department of justice corruption. petence and corruption of the fisa courts. >> you know. this is the thing that you do fear, is that it all comes together. that you're expecting one to balance off the other part, right? at least the court. and yet it is so awful. a lot of people still can't go there to think that this is actually occurred. and the good news is, that we've caught it. we've seen it happen. it was done in a lot of ways in very sloppy way. so we're able to catch it. we have a president who is willing to face it, because he is from the outside. but all these things come together, again, horrible dynamic, but an environment where we can face it and takes it down and recover. that is the key. lou: i'm delighted. we have a sunny outlook. our pastor will be thrilled that we've got that -- here is rest of it. >> we're in this position right now. it is us. thisthis is good. lou: i have you down with sunshine and rainbows. what i don't like we have the same fbi working. we still have the department of justice and

lou: good evening everybody, top stories, department of justice, fbi have confirmed most of us pleased for the past year and more, political corruption in the highest levels of obama fbi and department of justice permitted creation of the special counsel, the endless so-called investigation of the trump campaign and administration in what has become a futile effort to prove what never existed, collusion with the russians in case you have forgotten the original idea of it all. all of what we thought we knew we now know for sure. all confirmed in hundreds of pages of documents turned over by the fbi to the watchdog group "judicial watch." tens of thousands of redactions to carter page fisa warrant, exposed truth, president obama, his justice department, his fbi, yes, his fisa courts cooperated to spy on the trump presidential campaign and administration. based solely on pretext and no evidence whatsoever. "judicial watch"'s chris farrell joins us to talk about the bombshell document that "judicial watch" brought to light. the president tonight is considering whether to lift security clea

for prosecution and with the department of justice -- we at the department of justice will do everything we can to prosecute all of them. i put in place a zero tolerance for illegal entry at the border. if you cross the southwest border unlawfully, we are going to prosecute you. it is that simple. it is unlawful to do that. [applause] jeff: if they are part of a smuggling organization that smuggles people into the country, we will prosecute them to. that is what we are going to do. prosecutors to the southwest border, moved 18 immigration judges to detention center so they can be tried in the detention centers. about a 50% increase in the number of immigration judges who have been handling these cases at the border. 11 million people are already here unlawfully. that is more than the population of virtual or the state of -- portugal or the state of georgia. we have -- we need to know this, we already have the most general -- generous immigration laws in the world. we accept 1.1 million people every year to lawful permanent resident stat

>> where is your investigation with the state department and how this launch took place of the russia probe. >> we are waiting on the department of justicegive us that information before july 31st. for week after week after week they failed to do it. they provided a lot of documents aiding us in the investigation. >> glenn simpson is on the list. >> those we kicked to the task force. mr. rat cliff is on the task force. we need them interviewed on camera as soon as possible. >> before you go, let me ask you in terms of what happens now and you know, whether or not you think you will see accountability here. >> i think you only see accountability if there is a second special council that investigates all of this or somebody outside the leadership that will run a real investigation. >> what should the president ask or speak to putin about. >> number one, don't hand the reset button over. number two, what he is doing with you and nato he's done for a long time. one pay your fair share and we can't allow them to run on russian gas. they are feeding the russian obesity. the germans are only paying 1.3%. >> yeah. >> i laugh when they say trump

it's destroying the bureau and want department of justice.y're so interested in protecting the institution that they're willing to overlook. >> when rod rosenstein says he feels like it's extortion when it's oversight from the congressional committee -- >> i don't know about you, but i find myself less and less concerned about how rod rosenstein feels. >> lou: it seems to me it may be dead if, and this is an extension, if the trump attornes are right, demanding before there's any further discussion with the special counsel that they demonstrate some sort of evidence that there was collusion, some reason to have a further discussion. >> there's no doubt the presidet of the united states enjoys a special status under the law and in order to interview him go any reason whatsoever, here it's an impeachment investigation. it's not a criminal threat. there's no evidence any crime hs been committed. mueller is trying to interview the president and the law is vey clear. the president is unavailable go such inquiries. and under no circumstances shoud

