fbi response to domestic terrorism and threats on elected officials in the fbi background check system. this is three hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> come to order we appreciate you coming over director ray we will try to get out of here by 1:00 o'clock you have an agency to run and if there is any cleanup we will try to accommodate. very briefly the oversight hearing comes at an important time even though there is no evidence the russians change the tally of the 2016 election they exceeded their wildest expectations or interfere with the 2016 elections. all of us are very interested in what we can do to make sure this doesn't happen again in 2020 and after what china is doing section 2015 authorities are about to expire to hear from the director what that means to the country with a pfizer warrant investigation we that is coming also media leaks at the fbi. having said all that it is difficult time for the fbi but let's not let a few bad actors taint a great organization so before we start me tell you and those that work under yo

the fbi headquarters project. and fourth, the fbi has produced approximately 1,300 pages of relevant documents. these documents include substantive agency communications, information about relevant meetings and documents pertaining to the decision to demolish and rebuild the fbi headquarters. we appreciate the committee's efforts particularly in the last week to focus on aspects of its requests. in fact, because of your input fbi and gsa were able to make a large production of dozens of reports yesterday totaling approximately 800 pages. we believe these are directly responsive to committees interests. such input from the committee will help us be more efficient in our processing of documents and more targeted in the information that we produce of interest to the committee. this is the type of collaboration that the fbi welcomes the hopes the committee will continue. in conclusion the fbi and the department of justice recognize that congressional oversight is an important part of our system of government. we are o

despite all parties within the administration claiming the fbi alone made the decision, the fbi has turned over just 1300 pages in the last 3 1/2 months, and that includes a last-minute production last night. i might add, in talking to the fbi, i was assured that they have gone through and filtered 1.5 million documents, and when we had that conversation, we are in possession of 490 of them. some of them redacted, some of them redundant. while we can admire the production going on at the fbi, we are not sure we admire the responsiveness to this committee's request. to say that congress continues to have questions about the abrupt and rust reversal in the fbi's years long plan, and that the change of heart involved direct communications with the chief executive of the country, is an understatement. 3rd, the committee is actively investigating the federal lease of the old post office building between gsa and the turn point organization because president trump refused to completely divest himself of global business interests, he is currently both the landlord and the tenant, technically, of w

that's not the fbi's role. we're trying to raise awareness so they can make thoughtful, voluntary decisions that are not just in the country's best interest but i would argue in the best interest of their own academic research. >> so i agree with you and look forward to our continuing to work with you to both protect our universities but also to ensure against espionage of intellectual property. let me turn to a final topic, which is an area of concern for me, which is the group that's called itself antifa, which ironically is short for anti-fascism and yet they engage in the conduct of fascists. they engage in violent protests, masked men and women engaging in physical violence. we saw recently the rose city chapter of antifa in portland, oregon, assaulting citizens, disrupting traffic. violently assaulted one journalist that he was hospitalized for brain hemorrhage. likewise, this weekend, mr. willem van sprasen, another antifa terrorist attacked an enforcement center in tacoma, washington, igniting a vehicle

that's not the fbi peace role. what we are trying to do is raise awareness so they can make thoughtful voluntary decisions not just in the country's business interests but i would argue in the best interests of their own academic research. >> i agree with you and i look forward to working withal you t protect university and also ensure against espionage of intellectual property. let me turn to a final topic, which is an area of concern for me. which is the group that is called itself antifa, which ironically is short for anti-facism and yet engage in the conduct of facists. they engage in violent protests, masked men and women engaging in physical violence we saw recently the rose city chapter of antifa in portland, oregon assaulting nacitizens, disrupti traffic, violented assaulted one journalist so severely he was hospitalized for brain hemorrhage. like wiek this weekend another antifa terrorist attacked a u.s. immigration and customs enforcement center in tacoma washington, igniting a vehicle and attempting to i

