let's bring in catherine herridge. if it's this week, catherine's on the job. what's going on here?er: this indictment of greg craig is another indicator that the justice department is going to aggressively pursue these lobbying cases. individuals had to recognize their paperwork and pay fines. now they're prosecuting people. second, seems to answer kreut eubgs of the mueller investigation that it was only targeting republicans. this prosecution has also grown out of the mueller investigation. specifically the lobbying on behalf of ukraine, which is also what paul manafort was investigated over. and finally, when you look at what's happened today with greg craig and julian assange, the unsealing of an indictment from over a year ago, what is absolutely clear is that the justice department is clearing the deck for the release of the mueller report. what we anticipate is the mueller report will, to some extent, explain julian assange and wikileaks role in the release of these e-mails and whether they were an active or passive player. we've had another development in the last half hour

her hello welcome to "fox news @ night," shannon bream m, team coverage on julian assange, catherine herridge and the mueller probe but we begin with kristin fisher on the dramatic arrest -- >> it was quite dramatic and the big question will julian assange come excuse may be extradited to the united states? that hearing set for may 2nd. today the founder of wikileaks literally dragged out of the ecuador embassy in england. of course, the president said he was brightly -- finally evicted for the repeated, four hours later the u.s. government charged assange with conspiracy for his role in the chelsea manning hack. assange's attorney say a dangerous precedent for journalist all over the world. >> to any journalist, it can be extradited for prosecution -- prosecution for truthful information about the united states. but the justice department argues assange went beyond a journalist by allegedly assuming a more active role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in u.s. history. according to the indictment, assange assisted to help manning with united states department of defe

let's start with catherine herridge's reporting a few moments ago.t not testifying mattered in what way? and she just brought it up as a point that the fbi never got in. mueller never got them to sit down. and you say what? we go i say catherine made a great point. that is significant for two reasons pair the fact of the president ultimately never testified. number one, it was a bit of a surprise to me. i was out of the end game was going to be to force the president to sit for an interview or at least go to court to try and get a judge to compel the president to sit for an interview. you never did that. the reason that is significant is because mueller obviously concluded that he had everything he needed to write this report, not leave anything out, without getting the president's testimony. you could see a universe in which mueller wanted with the president under oath and say, "why did you say these things to don again? why did you say these things to jim comey? why do you go around threatening to fire and brimstone to jeff sessions i mueller and e

catherine herridge is in washington. catherine, the heat is not u

. >> melissa: chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge's life in washington with more. catherine? >> thank you, melissa, and good afternoon. we just had some additional testimony from the attorney general and he told lawmakers that he is concerned that there was unauthorized surveillance of the trump campaign. he was pressed on whether there is evidence to back up his concern. he said there is but he was not going to discuss it at this time. as you know, the attorney general is reviewing the genesis of the fbi's counterintelligence investigation that began in late july of 2016. a counterintelligence investigation is not a criminal investigation in the sense that they lead to prosecutions. it's really an opportunity for the fbi to gather information and typically what happens is there is what's called a "defensive briefing" of the target. in this case, the fbi would have told the trump campaign, "look, the russians are looking to infiltrate your operation." but the attorney general just testified in exchange with senator graham that that did not happen. that's one of the

we begin with the chief intelligence correspondent, catherine herridge reporting live at the justice department. catherine? >> shep, it's important for people to understand what the definition was for obstruction. it went to this issue of something called corrupt intent. actions and behaviors designed to derail anticipated legal proceedings. when you read the report, you'll see in addition to the ten episodes to out line details about the actions the president took to try to unravel the investigation and effectively tried to end it. i have a quote here from o158. it reads the president was unsuccessful to unravel the investigation because the president that was around the president declined to carry out orders. james comey did not end the investigation of mike flynn which resulted in flynn's prosecution and conviction for lying to the fbi. don mcgahn did not tell the acting attorney gel raleigh that the special counsel must be removed but instead prepared to resign over the president's order. at a news conference, william barr said that he took mueller's legal frame work and then test