>> in the department of justice, we are accustomed to criticism. it does not affect our work. >> as i have said repeatedly, i am committed to doing this job by the book in all respects. there is no amount of political pressure that is going to dissuade me by either side. >> thank you. and special counsel mueller are paradigms and should not be torn down. i hope the constitution is respected. rosenstein, whitey keeping information from congress? -- why are you keeping information from congress? >> i am not keeping any information from congress. >> the house of representatives is going to say something different. >> i do not agree with you, congressman. >> i think a few minutes, the house of representatives is going to go on record saying you have not complied with requests from a secular -- from a separate but equal branch of government. you have seven days to get your act together. that is not jim jordan. i think that is the majority of the house of representatives. i think that is going to happen. i do not know why you will not give us what we have

and yesterday, in an immigration court filing, the department of justice said it plans to detain migrant families together rather than release them, which may mean families will be held for much longer than previously allowed. today, protestors gathered inhu reds of towns and cities demanding immediate change to the nation's immigration policies. mecoalition of advocacy groups under t"families belong together" planned the marches and protests in all 50 states. >> families belong! >> together! >> families belong! >> together! >> desjardins: in washington, d.c., protestors gathered in lafayette square right across from the white house. >> this is what democry looks like this is what democracy looks like! >> desjardins: in new york city, klousands marched across the br bridge. outside los angeles city hall, a huge crowd-- many wearing white- - waved signs reading "worlove our neig and "immigrants make america great" as they protested the president's policies. and in bedminster, new jersey, protestors drove on roads near th,e trump national golf cl where the president is spending the weekend

he defended the integrity of the fbi of the justice department and we follow the facts where it leadsere republican members of congress spent hours of this fbi clearly made some mistake trying to suggest that he's bias not only of the hillary clinton's e-mail investigation but the russia's investigation. >> there was a time during the presidential campaign when donald trump in a news conference made a remarkable statement. he says russia if you are listening, please try to find the 30,000 missing e-mails. that was a reference to e-mails that clinton deleted. there was a passage on this indictment on page 7, on that very day, the russian conspirators attempted to spear fish used by the clinton's office. it was at or around the same time. they targeted 76 e-mail addresses at the domain for the clinton's campaign. this is only speculation. that date is mentioned specifically in this indictment. and one can imagine that's not as coincidence. the president of the united states made an instruction to the russians and apparently these hackers were listening and followed through. a reasonable

. >> tucker: would it be possible for you to direct the department of justice, fbi to take possession of the server and have -- assuming no government investigators looked at it and get to the bottom of it? >> president trump: as i've told you, the answer is absolutely it is possible and may be at some point it will be done. my department of justice is the one branch, the one group i'm very little involved in and same with the fbi and am i disappointed that they're not looking at all of the cricket things taking place on the other side like the pakistani man who left with the three servers? who knew everything about shulz? debbie wasserman schultz. i believe they even had him and they don't want to use him. for the dnc, the server was never taken by the fbi. they went in there and john podesta threw him out of the office they said get out of here. they go after other people like there's no tomorrow. you understand that, i spoke to you about it before as they sai said, you are winning, don't give it up. i've stayed very much involved. in my to be involved? totally. people are finding o

president obama's department of justice oversaw the fast and furious program. ich gave drug cartels -- drug cartels 2,000 weapons resulting in the death of a u.s. border control agent. obama's department of justice did not enforce federal drug laws. all while allowing the irs to target conservative groups and suing the state of arizona for enforcing immigration laws. that all changed, friends, in 2016. that's right. attorney general jeff sessions was the first u.s. senator to endorse donald trump for president. attorney general jeff sessions has threatened to sue 23 sanctuary cities and has sued the state of california over their sanctuary city policies. rather than blaming the police for our problems, attorney general jeff sessions is hiring more police to make our communities safer and yes, they are going after those ms-13 animals. unlike some u.s. senators and representatives who have chosen to flood our communities with more drugs, attorney general jeff sessions is protecting our children and fighting back against a growing drug culture. finally, attorney ge

it will depend on what the department of justice wants to say. e thinking that this is may be in the pipeline, and already this year glencore share price is significantly underperformed because of investor worries about these sort of legal risks facing the country. the stock was trading as high as above 400 pence earlier this month and now is down to 320. it is having a big impact on investors perception of the country. guy: thank you very much indeed, locality bringing us the latest -- will kennedy bringing us the latest on what is happening in europe. let's get the mid-cap movers with nejra cehic. nejra: sbm offshore jumping the most in a year. for exxon contracts mobil floating production storage and offloading vessel. to has gained the most since july of 2016. this mid-cap is one of the best performers in the stoxx 600. licht has been downgraded to hold at baron berg. it is down 2.4%. i am looking at mcbride, technically a small cap, but worth noting, down 8.6%. guy? guy: thank you very much indeed. let's turn our attention back to germany. th