james baker is the former fbi special counsel. we'll be right back. r fbi special counsel. we'll be right back. beauty editors have tried everything. in search of a whiter smile. their choice? crest 3d whitestrips. our exclusive whitening formulation safely whitens 25 times better*. for a noticeably whiter, smile. trust america's #1 whitening treatment. crest 3d whitestrips. compare comcast business to your current provider. my current service provider does not provide half of what you provide. and to know that i could save money? i'd be thrilled. this sounds like a whole business package, which would be incredible. so what are you guys waiting for? let's do it. (laughs) comcast business gives you a full suite of products with great performance and value. get fast, reliable internet on the nation's largest gig-speed network for less than at&t. that's 120 dollars less a year. better, faster. i mean sign me up. comcast business. beyond fast. >>> we are back with james baker. thank you again dpr being herfo. >> my pleasure. >> of the ways conservative media has come after you

embarrassment to the fbi.we take our share of lumps and i embrace that as part of the process, you played an important role in some cases and i made some of those mistakes. one of the things that distinguishes a lot of the fbi from other organizations is a commitment to learning from the mistakes. >> i wrote you a letter in april concerning the case of special agent parkinson. he made protective disclosures and was dismissed. after he won his case against a bureau and reinstated his security clearance was re-rolled. i have not received a response. does fbi revoke security clearances as a way of getting around court decisions favorable to employees customer and can i get response to my letter. >> i'm not familiar with the specific matters lost my stuf sf and get back to pre- >> as a written before, senator general had highly classified documents related to clayton investigation. here is an excerpt from the inspector general unclassified report on the clayton investigation re-related to the classified report. al

it was authorized under fbi policies and procedures and fbi employees are authorized to accept information. i thought it was okay. one of the things with respect to all of this that has gotten me is that, look, we have taken this information, but we don't swallow it hook, line, and sinker. we have a jaundiced eye with respect to the information we get. we take it seriously, but we vet it and don't just assume it is correct. just because somebody's proffering it to us. we do question on a regular basis why is this person bringing me this information. what is snit how let's scrutinize it and not ignore it. let's take it seriously, but vet it. thoroughly. >> in terms of sources of information, the fbi has tip lines and opens themselves up to public information. >> tip lines and online and many ways to submit the information. people should if they have it. >> the idea that opposition research was funded by one side of a political campaign might have turned up something they gave to the fbi because they were concerned or hoping for an fbi investigation that would turn up something damning. is t

, even after the fbi fired steele. top fbi investigator and his lover, another top fbi official constantly texted about how much they hated trump and wanted to stop him from being elected. and the entire investigation was opened, based not on intelligence but on a tip from a foreign politician about a conversation involving a maltese diplomat widely portrayed as a russian agent but seems to have far more connections with western governments, including our own fbi and our own state department than with russia. braisingly ignoring all these red flags, as well as the transparent absurdity of the claims they're making, democrats have argued for nearly three years that evidence of collusion is hidden just around the corner. like the lochness monster, they insist it's there, even if no one can find it. consider this. in march 2017, democrats on this committee said they had more than circumstantial evidence of collusion, but they couldn't reveal it yet. mr. mueller was soon appointed and they said he would find the collusion.

even after the fbi fired steele. the top investigator and has liver, another top fbi official, constantly texted about how much they hated trump and wanted to stop him from being elected. and the entire investigation was open based not on intelligence but on a tip from a foreign politician. about a conversation involving joseph mifsud. he is a maltese diplomat who is widely portrayed as a russian agent, but seems to have far more connections with western governments, including our own fbi and our own state department. than with russia. ignoring all these red flags as well as the transparent absurdity of the claims they are making, the democrats have argued for nearly three years that evidence of collusion is hidden just around the corner. like the loch ness monster, they insist it's there even if no one can find it. consider this -- in march 2017, democrats on this committee said they had more than circumstantial evidence of collusion but they couldn't reveal it yet. mr. mueller was soon appointed, and they said he w

fill fbi files. americans may have looked to their pastors, priests, and bishops to be able to address theological disputes, but many of them entrusted the fbi for the weightier matters of politics. canhistory of the fbi that be and rewritten as an adjudicator of true faith and political allegiance in 20th-century u.s. politics, something contemporary observers of the fbi know all too well. finally, focusing on religion a lumen a town the bureau was able to form partnerships with leading black and white protestant and catholic faith communities. all to influence important aspects of 20th-century politics. workingnd his fbi were professional and working relationships with leading clergy, president trump's pastor norman dicks appeal, billy graham, and the chaplain of the united clans of america, reverend george dorset, as well as the first clergy member to have his own television show, elder lightfoot solomon shop. the fbi worked with these men and all because hoover did not recognize female clergy. th