catherine herridge is minutes away. and the president dares bernie sanders to pay the taxes he would have before the new g.o.p. tax bill. as the socialist senator himself declares the democratic establishment is trying to shut him down. we will debate his taxes and the democratic civil war over socialism versus capitalism. and as the smoke clears tonight, new investigations into how the massive notre dame cathedral blaze started, and we will talk about where the rescue mission stands tonight on the effort to save priceless artifacts that were inside. hello and welcome to "fox news @ night," i'm shannon bream in washington. we begin with breaking news from the border. in the wake of a win for the trump administration at the ninth circuit, tonight the administration taking new action against illegal immigrants who come here seeking asylum. kristin fisher is here with the late-breaking news. good evening, kristen. >> this is the attorney general bill barr's first decision on immigration since taking office and it's a big o

>> shannon: catherine herridge, thank you very much.rat on the house judiciary committee agree on something significant. special counsel robert mueller showed to testify before the committee. time now for tonight's power panel. democratic strategist richard goodstein, national security attorney bradley bosse, and fox news contributor katie pavlich. great to have all of you. the hearing with barr are supposed to be one of these super boring budget hearings that no one would ever hear about, but because it is the first time he is on the hill, we already know that he's going to get asked about the mueller report. appropriations committee chairwoman and nita lowey says, as part of her open statement tomorrow, "all we have is your r page summary letter, which seems to cherry pick from the report to draw the most favorable conclusion possible for the president. i would argue it is more suspicious that impressive." katie, we are going to get to hear him now live in action answer these questions tomorrow. >> i don't think he's going to have muc

let's go to catherine herridge with the latest. catherine?t the justice department where they confirmed to reporters where there will be a news conference with the attorney general and the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein. what is not clear is whether the report will be public at that point or already delivered to congress or it will happen after the news conference. it's important to note the appearance of the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein. it was attorney general barr and rosenstein that made the call on obstruction of justice. that was the open question for robert mueller. he said he didn't see evidence of a crime. at the same time, he couldn't exonerate the president. it was barr and rosenstein that made the call. they said there was not an underlying crime of collusion and had to find evidence of corrupt intent. a very high legal bar and showing that the actions were taken to disrupt or block an ongoing criminal procedure or one that was an anticipated litigation. so to me it's significant that attorney general barr and

catherine herridge from washington. >> our first guest, to take up the collusion hoax, the dim's futtal efforts trying to keep the mueller report alive, all while congress ignoring the crisis at our southern border. rnc chair, ronna mcdaniel, your impressions, if you will, on the democratic members of the subcommittee, as they tried to take on the attorney general of the united states. >> well, democrat members of subcommittee failed. trying too discredit attorney general barr. he countered every point they made, they said you were too quick to find a conclusion, he said we have a preview of it, which shows how fake the news had been with sources like "new york times" said that mueller team was not happy with power's conclusion. -- about barr's conclusion. so many things time after time, they said, what will it get out, he said a week, i will color code the redaction. lou: that is my favorite part of william barr's testimony today. attorney general, i don't know if he men me meant anything by t color coding for the democratic members is appropriate. >> they like to color outside of the

any and proper fbi surveillance activity must be brought to light and properly addressed. >> catherine herridgenk you. >> joining me now charlie hurt, washington time opinion editor, fox business contributor, there was a time when if a fbi counter intelligence operation had been turned into a political hit job media would have been crazy, every reportedder fro -- report, from every newspaper they would spend nothing but their time on this story, now ho-hum, we have been following the story, i am sure you have but few el. >> it is truly incredible, you think about it. about degree of abuse of power that appears to be what happened here, fact that there is no even yorcuriousty about it, you knowa lot of people you exec it from politicians, in this case on democratic side, they are trying to cover-up you know, malfeasance or misdeeds, that is what politicians do, but press, mainstream press is supposed to go after these people and expose the truth, that is not happening, i would argue, i have thought a lot about this argue, if what we believe to be true at this point, or may be true, we're talking