if you look at director comey's statement when the department of justice authorized him to say that the fbi had opened a case into allegations that the government of russia had made an offer of assistance into potential involvement in members of the trump campaign, i cannot envision a scenario where that would not be a reasonable predication to open an investigation. >> i don't think anybody would argue that it wasn't appropriate to open that and that it wasn't -- >> we have questions about whether it was appropriate because we don't know the underlying information. we read that it was -- >> the time of the gentleman has expired. >> regular order. >> there is a second element of the question. >>. >> you raised a question about whether or not i agreed. >> you had an opportunity to answer that m. >> thank you, mr. chair. on july 3 your lawyer made the following statement to chris cuomo on cnn regarding you. on fox news they talk about him as the center of this antitrump that was determined to throw the election against trump. none of this has a thread of truth. do you agree? >> i do. >> i

best calculated to protect the institutions of justice incredibly unusual fact i'd never heard of it before the f.b.i. announcing separate from the department of justice but given the situation of the attorney general was in my view that what situation she was in that the attorney general was in the view of a reasonable american compromised at that point and couldn't credibly announce the closure of the investigation so i think she implicitly acknowledged herself by saying she would accept my recommendation and my view was and honestly it still is even though i understand the criticism that if i denounced it with the attorney general the american people would not have had confidence in the result and the best although still a bad choice but the best of the choices was to announce it separately you said mrs clinton's handling of her e-mails have been extremely candice my question to you since when is it the job of the federal law enforcement officer to judge whether politicians indeed any citizens behavior is careless our job is to investigate the conduct of the subject of the investigation and decide whether it warrants recommendation for p

attorney general rod rosenstein if they want to hold him accountable for the continuing justice department stonewalling of congress. lame duck speaker ryan refusing to support his house members in their constitutional oversight duties. ryan refusing to hold the justice department accountable for this stonewalling, effectively killing the freedom caucus effort to impeach the deputy ag. that effort introduced just 24 hours ago. chief intelligence correspondent katherincatherine herridge has e latest. >> the house speaker characterized the articles of impeachment as an extreme step. >> i don't think we should be cavalier with this process. i don't think this rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors. >> the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein has a conflict of interest overseeing the russian probe because he signed the final warrant for carter page. months earlier this former british spy behind the dossier christopher steele was fired by if fbi for lying. according to the articles of impeachment, quote, deputy attorney general rosenstein's failure to recuse himself in light of the inherent conflic

the president has been briefed on this previously by the department of justice including the fbi, by the department of homeland security. these briefings have been ongoing. you've heard secretary of homeland security kirstjen nielsen explain many of the efforts she's undertaking to prevent this happening, certainly to the security of our electoral systems in each of the different states. there's a lot of things going on that we can't talk about because they're classified and obviously you're not going to alert your adversaries or those trying to corrupt the election process to what we're doing. but i think it's very clear the president's determined that we're not going to have any outsider interfere with the integrity of our electoral process. >> i'm sure you saw several democrats calling on the president to cancel the summit. we also heard from senator john mccain who said if president trump is not prepared to hold putin accountable, the summit in helsinki should not be move forward. obviously the summit is moving forward.e move forward. obviously the summit is moving forwar move for

the source of the justice department and fbi have not provided records or information about this critical time period that likely show why the russia probe started in the first place. >> what put all of this into motion and of course was what put this into motion was something that was politically motivated or in fact based on legitimate law enforcement evidence. >> fbi correcter christopher wray and rod rosenstein were on capitol hill last week and face new pressure to comply after a passing of a resolution. 226-183. those who know rosenstein emphasize he's in a difficult position because it's not routine to provide records from ongoing cases. >> i know rod rosenstein and i think he's an honorable person and i think anybody that position would take it personally if they're going to say you're personally obstructing congress or holding things back. i think he views himself as a point of a speer in the process and the one who has to interact with congress. >> a congressional aide said the justice department provided more records and asked for more time. a spokesman for the intelligence com

our analysis is based solely on the facts of law and department of justice policies. i briefed president trump about these allegations earlier this week and the president is fully aware of the department's actions today. with my remarks i have not identified the victims. we confront foreign interference in american elections that we think as republicans or democrats instead to think teacher radically as americans. our response is not depend on which side the victims more. the internet allows foreign adversaries to attack america in new and unexpected ways. free and fair elections to exacerbate the divisions to divide and conquer so as long as we are united with our commitment to the values than they will not succeed. partisan warfare fueled by modern technology does not fairly reflect the race or dignity or unity of the american people. election interference belongs to criminals who commit election interference and we need to work together to hold the perpetrators accountable and we need to keep moving forward to preserve our values and protect against future interfere