the top fbi investigator and his lover, another top fbi official constantly texted about how much they hated trump and wanted to stop him from being elected. and the entire investigation was open based not on intelligence but on a tip from a foreign politician. about a conversation involving joseph nif have a, he's a diplomat who is widely portrayed as a russian agent but seems to have for more connections with western governments including our own fbi and our own state department than with russia. ignoring the red flags as well as the transparent absurdity of the claims they're making, the democrats have arguing for nearly three years that evidence of collusion is hidden just around the corner. they insist it's there'ven if no one can find it. consider this. in march of 2017 democrats on this committee said they had more than circumstantial evidence of collusion but they couldn't reveal it yet. mr. mueller was soon appointed and they said he would find the collusion. then when no collusion was found, and mr. mueller's indictments, the democrats said we'd find it in his final report. t

the top fbi investigator and his lover, another top fbi official constantly texted about how much they hated trump and wanted to stop him from being elected. and the entire investigation was open based not on intelligence but on a tip from a foreign politician. about a conversation involving joseph nif have a, he's a diplomat who is widely portrayed as a russian agent but seems to have for more connections with western governments including our own fbi and our own state department than with russia. ignoring the red flags as well as the transparent absurdity of the claims they're making, the democrats have arguing for nearly three years that evidence of collusion is hidden just around the corner. they insist it's there'ven if no one can find it. consider this. in march of 2017 democrats on this committee said they had more than circumstantial evidence of collusion but they couldn't reveal it yet. mr. mueller was soon appointed and they said he would find the collusion. then when no collusion was found, and mr. mueller's indictments, the democrats said we'd find it in his final report. t

and we're taking a whole of fbi approach to those threats. so we investigate individuals who take or plan to take violence or criminal action in furtherance of an ideology like racial or religious bias, or antigovernment sentiment. we are concerned about loan offenders like man who attacked the synagogue, individuals who act without a clear group affiliation and without guidance, , making them that muh more difficult to identify, investigate, and disrupt. we also worried about racially motivated violent extremists, just to pick one example. just last november and individual we arrested on a firearms charge talked about attacking synagogue to incite a so-called race revolution. in june we establish the domestic terrorism hate crimes fusion cell. our fusion cell brings together experts from both are criminal investigative and counterterrorism divisions. they are not just focus on current attacks on what we seeing right now. their focus on what we haven't yet seen, in some cases what we haven't yet imagined and what we need to do to stop that. b

that's the fbi's job. as i said in the beginning i don't know who in their right mind would think the fbi should not have opened this investigation. i asked the staff at the fbi, do it well, do it discreetly, because we don't want to smear innocent people in the middle of an election year yet don't want to let the bad guys onto it. that's work we had to do. i didn't know it would end up with me sitting in a chair in awe assume st. louis talking to you. i'm proud of the investigation and proud of the way we did it and proud of the way director mueller and his team continued it. >> in the political analysis and i appreciate the distinction between what political pundits do and corrections and please correct me if i get anything of that in vain. >> a lot of people think you put some of that in motion by coming after hillary clinton with her use of a personal e-mail account and whether or not she transmitted any classified information and being so public explaining her conduct. donald trump felt at the time th

we know the fbi is involved to some degree.at they were doing before july 31, 2016. why? because they wouldn't answer the questions that we had over the last two years. and, in fact, when we were getting close, we wanted transcripts, there were things that we wanted, those were not beginning to the united states house of representatives under republican control. do you know why? because the mueller dossier team wouldn't let it happen. so that's why i say somebody needs to look at these characters that were on mueller's team. i think they obstructed justice. they obstructed a congressional investigation. so that's number two. we have, we have the clinton team, we have the fbi. there's also a third team that we know of, that is this cambridge team, this group of british peoplethat were there, these intelligence-related folks including the american citizen, stephen schagey, who organized in the event. they were involved in the character assassination of a three-star general, the former head of the -- the director of intelligence,

