for failing to come to the hill to answer questions under oath. his role in surveillance abuse allegations during the 2016. after the former top lawyer for the fbi, james baker, backed up accounts that rosenstein was serious when he discussed secretly recording the president and invoking the 25th amendment in may of 2017. after they fired it then-fbi director james comey. they said that his comments were misunderstood and sarcastic. this morning, william barr is on capitol

. >> melissa: 's chief intelligence correspond to catherine herridge's live in washington with more. how do you sort through all this? >> think you, melissa, and good afternoon. buzzfeed is standing behind its reporting based on two unnamed law enforcement sources after robert mueller issued a public statement disputing allegations paid the special counsel investigators have evidence the president told michael cohen to lie to congress. "buzz feeds description of specific statements to the special counsel's office and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office regarding michael cohen's congressional testimony are not accurate." that statement is consistent with the court records, part of michael cohen's guilty plea that states, "cohen said he lied to congress about a moscow real estate projects in 2016 for the benefit of donald trump, but not at his direction." the bus peter portis dissected the special counsel statement this weekend, saying, "it was not a full-throated denial of their reporting." >> we are really keen to learn -- we want clarity from the spec

20 or 30 minutes, one from michael cohen himself, and two others from democrats on the hill, catherine herridgeclosely and has observations. catherine? >> my observations are, shep, and it's just a sense that we have from democrats leading into the new session, they don't want to overplay their hand on the russia piece. they want to sort of lay out what they've been able to find and mind the new avenues they say republicans have not mined. but they seem to have, and chad may be able to weigh in as well, that sense of overplaying their hand on the impeachment issue. and how that worked out, republicans last time around, when there's a democratic president. they want to get to the facts that they see, they want to mine new veins or new lines of inquiry but not overplay their hand in the process. one of the issues that sort of came back to bite the republicans in the last session, when they had high profile with its what comes to mind to me was the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, some of the hearings had really uncomfortable moments, i'll put it that way, the gravity of the questioning and

catherine herridge has the story. catherine: he waves a peace sign as booze and cheers were heard. he says the special counsel indictment is baseless and politically motivated. >> there is no circumstances whatsoever that i will bear false witness against the president or use lies to relieve the pressure on myself. catherine: the special counsel circulated the 24-page 7-count indictment that alleged witness tampering. >> i find it disgraceful that the special counsel's office released a press release prior to informing me i would be charged. catherine: the 7 counts go to the heart of the trump campaign. quote, a senior trump campaign official was directed to contact stone about any additional releases. with other damaging information. stone told the trump campaign about potential future releases much damaging material by wikileaks. the indictment does not accuse stone of conspiring with wikileaks or russian agent. instead it accuses stone of lying to congress about his wikileaks contacts. >> categorically no. catherine: the president tweeted the greatest witch hunt in the history o

catherine herridge. thank you very much. molly?ish tv showing luggage into the residence of the council general and in sample. they say the five suitcase contained the remains of "the washington post" columnist after he was killed inside the saudi consulate. khashoggi was an outspoken critic of the saudi royal family. the crown prince has repeatedly denied that he had anything to do with his death. >> leland: january 1st, leader now running the pentagon. patrick shanahan taking over until another is concerned. he takes the reins from jim mattis, who resigned over the president's plan to withdraw from syria. lucas tomlinson, and black from that account. he resigned over the presence decision to pull out, but now we are hearing that the president may be at least a slowing things down on that pullout. >> he sure has prethe president says he has thrown down the withdrawal from syria. he spoke to fox news on new year's eve, just moments before the ball dropped on 2019. >> i'm in washington, i'm willing and able. i'm in the white house,

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fox news chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge. reporter: a month before the presidential elect, fbi, and justice department secured a warrant for carter page. during closed-door testimony fox news learned senior fbi lawyer said that chances of securing page warrant were quote 50/50. authored by former british spy christopher steel and paid for by dnc and clinton campaign. senior fbi lawyer, who oversaw responded, so i think a close call, like 50/50, i really think it is a close call. a second senior fbi official, mccabe, told house investigator about dossier. house russia report said that mccabe testified no surveillance warrant would have been sought without the steel dossier information. and attorney general barr lost door open to investigating. >> warrant certification against page. on 4 different occasions certifies that the dossier, the main source of the warrants was reliable. can you see if that was an accurate statement. >> yes. >> my contract, a memo from house democrat found dodg doj cd multiill up sources. the former fb

catherine herridge looking into that now. what do we know today? >> good morning.e was an extension granted last week. this morning the suspense will continue. we confirmed through one of the contacts with the manafort campaign they've filed their motion under seal which means it is not public. now it's up to the judge to review the filing and decide what can be released. we may see a redacted court filing. see responding to allegations from special counsel robert mueller that he violated his plea agreement and that matters because it would mean more jail time for manafort and the alleged violations fall into about five buckets. one is manafort's contact with a russian and ukrainian business consultant, the sharing of pulling data during the 2016 election. a wire transfer and alleged contact with white house officials and a last one that will come to me, i know, in just a second or maybe not but that's the how they're saying five. those are most of them. >> bill: does manafort keep a profile? >> that's an excellent observation, bill. what we're watching play out he