in the department of justice, it is one of the biggest assignment. he will be directing the cases that are filed on behalf of the united states of america, critical cases to protect our national security, critical cases relative to crimes being committed, critical cases when it comes to our rights as citizens. he will be leading 600 federal prosecutors. is it not reasonable for us to ask a basic question about brian allen benczkowski of virginia? we did in the judiciary committee. and here's the question we asked. mr. wens cow i ask -- mr. benczkowski, you're seek be the position of assistant attorney with 600 prosecutors that will you direct. please tell the committee how many cases you have prosecuted as a lawyer. first, civil cases. the answer? none. oh. well, how about criminal cases? how many criminal cases have you prosecuted in your lifetime as a lawyer? none. how many motions have you filed before a federal court? none. wait a minute. you are being chosen to head up the criminal division of the department of justice and you have no experience

that's why it was very appropriate for the department of justice to announce these publicly today. >>hink it's important to do it before the summit? >> absolutely. it's very important to give mr. trump a chance to bow out of the meeting in helsinki. he decided not to. if mr. trump takes this seriously and treats it like he should as the president of the united states, he should go to helsinki, meet with mr. putin and in no uncertain terms tell him it is incontrovertible that you authorized interference in our presidential election. this must stop and if it doesn't stop, there are going to be some really serious consequences to pay. >> what are the consequences? what are the realistic consequences that you think would change putin's behavior? >> well, first of all, i think a consequence would be for mr. trump to change his fawning attitude toward mr. putin and to basically call the russians out on a number of things that they're doing, not just in the cyber world but also on their insidious efforts to try to influence events and politics in many countries, whether it be on the brexit v

with the memorandum of understanding with them, and additionally, there's one department bulletin that is with the department of justice, and that has to do with the -- the limited english program or the l.e.p. program. again, they're in your packet. you also have a listing of the all department bulletins, primarily the a and b bulletins. on the final page of the -- the -- let me move forward here. these are the objectives from the -- the federal use of -- or excuse me, the federal department of justice report. those are the objective areas. there are a total of 74 recommendations out of the 272 that point back or speak to some areas of policy development. as you can see, by the 21 general orders and the numerous bulletins that we have been working diligently on this. it is a capacity, too. there's always competing interest, but we have prioritized most of these orders -- in fact, all of them, but you will be discussing that at a different time outside of this presentation. so other than that, it's open for questions. i do know d.p.a. has the second half of the presentation in conjunction with the sparks report. >> com

the answer is from the department of justice. i read you the answer. >> may i comment to what i believe is a misstatement? >> briefly. >> sir, from your answer, what i took that to be is in the event of a failure, an individual should be read out. you are conflating that with a out of scope or failure. it is not my understanding that out of scope requires somebody to be read out. it may be. i'm not a security professional, but you appear to -- >> so you're out of sync right now with the answer received from the department of justice. that is an interesting answer that you just gave that you may have been out of sync. the question now becomes is policy procedure failed or not failed. this is a serious investigation which i take seriously. if you should have been read out you should have been read out. that is my final answer, statement, not oppose. i yield back. >> the gentleman from rhode island, mr. scicilini is recognized. >> i look forward to a couple questions as each of my republican colleagues have had. >> serving on this co

our analysis is based solely on the facts of the law and the department of justice policies. i briefed president trump about the allegations earlier this week he is fully aware of the departments actions today. with my remarks i have not identified the victims. we confront foreign interference in american elections it is important for us to avoid thinking politically as republicans or democrats and instead to think patriotically as americans. our response does not depend on which side the victim was. the internet allows foreign adversaries to attack america in new and unexpected ways free and fair elections are always hard-fought. there will always be adversaries who seek to exacerbate our positions and try to confuse and divide and conquer so as long as we are united with our commitment to the values enshrined in the constitution, they will not succeed. partisan warfare by technology does not fairly reflect the grace and dignity and unity of the american people. election interference belongs to the criminals that committed parents and we need to work together to hold the perp