that diplomat then contacts the fbi and the fbi opens an investigation based on that fact. you point this out on page 1 of the report. july 31st, 2016, opening the investigation. based on that piece of information. diplomat tells papadopoulos russians -- excuse me, he tells a diplomat the russians have dirt on clinton. the diplomat tells the fbi. what i'm wondering is who told papadopoulos? how did he find out. >> i can't get into -- >> yes you can. you told us who told him. joseph mif is n. the mysterious professor who works in rome and london. this is the guy who told papadopoulos. he's the guy who starts it all. when the fbi interviews him, he lies three times. and yet you don't charge him with a crime. you charge rick gates for false statements. you charge paul manafort for false statements. you charge michael cohen with false statements. you charge michael flynn, three-star general with false statements. but the guy who puts this country through the whole saga, for three years we have lived this now. he lies and you guys don't charge him. and i'm curious as to why. >>

the diplomat tell it s the fbi. the fbi starts the investigation. the central figure who launches it all lies to us and you guys don't hunt him down and interview him again and charge him with a crime. here's the good news. >> the president was falsely accused of conspiracy. james comey when we deposed him told us they have nothing. at the end of your 22-month investigation you find no conspiracy. what do the democrats want to do? keep investigating. keep going. maybe a better course of action, maybe a better course of action is to figure out how the false accusations started. maybe it's to figi.here toodnew. exactly what bill barr is doing. thank goodness for that. that's what the attorney jerngel is doing. >> time for the gentleman has expired. in a moment we'll take a very brief five-minute break. i ask everyone in the room to remain seated and quiet while the witness exits the room. i also want to announce to those in the audience that you may not be guaranteed your seat if you leave the hearing room at this time. >> there we have it after about

r: >> narrahe next day the fbi saw an opportunity to end it. >> on january 26 the fbi had developed information that a significant number of the leadership of the occupation was going to be traveling from the refuge to a meeting in john day, oregon >> we knew the route they were t going ake, we knew the cars they were going to be in. >> narrator: two cars left the refuge bound for john dayil county, 90 m away. an fbi surveillance planell foed overhead.e ammon rode in thsecond car. his brother ryan, lavoy finicum, and a militia leader were in the first. at the last minute, they were joined by two women, includi shawna cox. >> i wasn't supposed to be in that vehicle at all. ou i t we were going to a meeting, we'll be there for a couple of hours, and we'll beck ba ld >> you cout let the occupation go on forever.so he intent of this operation was to get them as far away from any populated area as possible. >> narrator: 30 miles down a twisting mountain road, the vehicles entered an area outde of cell phone reception. the fbi, backed by state police, made their move. officers pulled the cars over. a

an fbi surveillance plane followedverhead. his brother ryan, lavonicum,a and litia leader were in the first. at the last nute, they were joined by two women, includingox shawna. >> i wasn't supposed to be in that vehicle at all. i thought were going to a meeting, we'll be there for a couple of hours, and we'll be back. >> you couldn't t the occupation go on forever. so the intent of this operation was to get them as far away from any populated area as possible.> arrator: 30 miles down a twisting mountain road, the vehicles entered an area outside of cell phone reception. the fbi, backed by state police, made their move. officers pulled the cars over. ammon bundy was finally arrested. but in the lead vehicle, lavoy refused to get out. vehicle.not turning off the this is lavoy finicum. you want to shoot me, you shoot me. but i'm not going anywhere. >> they had unmarked vehicles. weon't know who these peop are. and we didn't want to get out ol the ve and that's why i pulled up the camera.en i was in d mode. and our best weapon is

that diplomat contacts the fbi and the fbi opens an investigation based on that fact. that's on page 1 of the report, july 21, 2016, they open up the investigation based on that piece of information. the diplomat tells papadopoulos -- that papadopoulos tells the diplomat russians have dirt on clinton. diplomat tells the fbi. what i'm wondering is who told papadopoulos? how did he find out? >> i can't get into the evidentiary -- >> yes, you can because you gave us the answer. page 192 of the report you tell us who told him. joseph misfeud. he told papadopoulos and the mysterious professor who lives in rome and london, works at two different universities. he told papadopoulos he's the guy who starts it all. and when the fbi interviews him, he lies three times and yet you don't charge him with a crime. you charge rick gates for false statements. charge paul manafort and charge michael cohen and michael flynn a three-star general with false statements but the guy who puts the country through the whole saga starts it off for three years we have lived this now. he lies and y