first, catherine herridge reporting live from capitol hill. catherine? >> shep, the fbi opened a counter intelligence investigation in late july of 2016. these investigations are different because they're designed to gather information rather than bring a criminal prosecution and that fbi cia case also secure add surveillance warrant for a trump campaign aide. the attorney general was given the opportunity to dial back the spying language and here's how he responded. >> i think the word "spying" could cause everybody in the cable news ecosystem to freak out. i think it's necessary for you to be precise with your language here. >> i'm not sure of all the connotations of that word that you're referring to. unauthorized surveillance. i'm going to make sure there was no unauthorized surveillance. >> what is standard in a counter intelligence investigation is that the fbi would brief the target or the group of people and say hey, listen, you are being singled out by a foreign entity, in this case telling the trump campaign that they're being singled out by th

catherine herridge reporting live on capitol hill. catherine? >> shep, the attorney general testified that he has some discretion. he says his actions are bound by the law, by regulations and established practices at the justice department. unless he gets a cord courter, which would be sought by house democrats, there's no release of grand jury material and the other categories as well. here's the attorney general. >> this whole mechanism for the special counsel was established during the clinton administration in the wake of ken starr's report. that is why the current rule says that the report should be kept confidential. >> democrats pressed the attorney general on his finding that there was no obstruction of justice by the president in the course of this investigation. that was a finding that was reached with his deputy, rod rosenstein. but it was not a conclusion that was reached by special counsel robert mueller. here's that exchange. >> can you elaborate on what is meant by "does not exonerate the president?" >> that's a statement made by

president, our own catherine herridge, investigative reporter sara carter. big breaking news tonight. senate republican chairman submitted a letter thursday to the department of justice, the attorney general. we have new texts from november of 2016 from strzok and page showing the pair had discussed attempts to recruit sources from within your white house to spy on your administration and reveal that they have one particular contact within the white house. the vice president's chief of staff whose wife was working as an analyst for strzok or the fbi's investigation of hillary's private server. have you heard this report tonight, sir? >> i just heard it a little while ago. frankly, it's very disconcerting, if you look at what's been happening, they were the same two, the two lovers that decided to use the fbi server instead of their private so they didn't get caught these two were beauty. there is no doubt about it. they were going hog wild to find something about the administration which obviously wasn't there. we have nothing to do with russia except that w

catherine herridge thank you. >> joining us, two men, 2 were there. and -- who were there and who may have been spied on. cory lewindowski. as well as david bossie, former trump campaign aide and citizens united president, welcome, quickly let's cast ourselves back to march 4 of 2017. this is what our new president had to tweet that day. terrible. just found out that obama had my wires tapped and trump tower, just before the victory. nothing found. this is mccarthyism. and that was the reaction of national left wing media, "washington post," a good representative of that media, giving the president 4 pi pinnochios for that tweet. how many do you think we should give the "washington post"? joining us now, cory lewindowski and david bossie great to have you here. >> thank you. lou: cory. your reaction today, as we toward attorney -- attorney general of united states say there was spying. >> i am relieved someone has acknowledged this, am pleased he is launching an investigation, but i am frightened about what they did to members of our team, the governm

let's get more from catherine herridge reporting live from washington. catherine? >> according to this letter, the democratic chairman is threatening to issue subpoenas if the white house fails to make witnesses available. nubold claimed the individuals had a wide range of serious disqualifying issues involving foreign influence, conflicts of interest concerning personal conduct, financial problems, drug use and criminal conduct. democrats want the record as you mentioned for current and former administrations including john bolton, ivanka trump, jared kushner, rob porter among others. the whistle-blower complains that the white house allowed for an unusual high number of interim clearances. she said i wouldn't be doing a service to myself, my country or my children if i sat back knowing the issues that we have could impact national security. her subpoena targets the former security director at the white house and could be issued tomorrow, shep. >> shepard: what are you hearing from republicans? >> republicans accuse democrats in this case of a fishing expedition d