and like the moi yemployees of fbi and the department of justice, i swore to protect this country and to remember uphold the rule of law. we have now wasted countless hours of our very limited and precious time chasing these phantoms, wasting both the witness's time and our own. the inspector general's report must have been a very big disappointment to the president and to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. let me say this. law enforcement officers -- and you said it earlier, mr. strzok, not only do they have political opinions, but they are encouraged to have them. as the chief of police, i encouraged them to have them and express them. but their expression never interfered with their ability to conduct their job. perhaps congress could learn something from members of the law enforcement community, because my colleagues on the other side of the aisle allow political bias to influence their judgment every day and perhaps they should read and all members of congress should read the ethics manual for congress. the i.g. report said, and i quote, we found no evidence that the c

our analysis is based solely on the facts, law, and department of justice policy. i briefed president trump about these allegations earlier this week. the president is fully aware of the department's actions today. my remarks, i have not identified the victims. we confront foreign interference in american elections, it's important for us to avoid thinking politically as republicans or democrats. and instead to think patriotically as americans. our response must not depend on which side is victimized. the internet allows foreign adversaries to attack america in new and unexpected ways. free and fair elections are always hard fought and contentious. there will always be adversaries who seek to exacerbate our divisions and try to confuse, divide, and conquer us. so long as we are united in our commitment to the values enshrined in the constitution, they will not succeed. the partisan warfare fueled by modern technology does not fairly reflect the grace, dignity and unity of the american people. blame for election interference belongs to the criminals who committed ele

department saying we were not accused of anything by the special counsel or department of justice. ll cares? it's about national security. ed: i agree totally. i have spent 50 years of my life in politics and white house politics. i'm appalled by the lack of communication. lou: what can the president do with the department of justice and the fbi? ed: he has to sit down with the attorney general and everybody else over there and say i want this straightened out. lou: do you think they can find the attorney general? ed: i would read the riot act to all of them and say this foolishness has to stop. we are going into an election that can function effectively. >> do you think mcconnell and ryan could be of some help here? where the hell are they? who -- they are talking -- they sided with the chinese on u.s. tariffs. they obviously prefer chinese trade policy rather than american trade policy under this president. lou: this president has broad shoulders. mcconnell's job is to get our senate confirmation our nominee and ryan's job is to get the hell out of there as quick as possible. lou:

it's a risk and obviously department of justice decided to go with it there's one other piece of thisi can that's important which is that this trial like all trials before merger occurs is all about trying to predict the future in this case the judge completely believed everything at&t said about their predictions and gave no credit to what department of justice said but once the merger occurs, there will be actual con flilkt. if doj loses the appeal, it can come back and enforce against the merger once it sees aen anti-competitive effect. >> before i let you go, jeff, last question for you. does this throw cold water on other potential m and a and media, it seems to be somewhat unexpected >> i have to say this is one area where i agree with what randall stephenson told you earlier this morning, and that is given that this is the unusual kind of vertical case i talked about, i'm not sure it has much predicted value for other deals. everyone will be looking at the strength of the t mobile deal, a straight horizontal one. plenty of law and precedent, so that's not going to be effected i

five attorneys from the department of justice. >> five? >> yes, sir. >> five attorneys from the department of justice and four from the f.b.i.? >> no, sir. >> including yourself? >> no, sir. a total of eight people. five -- thee f.b.i. >> then the people in the room with hillary clinton were? colonel mills? >> secretary samuelsson, one, two, three, four other attorneys. four or five. >> i see. did you record any of that interview? could you tell me how long it took? >> we did not record it. my recollection is that it took several hours. i don't recall the exact time. what documents do you have to memorialize the interview? >> an fd 302 is created based on the notes of the participants. >> how many of those eight agents or officers had their notes that took notes in that room? >> i don't know. >> do you have yours? >> i did. i believe some. and i know the two agents did. i don't recall about the attorneys. >> i want to ask you to reconstruct. who were those agents? >> two of the case agents assigned to the clinton investigation. >> what are

with the state department of justice. when this first came to be, it sort of -- it was one of the first efforts to serve the authority of the police commission. many of our opinions was unanimously voted down. we were not fully advised and so we have taken a look at this and obviously, we as a commission belief and transparency -- transparency and accountability. if there is another agency that can help us, we are more than willing to do it. we had concerns about the ability of the d.o.j. to monitor these changes. they have a subject matter expertise. the d.o.j., all those folks we dealt with through that process where professionals and you had sub- jacked matter expertise. they were high ranking member is a major police departments. either recently retired or active. they were working with the community. so now, there is a decision to bring the d.o.j. on board. there has been meetings for the d.o.j. in the police department. a commissioner was involved in meetings with them. there was a concerned that we are the police co