when robert mueller was fbi director, aaron zebley was his chief of staff at the fbi. and we thought that's what his role was in the special counsel's office, but today zebley was described as the deputy special counsel. in this statement from mueller's new spokesperson. "aaron zebley was the deputy special counsel and had day-to-day oversight of the investigations conducted by the special counsel's office. " oh. "he will accompany special counsel mueller to the wednesday hearings, as was discussed with the committees more than a week ago." that statement today by mueller's new spokesperson. well, if this has been the plan to have aaron zebley sitting there with mueller at his open testimony tomorrow and that was discussed with the two committees more than a week ago, i mean, that may be true. this is the first that we, the public, are hearing about it for sure. we had thought that maybe some of mueller's deputies including zebley might initially be testifying in closed sessions following mueller's open testimony. then that was reportedly either still in process or may

he had to sell his house, he ultimately agreed to plead guilty to lie to the fbi and the fbi did nothink he lied. he did it to save his family and is on a particular. tonight thanks to investigative reporter sara carter, we are learning some damning new information about flynn's plea deal and according to the level counsel, the ever so powerful and smart cindy powell, persecutors wanted flynn to lie under oath against the former business partner in a case surrounding again a fara violation. "the prosecutors have been adamant that mr. flynn testified, that he authorized the filing of this b6 form knowing and attending that it contained false statements. mr. flynn cannot give that testimony because it is not true. according to sara carter's reporting, because a plan is refusing to give the testimony they are demanding that he says is not true, federal prosecutors are now planning to portray flynn as a coconspirator in the case. what does that mean for lieutenant general flynn tonight? here now with the full report, fox news investigative reporter sara carter. you know what is so unbeli

and then being fed into the fbi? >> as i said before, this is an area i cannot speak to. >> is that because it's not in the report or because -- >> it's involved in other deliberations, other proceedings and the like. >> when andrew wiseman joined your team, were you aware that bruce fuller, directly briefed the dossier allegations to them in the summer of 2016? >> again, i'm not going to speak to that issue. >> okay. >> before you arrested george papadopoulos in july of 2017, he was given $10,000 in cash in israel. do you know who gave him that cash? >> again, it's outside our gambit and questions such as that should go to the fbi or the department. >> it involved your investigation? >> it involved persons involved in my investigation. >> thank you, sir. >> we will stand in recess for five or ten minutes. please, folks, remain in your seats, allow the director and mr. zebley to exit the chamber. >> the first half of the second part of this day has concluded, about 1:15 minutes or so. robert mueller opened up by tryi

investigation the fbi still had no case for collusion? >> no. >> has the inspector general report correct that the text messages from peter strck and lisa page's phones were not retained after they left the special counsel's office? >> it depends on what you're talking about. the investigation into peter strck went on for a period of tim time. >> did you ask the department to authorize your office to speak to that? >> it goes to internal deliberations. >> the circumstances concerning the origin of investigation have yet to be fully vetted. i'm glad attorney general barr and u.s. attorney durham are looking into this. i'd like to concede to the chairman. >> thank you for yielding. mr. mueller, i want to make sure you are aware of who fusion gps is. fusion gps is a political operations firm that was working directly for the hillary clinton campaign and the democrat national committee. they produced the dossier, so they paid steele, who then went out and got the dossier. i know you don't want to answer any dossier questions, so i'm not going

the diplomat tells the fbi. the fbi opens the investigation july 31st, 2016 and here we are three years later, july of 2019 and the central figure who launches it all, lies to us and you guys don't hunt him down and interview him again and you don't charge him with a crime. here's the good news. here's the good news. the president was falsely accused of conspiracy. the fbi does a ten month investigation and james comey told us at that point they had nothing. you do a 22 month investigation. at the end, you find no conspiracy. what's the democrats want to do, they want to keep investigating. they want to keep going. maybe a better course of action, maybe a better course of action is to figure out how the false accusation started. maybe it's to go bac news. that's exactly what bill barr is doing. that's what the attorney general is doing. they will find out why we went through -- >> time of the gentleman is expired. >> in a moment we will take a very brief five-minute break. first, i ask every one in the room to p