congressman john ratcliffe told our own catherine herridge, political bias infected senior fbi leadership and emotion, not evidence, drove their decision-making. now his closed-door interview with the former fbi council james baker revealed this. fbi senior leadership could not accept that comey was fired for cause, and the president had the constitutional authority to terminate comey. now president trump's former attorney john dowd has called the fii's anti-trump operations a political coup.ou watch this. >> little did i know that it appears that they were all in ir together. rosenstein called me, the whole crowd. and they were out to get this president no matter what. i don't think they sincerely believed anything about russia. this is our worst mom nightmare, that someone with that kind of power would then decide to go after the president. i mean, it's a coup. it's an attempted coup by calling this crowd. and that the evidence is all there. i take "the new york times" article as an admission of their bad behavior. >> sean: admission of corruption and abuse of power by people that are u

catherine herridge is live in washington. she can shed light on this. catherine? >> good afternoon. buzz feed is standing by their reporting based on two unnamed law enforcement sources after the spokesman for robert mueller issued a statement. the special investigator says they have evidence that buzz feed's description of statement and character sayings of testimony obtained by this office regarding michael cohen's congressional testimony are not accurate. that special counsel statement is consistent with court records, part of cohen's guilty plea. cohen said he lied to congress about a moscow real estate project in 2015 for the president of donald trump but not at his direction. buzz feed reporters dissected the statement this weekend claiming it was not a full denial of their reporting. >> i have further confirmation that this is right. we're being told to stand our ground. this is -- our reporting will be borne out to be accurate. we're 100% behind it. >> in a tweet the president reminded his followers it was buzz feed that released the totally discredited dossier paid for by t

catherinereporterher catherine herridge who has been dogged on this.that be need to correct it. we road out a lot of the terrible management at the fbi. but it can't stop there. trish: it's like you can't win. they talk about deep state, right? and is this not the embodiment of that? i use this analogy before. but i don't know mid told you. as a journalist i have to think all the time about my sources and what motivates them. and where they are coming from. part of my job is to be able to filter information. if i'm hearing one thing from one person. if somebody else maybe on the other side one kind of just have to think it through. the idea that the fbi just said yep, no problem, we are going with this opposition research paid for by hillary clinton and team. then we'll spy on people with a bunch of garbage they lake ontario bothered to verify. that's preposterous. no journalist would ever do that. no journalist worth their salt. >> why on god's green earth has the judge who was the victim of this act, why isn't that judge bringing these people before

a chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has the story for us tonight. >> a month beforethe presidential election, a trump campaign aide with suspected russian ties during recent closed-door testimony, fox news has now learned that a senior fbi lawyer has learned the chances of securing the warrant were only 50/50 without relying on the controversial dossier authorized by christopher steele and paid for by the dnc and clinton campaign. as for whether the fbi had enough to establish probable cause without the information, senior fbi lawyer oversaw the email and responded i think it's a close call, 50/50, i really think it's a close call. a second senior fbi official also privately told house investigators about the dossier's importance the report states he testified that no surveillance warrant would have been sought without the dossier information. during confirmation hearings, attorney general nominee william barr left the door open to investigating. >> the certification on four different occasions certified that the dossier which was the main source of the warrant was r

giuliani tries to clear up some confusion he created last night, chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has details. >> 's comments got so much attention because they drew a distinction between donald trump's actions and those of his election team. >> i never said there was no collusion between the campaign and between the cable campaign -- >> yes you have. >> there is not a single bit of evidence that the president of the united states committed the only crime you can commit here, conspired with the russians to hack the dnc. >> the median president's critics seized on the response. >> i know that he could be a tough client but i would be pretty upset with his comments. >> the ranking democrat on the senate intelligence committee went as far as suggesting his comments laid the groundwork for a final special counsel report. >> there may be a case that he knows more than any of the rest of us. >> he issued a clarifying statement, telling reporters there was no collusion in any way, shape, or form, likewise i know of no collusion by any of thousands of people who worked on the campaign. du

catherine herridge is here with details. >> the testimony is scheduled for february 7th, exactly a mustefore he must report to prison for campaign finance violations, tax evasion and lying to congress but a moscow trump project that never materialized. in a statement he says that he accepted the invitation, elijah cummings. in furtherance of my commitment to provide the american people with answers, i look forward to having the privilege of being afforded a platform with which to give a full incredible account of the events which have transpired. he said his team is consulting with special counsel robert mueller too much for the public testimony would not interfere with the ongoing probe. endless point out he headed off the case to the new york attorney months ago. he is appearing voluntarily after pleading guilty last year to campaign finance violations which included payments to silence a former "playboy" "pll and adult film actress. the president had a question on the develop meant. >> reporter: what you think of that? >> i'm not worried about that. >> his personal attorney rudy giul