the chief intelligence correspondent, catherine herridge reporting live from washington. catherine? >> at the white house, the president tried to distance himself from the website and his founder, assange. >> i know nothing about wikileaks. it's not my thing. i know there's something having to do with julian assange. i've seen what has happened with assange. that will be a determination i would imagine mostly by the attorney general who is doing an excellent job. he will be making a determination. i know nothing really about him. it's not my deal in life. >> the seven-page virginia indictment was filed under seal in march. it accuses as song of one of the largest compromises of classified information in u.s. history. it states that the wikileaks founder engaged with chelsea manning to crack a defense department computer network password. the indictment reads in part at the time that he entered into this agreement, assange knew that manning was providing records of wikileaks containing defense training. assange was receiving classified reports from manning for the purpose of publicly

catherine herridge is in washington. catherine, the heat is not eating up here. >> that's right, this is an eight-page subpoena, dana. it goes to not only the underlying records but the grand jury material by may 1. the reason that matters is because under federal rules of criminal procedure, grand your material must be kept secret, so congress is going to need a court order at this point. separately, another committee, the chairman of the oversight committee, said impeachment is on the table. >> we may very welcome to that very soon. right now, let's make sure that we understand what mueller was doing, understand what barr was doing and see the report and the unredacted form and all of the underlying documents. >> there appears to be a split on impeachment among democrats. adam schiff seemed to back away from the idea. no schiff sound. sorry about that. he says essentially the evidence has to be extremely graphic and also has to be overwhelming in terms of support across both sides of the aisle so that it would make it w

catherine herridge reporting live from washington. hi, catherine. >> "the new york times" said findings are more negative than the four-page summary. they're concerned the summary will shape the public's understanding of the two-year investigation. a senior democrat on the hill said he got it. >> i'm not surprised that some of the staff of the mueller inquiry are saying he may have misunderstood or mischaracterized the report. the american people should have the opportunity to read it. >> here's a statement. >> the white house press secretary today went further. >> the people that have been involved in this process have wasted two years of their life and they need to find a way to validate it. they lost in 2016, they lost on the collusion battle and now they're looking for any and everything they can to continue to attack this president because they have no message. >> in a separate development, letters obtained by fox news senators grassley and graham alerted barr last month that congressional investigators looked at improper influenc

let's get to catherine herridge. she's reporting from the justice department. catherine?> thanks, shep. greg craig's lawyers makes the argument that he was singled out. they accuse the u.s. attorney here in washington of prosecutorial overreach. we have more of craig's statement on social media where he seems to indicate that he feels he's a victim of a selective prosecution. >> at the very start, we researched the requirements. we concluded the law firm did not need to register. i never discussed our findings with any u.s. officials. >> craig was in the district court just a few blocks from where i'm standing right now short time ago where he entered a plea of not guilty and processed by the u.s. marshals and he was freed on his own. he has a procedural hearing next week. these charges relayed to the fara. this requires americans to register with the justice department about lobbying work on behalf of foreign nations or politicians. greg craig's case grew out of chairman paul manafort because both men were doing business for a ukrainian politician who has close ties to v

chief intelligence catherine herridge found. >> catherine: nine days after presidential election peterlawyer lisa page exchange texts. the fox news learned under new scrutiny by congressional investigators reviewing genesis of russia probe. the string of text referred to an email and prior penance is simply vice president elect mike pence and appeared to discussed strategy and staffing for an upcoming staffing. pedro would it be unusual to show up again maybe another agent from the team? peter strzok is the counterintelligence guy and can assess new questions or different demeanor. if redacted husband as they or he can see of people to develop potential relationship. a former fbi intelligence specialist said the test appeared to be with strict rules with fbi director robert mueller. notice the domestic investigations operations guide "these test fbi employees executing strategies with sensitive investigative matter without regard for the mueller and doris that guide" the senator lindsey graham leading judiciary committee and peter strzok could be back on the hill. >> i am certain congr