the fbi fired christopher steel steele.inued to use him as a credible source, and now there's had lines out there saying that christopher steele somehow has this verifiable dossier. let me just tell you, that's flat out false. john solomon's reporting is accurate. >> sean: i had to laugh when i read the stories in "the washington post." they were essentially saying, the ig found still credible. that is preposterous. not only has muller debunked it and the fbi debunked it, we now know that for sure. a year ago in my book, i went through every single allegation of collusion and debunked it. it was classic russian disinformation. what they always do is throw in one or two tidbits of truth, which they did, but they had nothing whatsoever to do with trump-russian collusion. >> if i may be so bold. i'm teasing about that part. if you knew this and if andrew andrew mccabe said there is no dossier. there's no pfizer warrant, that means that not only does christopher get paid by four separate entities, including hillary, the dfc for

>> yes. >> in the discussion with the fbi director. in yes. >> did you discuss at any time mister comey? >> know. >> at any time the potential appointment of a special counse counsel? not necessarily you but in general terms? >> i cannot get into those discussions become a times did you respect before you were appointed? how may times prior tosi that. >> because you don't recall? >> i dois not recall. >> how many times did you speak with mister comey prior to may 17? >> zero. >> my time is that letter are those that you worked with. >> probably yes. >> people youou respect. >> and they said all of this conduct to control and impede the investigation by leveraging the authority of othersrs is similar to conduct charged against other officials with people in powerful positions. are they wrong? >> do you want to sign that letter? >> they have a different case. >> spin because i have a seat on intelligence committee i will have a question later but i last to enter this letter under unanimous consent and i thank you for the long service to

as the fbi prepared yet another bag of money, the kidnappers called back.he same male voice from before, and he was angry about the lack of progress. >> listen, i'm sick and tired of this [ bleep ], okay i'm sick and tired of it you've been giving me [ bleep ] left and right. >> reid has been giving you [ bleep ]? >> he's going to go to the bank, pick up $50,000 and we'll arrange somewhere else to meet. >> more bad news for everyone, it was sunday of that labor day weekend. monday was a holiday the banks would be closed, guaranteeing that this drama would last for at least another day and night. >> we're all thrown for a loop when we hear this. we didn't want to string this out two more days. >> not wanting to drag this out any longer, investigators decided to try a risky new strategy and told quinn's mom to now take an aggressive approach whenever she talked with the kidnappers. >> that's a big gamble. >> we tried to take a little more control it was still being cooperative, we were very clear that we were willing to pay the ransom. >> i did not get the mo

the fbi they are here as well to lend their expertise. this would have been an active crime scene had their only been one gunman. but we do know that they're still searching for a possible second person so this makes the scene even that much more crucial to collect evidence to see what's going on so they can possibly tracked down. this other person that they believe is still out there on the loose this morning. let me show you the video of exactly what happened at 5 40 yesterday afternoon. thousands of people were here on the 3rd and final day of the festival having a great time didn't have a care in the world showing up enjoying all things gilroy garlic festival and then a minute later their world would change for ever as shots rang out by a gunman who we do do know did not go through an entrance where there are metal detectors instead this gun to investigators use some sort of tool cut through a fence near the creek area went through with an assault rifle, andrew randomly started shooting at people. there are witnesses talking about wha

that diplomat then contacts the fbi and the fbi opens an investigation based on that fact. you point this out on page 1 of the report, july 31st, 2016, they open the investigation based on that piece of information. diplomat tells papadopoulos the russians have dirt -- excuse me, papadopoulos tells the diplomat the russians have dirt on clinton, they tell the fbi. what i'm wondering is who told papadopoulos? how did he find out. >> i can't get into the -- >> yes, you can. you wrote about it. you gave us the answer on page 192 of the report, you tell us who told him. joseph nipson is the guy who told papadopoulos. he lives in lond ns and teaches at two universities. this is the guy who told papadopoulos. he's the guy who starts it all. and when the fbi interviews him, he lies three times and yet you don't charge him with a crime. you charge rick gates for false statements and paul manafort for false statements, michael cohen for false statements, you charge michael flynn, a three-star general with false statements. but the guy who puts the country through this whole saga sta