this story continues to update prechief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live in washington. catherine, just in the last little while, roger stone outside of the reporters had said that he doesn't think he would cooperate with robert mueller. but he is not saying. it's a hypothetical. >> that's right, harris, and good afternoon. drop the weekend, roger stone has -- at least on its face -- remained defiant and direct in his interviews before tomorrow's arraignment. he has been emphasizing that he's not charged with kids don't like conspiracy over wikileaks and the hacked democratic emails. he tamped down other speculatio speculation. >> if you've ever had any conversation with the president during the campaign or since the campaign about russia or the mueller investigation? >> none whatsoever. zero prayed categorically. zero. i never discussed these matters with the president. everything that i did regarding getting as much public attention to the wikileaks disclosures among voters and the media is constitutionally protected free speech. that's what i engaged in. it's called

and catherine herridge reporting tonight that new congressional transcripts revealed that there were contacts between justice department official bruce ohr and christopher steele before the 2016 election. contradicting previous claims from congressional democrats and fusion gps founder glenn simpson. oh, no, may be a predominant raid with 27 guys in armored vehicles coming to a home near you. remember, simpson told the house intel committee in 2017 that he worked with bruce or "something after thanksgiving." where is that predawn raid? where are charges to lying to congress for him? speaking of which, no answers for mueller's excessive use of force during his pretty darn raid, 27 agents, guns a blazing, heavily armed, armored vehicles, both circling his house for a guy accused of lying to congress? really? we will have more on that coming up, first joining us with the reaction is brand-new fox news contributor dan bongino. welcome aboard, sir. and fox news correspondent at large geraldo rivera. you have been around a long tim time. >> laughs you think? >> sean: i did not mean that in

catherine herridge has to specifics. >> roger stone will be arraigned on tuesday in a d.c. federal court. he was released on a $250,000 bond. leaving federal court in florida, a defiant roger stone waved a peace sign like his old boss richard nixon as boos and cheers rang out. the longtime political operatives and friend of donald trump said the special counsel indictment is baseless and politically motivated. >> there is no circumstance whatsoever under which i will bear false witness against the president, nor will i make up lies to ease the pressure on myself. >> six hours earlier, heavily armed fbi agents raided his fort lauderdale home at the same time the special counsel served him a 24 page seven count indictment including false statements, witness tampering, and obstructing an investigation. >> the special counsel office released a press release prior to informing me i would be charged today. >> the seven counts go to the heart of the trump campaign and allegations that a senior official would be unnamed. a senior campaign official was directed to contact him about

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge's live in washington. therine, you see the video, and we know that he has been meeting with lawmakers. >> that's right, harris. good afternoon. just. justice department officials told fox news earlier today the deputy attorney general wants to ensure a smooth transition for the incoming attorney general, william barr. who, as you mention, is on the hill today and his confirmation hearings are next week. this morning the white house characterized rod rosenstein's departure as civil. >> i've been in meetings with the president and deputy attorney general here at the white house, and the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and the president have a good report. they have a good relationship. he's not being pushed out, nobody's asking him to leave. if he leaves is on his own accord. there are many things the department of justice does that have zero to do with the mueller investigation. >> sources close to rosenstein, seen here leaving his home in suburban washington this morning, so he always he has done the

for example, according to reporting from our own catherine herridge, former top fbi lawyer james bakers under comey, is the subject now of a criminal investigation into illegal leaks to the media. this also growing evidence of the deep anti-trump bias among senior fbi officials. now, with devin nunes from the house intel committee revealing that the bureau's leaders, goat: had no real evidence against the trump team but launched an investigation anyway following the comey firing. joining us now for reaction is the congressman himself congressman devin nunes, when i hear that, what i'm hearing is that is a revenge investigation but it had already gone on for nine months. immediately after they exonerate you had hillary, with no investigation, they launched the so-called trump-russia collusion investigation. nine months into it, comey is fired. but we learn from peter strzok, larger himself and comey that they had nothing at that point. >> why would they submit a room president conspired with putin to fire comey. >> sean, let's think about it a different way. we have these supposed ricke

. >> it does, and catherine herridge from fox news.ight, cites testimony, without the steele dossier being put into the fisa warrant, it had a 50/50 chance of surviving the fisa court. now we know how essential -- >> sean: mccabe said steele dossier, no warrant. >> let me tell you about james baker. james baker walked in evidence from a clinton lawyer in september. in october, he asked to review the fisa warrant, which is unusual. the general counsel doesn't usually review them. after the fisa warrant is issued, he walks in more information, a new version of a steele dossier he got from a liberal reporter. these are three -- by his own admission, these are unusual things he did. three extraordinary interventions by the fbi general council, on top of bruce ohr's intervention, the state department's unusual intervention, there is an awful lot of political people intervening in this case. >> sean: the new ag, if they do their jobs, do these people get indicted? >> they should certainly, their conduct should be further exposed. i don't thi