the backlog is a long-standing issue of concern for both parties, shannon. >> shannon: catherine herridgevery much. house democrats on the judiciary committee ramping up the fights with the justice department reportedly readying subpoenas tonight for the full report and the underlying documents. but years ago, the committee's charment, congressman jerry nadler, forcefully opposed the release of ken starr's full report to former president bill clinton as a, quote, matter of decency in protecting people's rights, including innocent third parties. let's turn to attorney general kerry levin as fox news contributor and former independent counsel himself, ken starr, welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> shannon: i want to read more from jerry nadler in 1988-1989. it represents statements that may or may not be true about various witnesses and calls it salacious material, all kinds of material that it would be unfair to release. by its nature, a one-sided report. ken, the law has changed since that. and so how much of this gets released is really up to congress, right? >> it certai

catherine herridge for what this means with the mueller investigation. but we are with reinke chilcote with what happened today. ryan? >> exposing alleged atrocities, julian a assange is a hero. he's an outlaw and must answer for his actions. >> julian assange didn't go without a fight, but after a self-imposed exile in an ecuadorian embassy, he was shoved, shackled into a waiting van. >> this goes to show that in the united kingdom, no one is above the law. >> facing charges of sexual assault in sweden back in 2012, the founder of wikileaks is the victim of a politically motivated plot to extract him to the u.s. then the president of ecuador agreed, gave them asylum in london. taking him out of the reach of british, swedish, and american authorities. in 2017, ecuador granted assange citizenship and offered him and rescinded a diplomatic post in russia. came a change of leadership in ecuador and relationships began to fray with their increasingly unwelcome to guest. ecuador demanded he not interfere in the affairs of other states, and there were personal

catherine herridge reporting live in washington. therine. >> maria butina addressed the court explaining she came to the u.s. to better herself and get an advanced degree. she targeted the nra but her legalism for gun rights was genuine. prosecutors made the case that butina was guilty more than a paperwork problem. her failing to register as a foreign agent for russia. they said she was building a back channel communications link with american conservatives and the russian government. she met multiple times with government officials including moscow's ambassador to the u.s., sergei kislyak. butina promised him contact information. then took notes for the russian foreign ministry. there were multiple unsuccessful efforts the court heard to bring together the russian president and presidential candidates. she worked for a wealthy politician named alexander torsion that was very close to putin. after the hearing today, butina's lawyers pointed to the fact that she doesn't even appear in the special counsel investigation in the part abo

here is chief intelligence correspondent catherine herrid catherine herridge, spying on a political campaigna big deal. >> catherine: attorney general william barr's testimony with the 2016 russian probe and width of the trump campaign improperly targeted has apparently put farmers see a -- fbi on the defensive. >> i really don't know what is talking about when he talks about spying on the campaign. it is discarding them at discerning because the fbi and department odepartment of justit ordered electronic surveillance and i've never thought of that s spying. >> catherine: the nation's top spy, james clapper said warned that hillary clinton campaign about russian interference as to the 2016 party convention. >> most intelligence briefings included reporting in russian meddling and that was ongoing. >> catherine: republican congressman devin nunes sent former notification to barr eight criminal house intelligence committee to russian investigation. identifying several potential violations of law. but senior democrats sees the spying language and further effort to undermine his credibility and

catherine herridge is live at the justice department. she's been following this from there.f course, we're anticipating the mueller report dropping in less than 24 hours. that's why you're at doj. this story became an extremely dangerous threat to an entire community. that became a federal issue. >> that's right, harris. what caught my attention at the end of the news conference is confirmation that the fbi in miami got notification from the girl's family that she was missing and they got that information to the fbi in colorado. then they were able to confirm that she bought the ticket to colorado and she purchased a weapon. the reason i emphasize that is you remember after the parkland shooting, there was a major overhaul of the system with the federal law enforcement system. there were two tips. one was a call to west virginia and the fbi never brought the intelligence together and get to it the people in florida that needed that. there were calls for the fbi director to resign. then ten general jeff sessions said there would be an overhaul of that system. the fruits of th