the fbi talking about that. ideological concerns. he wants to make sure they know exactly who the individual is. they want to make sure there isn't more out there. >>> and he is not connected to any other organizations or anyone else that might try to do something like this. >>> is a former fema administered or if you are there directly by the shooting. he heard the gunshots and you were running. how does it affect people's psyche? >>> we heardwe thought there was fireworkre. it sounds like the gunman was actually shooting stopped to reload start again. people started to panic. this that were there. the families that were involved or have loved ones that were hurt. or maybe fatalities but but also the first responders. the police officers that were involved. the firefighters. all of that is going to weigh on them. we heard them talking about counseling. trauma counseling. thank you so much. we are going to go to the news conference in gilroy.>>> my name is mitch matt low. i'm currently the pio for the garlic incident.i will be reliev

confirmed by the senate as fbi director 99-0. never had any claims to have been a partisan advocate. always had support from both democrats and republicans, appointed by both democrats and republicans, senior justice official and fbi director. he will be sworn in. by his side members of his team including chief of staff aaron zebley who served with him for so many years, expected to be ale to give him some advice. robert mueller has asked him to be sworn in -- >> -- on the date of the trump tower meeting -- >> you can expect this. protesters in the hearing room. probably won't be the last time today. the gavel has fallen. chairman nadler has hit the gavel. let's listen. >>> robert mueller preparing to be sworn in. also there on his team, jonathan newer ow ski, long-time hill veteran. >> judiciary committee will come to order. the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. we welcome everyone to today's hearing on oversight of the report on the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presiden

said deals information to the fbi even after the fbi fired steel. the entire investigation was open based not on intelligence but a tip from a foreign politician about a conversation involving joseph. he's a maltese diplomat. the democrats have argued for nearly three years that evidence of collusion is hissen judden j around the corner. like the loch ness monster they insist it's there even though no one can find it. democrats on this committee said they had more than circumstantial ed of collusion but couldn't reveal it yet. mr. mueller was soon appointed and they said he would find the collusion. then when no collusion was found and mr. mueller's indictment, the democrats said we find it in this final report. when there was no collusion in the report we were told attorney general barr was hiding it. when it was clear that barr wasn't hiding anything, we were told it would be revealed through a hearing with mr. mueller himself. now that mr. mueller is here, they are explaining that the collusion has actually been in his report all along. hidden in

the justice department and the fbi were in turmoil. you must have known there would be an extraordinary challenge. why did you accept? >> oim not going to get into that. that's a little off track. it's a challenge. >> some attack the motivation of your team, even suggest that the investigation was a witch hunt. when you considered people to join your team did you ever, even once, ask about their political affiliation? >> never once. >> in your entire career as a law enforcement official, have you ever made a hiring decision based upon a person's political affiliation? >> no. >> i'm not surprised -- >> if i might just interject, the capabilities we've shown in the report that's been discussed here today is a result of a team of agents and lawyers who are absolutely exemplary and were hired because of the value they could contribute to getting the job done and getting it done expeditiously. >> clearly to me in reading your report and listening to your testimony today, you acted fairly. there were circumstances you could have filed charge

did you know that the fbi paid christopher steele? did you know an oligarch paid christopher steele, did you know hillary paid christopher steele, did you know the fbi paid christopher steele? have you ever spoken to christopher steele? if so, how many times? what did he say about his dossier full of russian lies designed to hut trump and benefit hillary in the election? by the way, did bruce ohr act as a conduit after steele was fired for lying and leaking? in other words, there are notes that steele has. were you aware that christopher steele was trying to get answers and send you information while you were special counsel? and did you know thatouia christopher steele, in an k interrogatory under threat of perjury, i have no idea if any of this dossier is true, did you know he said that? when did he say that? does that not shock your t conscience? now you chose not to make any issue ofof this in your report. why, mr. mueller?o if you had such a broad mandate to investigate election interference, why didn't you look into evidence tha