first with catherine herridge in washington. they're moving fast even though many of them are not in town. >> good afternoon. jerry nadler issued this eight-page subpoena. under the federal rules of criminal procedure, grand jury material must be kept secret from congress except by court order, this morning congressman nadler was pressed on whether opening an official impeachment proceeding would strengthen his position. >> some people believe that. i believe one of the things we need the evidence for is to determine whether to do that or not. we have to determine what the proper course of action is to deal with the president who has been shown in this report very clearly shown to lie all the time. >> the house majority leader steny hoyer said -- >> a republican on nadler's committee said he believes the chairman is using the subpoena to test public opinion. >> they're looking at the mueller, they're looking at barr, those testimonies. they're looking at this subpoena that nadler just issued to see how the american people are go

. >> dana: catherine herridge has more on this story. opening possibly pandora's box for obama administration officials who have been waiting to figure out what is this report going to say. your thoughts? >> reporter: so, in 2015, the fbi opened what's called a counter intelligence investigation and that was the foundation for special counsel robert mueller. the reason a counter intelligence investigation is important is because it's different than a traditional investigation. it's designed to collect information, not really proceed to a criminal prosecution. and the attorney general said today he wants to understand whether there was firm evidence to open that counter intelligence investigation into the trump campaign or whether it was opened for other reasons, like someone's politics or a personal motivation. as you noted, he used the word spying, which caused a lot of people's attention. he had an opportunity in one exchange to back away from that, but he didn't seem to. listen. >> i think the word spying could cause everybody in the

catherine herridge is in washington where this battle is just beginning. >> it is, sandra. the attorney general testified that he's bound by the law regulations and established practice at the justice department and to that end, garage jury material, classified information, ongoing investigations and the privacy of individuals not charged will be publicly withheld. each category he said will have a clear code and notes of explanation. >> we will color code the excisions from the report, and we will provide explanatory notes describing the basis for each redaction. >> while democrats want the full report as soon as possible, some complain barr moved too quickly releasing a four-page letter documenting mueller's conclusion. >> it's extraordinary to evaluate hundreds of pages of evidence, legal documents and findings based on a 22-month long inquiry and make definitive legal conclusions in less than 48 hours. i would argue it's more suspicious than impressive. >> the thinking of the special counsel was not a mystery to the people at the department of justic justice prior to hi

. >> melissa: chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live on capitol hill with the latest. catherine, you've been listening to every word. break down with us what's new. >> melissa, the hearing wrapped up within the last hour and there is really a central idea that underpins all of this. that's that the counterintelligence investigation, one was opened by the fbi in late july of 2016, targeting the trump campaign. a counterintelligence investigation is different than a traditional investigation because it's designed to gather information and not proceed to a criminal prosecution. so the attorney general confirmed today again on the record that he is personally reviewing the genesis of this counterintelligence investigation. he testified that he has seen evidence that is concerning to him, and he was given an opportunity in one exchange to clarify his use of the word "buying." here's that exchange. >> i think the word "buying" could cause everybody in the cable news ecosystem to freak out, and i think it's necessary for you to be precise with your language here. >> i'm not

as i'm sure you are, catherine herridge. >> i am. >> neil: we'll have ken starr who has musings on whatn that report. herman cain. is steve moore looking more likely? he's my special guest tomorrow among others. "the five" is next. >> dana: i'm dana perino. along with jesse watters, emily compag no, greg gutfield and geraldo rivera. that's our theme song. "it's 5:00 somewhere." remember when we started and people said they started happy hour early because of our show? it's my day to d.j. so

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge picks up the story from there. subpoenas ramp up the pressure on the attorney general as republicans worn democrats may be overplaying their hands. >> the vote is 24-17. >> it clears the way for democratic churches teach chairman jerry nadler to issue subpoenas for the mueller repor report. >> the constitution charges congress withholding the president accountable for alleged official misconduct. that job requires us to evaluate the evidence for ourselves. >> as republicans accused a new york democrat of forcing the issue. >> we have a preemptive chairman who has gone out. if this is nothing but political theater. >> while the chairman did not immediately issue the subpoena, giving the attorney general more time to provide the full investigation including grand jury material and underlying evidence, the threat of compulsory process exploits the tension. >> we are not willing to let the attorney general, a political appointee of the president, substitute his judgment for hours. >> under the federal rules for criminal

we begin with catherine herridge at the justice department with new insight and a new press conference. good evening. >> it has been a highly situational day waiting for the roll-out. the president broke the news himself on a radio show making a bold prediction. >> president trump: this should never happen to a president or to this country again, what took place. and you'll see a lot of very strong things come out tomorrow. attorney general barr will be giving a press conference. maybe i'll do one after that. we'll see. >> almost immediately the justice department sent out a press release confirming a 9:30 eastern news conference with attorney general bill barr and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. not clear whether the mueller report will be posted online and sent to congress before, during or after the event. tonight there is a renewed focus on the question special counsel robert mueller could not answer. whether the president obstructed justice. it was decided by barr and rosenstein. there was no underlying crime or sufficient evidence of corrupt intent. key interview don mcga

. >> harris: chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live at the justice department with more on this. catherine? >> figure, harris. i want to set the table here with the obstruction issue. in order to bring a charge of obstruction they would have to show evidence of what is called corrupt intent. those are actions or behaviors that are specifically designed to block or frustrate a current or anticipated litigation. that is not what was found here, according to the attorney general william barr. and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. for the special counsel robert mueller, it was an open question. the report reads in part, "if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the president clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would think based on the facts and the applicable legal standards we are unable to reach that adjustment judgment. accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him." also be seen come through this morning in our review of the report that it shows t

let's start with catherine herridge. she's been reading all of this as fast as she can and digested it so well for us. >> reporter: good afternoon. we spent a lot of time in the last few hours looking at the issue of obstruction but it's worth dipping into part one which is on collusion and in fact that's the largest part of the mueller report. it's nearly 200 pages and has the most redances because it deals with classified information. you won't find a chapter devoted to the dossier. the reason i note that is because that was one of the drivers of the counter-intelligence information by the fbi and used for the warrant in 2016. there was an information operation from the russians and lots of outreach to members of the trump campaign. what the special counsel found was quote, though the investigation establish the russian government perceived it would benefit from a trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome the campaign would benefit from information stolen released through russian efforts the investigation did

great job, catherine herridge in the hallway.andra: for more on this let's bring in martha maccallum, anchor of "the story." this all happened, nadler said he has the authority to issue the subpoenas but made it clear he will work with the d.o.j. on this. framed it in a holding pattern now. what happens? >> it's not exactly an act of good faith in the process what they did this morning. jim comey was interviewed yesterday on cnn and said look, i'm going to give william barr, the attorney general, the benefit of the doubt. let's wait and see what he brings forward. no reason why april 2 had to be a magic day. as soon as the report was done and published his letter ons the conclusions he said it will take me until april 15 to get the rest of the work done. it is a little baffling to understand why there needs to be this huge show of force from the democrats now when they haven't seen what he is giving them. get the report and then if you're upset about the things that have been redacted go to the next step. as i said it is not nece

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has details tonight. >> the justice department issued a rare public statement taking issue with media accounts that the mueller report contained summaries that were releasable. quote, every page of the confidential report provided to attorney general barr on march 22nd, 2019, was marked may contain material protected under a law that protects confidential grand jury information and, therefore, could not be publicly released. the "new york times" first reported some special counsel investigators told associates that their findings are far more negative than barr's four page summary released last month. a senior democrat says it backs up his efforts to seat full report and secure mueller's testimony. >> there is some dissatisfaction over how accurately barr represented the report, but, again, the answer is let's see it? >> on twitter the president knocked the story writing the "new york times" had no legitimate sources which would be totally illegal concerning the mueller report. in fact, they probably had no sources at all. despite the pr