that diplomat contacts the fbi, and the fbi opens an investigation based on that fact. open the2016, they investigation based on that information. they diplomat tells papadopoulos -- he tells diplomat the russians have dirt on clinton. the diplomat tells the fbi. who told papadopoulos? how did he find out? mr. mueller: i cannot get into the evidentiary findings. >> yes, you can. you tell us who told him. joseph smith said did. the mysterious professor who lives in rome and london. him. joseph nipson is the guy who told papadopoulos. he lives in lond ns and teaches at two universities. this is the guy who told papadopoulos. he's the guy who starts it all. and when the fbi interviews him, he lies three times and yet you don't charge him with a crime. you charge rick gates for false statements and paul manafort for false statements, michael cohen for false statements, you charge michael flynn, a three-star general with false statements. but the guy who puts the country through this whole saga starts it off, for three years we've lived this now. he lies, and you guys don't

the fbi never verified that. ultimately con clulded it should not happen. wrong in 2017. it took us to 2019 to get the same answer. >> sean: this is pretty unbelievable a headline in the "new york times" that said, oh, it looks like steele dossier was used as a basis of the fisa warrant. we were reporting that two yearsing. welcome aboard "new york times" paper of record after they peddle lies, conspiracy and a hoax, they could have written john sol oh monday, gregg jarrett, everyone else was right. >> it's important people are catching up to the facts, we're get togz how bad this fbi investigation was. >> sean: you ever another big story coming this week, i'm privy to what is coming, thank you, john solomon, author of the new book coming out in october "witch hunt." fox news analyst gregg jarrett and mark meadows. part of this message you may not like, congressman, i assume you knew about this fbi document assessing they knew 90% if not more of the dossier that was used as the bulk of information for the fisa application was debunked and they used it anywa

mueller is not the only one calling for action on election security, fbi director ray pointed by president trump has said the same. national intelligence director coats also appointed by president trump has stressed that foreign actors "will add new tactics as they learn from 2016". we must do more. this is not an issue of democratic issue or republican issue. this is not liberal issue or moderate issue or conservative issue.this is an issue of patriotism, national security. protecting the very integrity of american democracy, something so many of our forebears died for. and what do we hear from the republican side? nothing. there is no credence to the claim made by the leader we've already done enough in this chamber. mueller, ray, coates, all said we need to do more. all of them. here in the senate the senate intelligence committee led by mr. burgers and senator burr north carolina republican has recommended we do more. they too say otherwise. yet leader mcconnell and the republican majority refuse to do anything. so in a moment i'm going to ask unanimous consent to pass ualegislation th

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please call 1-800-call-fbi. that's 1-800-call-fbi. the charges unsealed today reflect the hard work not only of this office, but by our law enforcement partners at the federal bureau of investigation. to my left is bill sweeney, the assistant director in charge of the new york field office of the fbi and i wish to thank him and his team for their dedication and professionalism in seeing this investigation through. i also want to thank the new york city police department, represented here today by chief jason wilcox and customs and border patrol for their assistance in this investigation. and i want to thank and acknowledge the career prosecutors of my office handling the investigation and prosecution of this case, to my right alex ross miller, allison mo, maureen comey and their supervisors in the public corruption unit, russell capone and edward discant. it is a privilege for me every day to work with these bright, talented and dedicated public servants. the talent is unbelievable. we will continue to devos significant resources to i

it was and is an fbi matter. in some cases he said explicitly, it is an ongoing counter intelligence matter at the fbi, or presumably a matter otherwise for the intelligence community. well, the intelligence committees and house and the senate have oversight over the intelligence community. they're the only ones who do. and now they have just been given an open door from robert mueller inviting them to find out what is going on with those investigations because mueller says, yeah, those are real investigations and those are serious real national security issues for our country. and you should ask the fbi about that. the intelligence committees are sort of the only ones who are allowed to get those answers. they're the only ones allowed to know as far as i understand it. well, senator michael bennett of colorado is a member of the senate intelligence committee. he released his own additional views that were appended to today's highly redacted intelligence committee report on russian interference in the election. s