. >> catherine herridge, back to you. >> how are you doing, tom. welcome back. it is good to have you back on my program. >> thank you, good morning. >> what do you expect from bill barr, tom? >> i expect the attorney general will' renew his commitment to get the report out as soon as he can. that is consistent with his obligation you would the lag, he is not bringing third parties who are not charged into the public sphere. >> we will see how hard democrats go at it. here is jerry nadler talking about a bias on behalf of bill barr. >> remember, he is a biased person. he is an agent of the administration, a political appointee of the president whose interest he may very well be protecting here. >> we will see if that is part of the opening statement. clearly, it will be part of the questions. what do you expect from the democrats? >> i think the criticism is unfair. right now they're hammering on the attorney general for, number one, reichelling a conclusion on obstruction too quick rein the view of the democrats. at the same time they're saying why haven't you

catherine herridge joins us live. what should we expect from today's hearing? >> sandra, good morning. the thing to watch is whether we get more information about the ongoing investigations and reviews looking at the genesis of the f.b.i.'s russia probe. we've been reporting at fox news for weeks if not months there is a parallel set of investigations being run by the justice department's inspector general and yesterday for the first time the attorney general said he expects one of those reports as early as may or june of this year and confirmed he is personally reviewing the genesis of the f.b.i. probe and he warned lawmakers that he would open additional investigations if the evidence is there. he also testified that he will review criminal referrals from the house republican that go to conspiracy, media leaks and lying to congress. >> i haven't seen the referrals yet from congressman nunes. but obviously if there is a predicate for an investigation it will be conducted. >> the genesis of one of the most important investigations was actually the clinton email

catherine herridge is joining us with the latest. reporter: >> we expect him to do his job right, and show just how ridiculous democrats are being in this, this has been way past oversight, this is now overreach. and i think attorney general barr will expose that when he talks to member of congress. reporter: on going investigations, classified information as well as individuals not charged in probe, a sense wh senior democrs barr to bypass those rules. >> congress has a right to the enter report with no redetective shawns to see what -- redactions to see what is their. reporter: president's la lawyer said mr. president trump wants more released not less. >> it is up to attorney general. i am a lawyer, i realize that democrats are exploiting the fact that a g is in a difficult position. reporter: ranking republican. on nadler's committee released this letter. calling to mueller to testify during spring recess, this business is too important to wait. i urge you to do the right thing. follow the law, and invite special counsel to testi

in fact, the latest pages that catherine herridge is going through at the department of justice, catherinewhat are we on now and where are you? >> i'm still on the section on obstruction and having been through a lot of these reports before it always pays to look at the footnotes. i want to draw your attention to pages 27 and 28. it deals with some allegations that were made in the steele dossier that there were compromising tapes involving then candidate trump and what it states is that this information was communicated that case existed to michael cohen shortly after the election and he shared that information with the president. now the russian businessman then went on to be interviewed by the special counsel where he said the information he had was that he was told the tapes were fake but this was never communicated to michael cohen. so that's an interesting little nugget because that was one of the more sensational aspects of the trump dossier. the special counsel went to great lengths to interview a russian who was involved in that who testified that they were not exist but it doesn'

catherine herridge live. we begin with you, catherine. >> bill, good morning. late yesterday, william barr sent this letter to the leadership of the house and senate judiciary committee that has direct oversight to the department advising them that another version of the mueller report with fewer reductions will be available to them as well as to the ranking members and the shorthand for congressional leadership, but he warned that this is highly sensitive and confidential information. the letter reads in part "material redacted in the public version of the report is law enforcement sensitive and confidential. it should not be shared in any form without prior approval of the department of justice." some of it is governed and cannot be shared publicly absent of court order. what we are already seeing is the senior democrat, chairman of the house judiciary committee, pardon me, is making clear that he is going to pick up this issue on obstruction of justice. here is jerry now. >> finally, it is clear the special counsel's office conducted an incredibly thorough i