president who the the conversation is above the law. >> the complaint was sent to the federal bureau of investigation totally disregarding any concern for executive privilege. >>. >> the federal bureau of investigation never did a follow-up investigation. right? >> i believe they have concluded the investigation. i believe being involved in this matter here, i have other pressing matters. i apologize. >> in the justice department led by mr. barr who is the subject of the complaint is the department that provided the opinion that there's no action to be taken? >> i believe that the attorney general was mentioned in the complaint. >> correct. >> the subject of the complaint, sir. >> i yield back. thank you. >> contractor, what was your fit day of the job? >> friday, the 16th of august. >> you had a heck of a first week, didn't you? >>. >> the complaint is dated august 12th. whatever else you've done right in your career, the timing is something you have to worry about. >> i think dan coats timing is better than mine. >> there's been a lot in the process. i want to summarize a number of things. in your

>> the complaint was sent to the federal bureau of investigation, totally disregarding any concern for executive privilege. >> i understand. but the federal bureau of investigation never did a followup investigation, right? >> i believe that they have concluded the investigation. i'm not sure, in addition to being involved with this matter here, i also have other pressing matters. i apologize. >> the justice department led by mr. barr who is the subject of the complaint, the department provided the opinion that there's no action to be taken. >> i believe the attorney general was mentioned in the complaint, not necessarily subject of the complaint. >> well, he was mentioned. >> yes, sir. >> i yield back. >> congressman welch, thank you. >> mr. maloney. >> director maguire, what was your first day on the job? >> my first day on the job wednesday friday, the 16th of august. i think i set a new record of being subpoenaed -- >> a heck of a first week. >> had that much goings for me, sir. >> the complaint is dated august 12th. whatever else you've done right in your career, your timing is go

above the law so that's a dilemma for a democracy is it not the complaint was sent to the federal bureau of investigation totally disregarding any. concern for oh i get a privilege but the federal bureau of investigation never did a follow up investigation right i believe that they have concluded the investigation of them but surely to dish into being involved with this matter here i also have other pressing matters and direct i apologize in the justice department led by mr barr who is the subject of the complaint is the department that provided the opinion that there is no action to be taken i believe that the attorney general was mentioned in the complaint not correct sort of the subject of the complaints or it will be he was made he was mentioned there so all right i yield back thank you i respond whilst i can thank you mr malone. tried to mcguire what was your 1st day on the job. my 1st day on the job was friday the 16th of august and i think i set a new record in the administration for being subpoenaed before and yeah yeah yeah that you had a heck of a 1st week didn't and i got much more information

>> the complaint was sent to the federal bureau of investigation totally disregarding any concern for executive privilege. >> i -- but the federal bureau of investigation never did a follow-up investigation, right? >> i believe that they have concluded the investigation, i'm not sure, in addition to being involved with this matter here, i also have other pressing matters, i apologize. >> and the justice department, led by mr. barr, a subject of the complaint, is the department that provided the opinion there's no action to be taken. >> i believe that the attorney general was mentioned in the complaint -- >> correct. >> -- not necessarily subject of the complaint, sir. >> he was mentioned. >> yes, sir. >> i yield back, thank you. >> congressman welsh, thank you, sir. >>> mr. maloney. >> director maguire what was your first day on the job? >> my first day on the job was friday the 16th of august, and i think i set a new record in the administration for being subpoenaed before any day care. >> yeah, huh a heck of a first week didn't you, sir. >> i have that much going for me. >> the comp

>> the complaint was sent to the federal bureau of investigation totally disregarding any concern for executive privilege here. >> but the federal bureau of investigation never did a followup investigation, right? >> i believe that they have concluded the investigation. i'm not sure. in addition to being involved with this matter, i also have other pressing matters. >> and the justice department led by mr. barr, who was the subject of the complaint, is the department that provided the opinion that there is no action to be taken. >> i believe that the attorney general was mentioned in the complaint, not necessarily subject of the complaint, sir. >> he was mentioned. >> yes, sir. >> i yield back. >> congressman welch, be thatha. >> mr. maloney. >> what was your first day on the job? >> my first day on the job was friday 16th of august. and i think i set a new record for being subpoenaed before any -- >> yeah, you had a heck of a first week. the complaint is dated august 12th. whatever else you've done right in your career, sir, your timing is got to be something that -- >> i think dan c

have -- and the problem that we're dealing with is we have a broken program within the federal bureau of investigationthis program captures the data of trans-national crime and how it affects our country. that's the problem. it doesn't. it was created in 1929 and implemented in 1934. so can you imagine trying to -- lou: [inaudible]. >> the uniform crime report. it captures crimes and shows the american people and our elected leaders how crime is going up or violent crime is going down. let me go into for a second what it captures, murder, manslaughter, sexual assault, like you just talked about. it also captures robbery, aggravated robbery, motor vehicle theft, and arson. but here's what it doesn't capture, and these are the crimes that the american people hear about, just like we're talking about right now, every night at the dinner table, occurring in communities all over this country. what is that? public corruption, extortion, human trafficking, human smuggling, labor trafficking, when you also talk about all of the crimes linked to the border in regards to -- i mean drug trafficking. we have had

director maguire: the complaint was sent to the federal bureau of investigation, disregarding any concern for executive privilege. representative welch: but the federal bureau of investigation never did a follow-up investigation, correct? director maguire: i'm not sure. i have other pressing matters. i apologize. representative welch: and the justice department run by mr. barr, who is the subject of the complaint, is the department that provided the opinion that there is no action to be taken. director maguire: i believe the attorney general was mentioned in the complaint, not necessarily the subject of the complaint. representative welch: he was mentioned. why yield back. representative: director, what was her first day on the job? director maguire: friday, the 16th of august. i think i set a new record in the administration for being subpoenaed. representative: the complaint is dated august 12. you had a heck of a first week. whatever else you have done, your timing has got to be something you worry about. director maguire: dan coates' timing is better than mine. representative: i want

>> the complaint was sent to the federal bureau of investigation totally disregarding any concern for executive privilege. >> but the federal bureau of investigation never did a followup investigation, right? >> i believe that they have concluded the investigation. i'm not sure. in addition to being involved with this matter here, i also have other pressing matters as the director. i apologize. >> and the justice department, led by mr. barr, who is the subject of the complaint, is the department that provided the opinion that there's no action to be taken. >> i believe that the attorney general was mentioned in the complaint, not necessarily subject of the complaint, sir. >> he was mentioned. >> yes, sir. >> i yield back, thank you. >> congressman welch, thank you. >> thank you. >> mr. maloney. >> director maguire, what was your first day on the job? >> my first day on the job was friday, the 16th of august, and i think i set a new record to the administration for being subpoenaed. >> you had a heck of a first week, didn't you, sir. >> i've got much going for me, sir. >> the complaint

again, it wasonce referred to the federal bureau of investigation. >> not by the president. dir. maguire: no. .y this office said anyor wray candidate or elected official so it -- should immediately report it. the person involved did not do .hat director wray should occur >> mr. welch. >> thank you. director, i want to say thank you. there is no one in this room who can claim to have served their country longer and more valiantly than you. remarksin your opening that your family before you has been committed to this country. i say thank you. second, i appreciated your candor when in your opening statement you acknowledged the whistleblower acted in good faith. third, i appreciated your acknowledgment that the inspector general also acted in good faith and according to his view of the laws. i want to say this. when you said you are in a unique position, that is an understatement. you got a complaint involving the president of the united states and also the united states attorney general. i disagree with some of the decisions you made, but i have no doubt whatsoever that the same s

>> the complaint was sent to the federal bureau of investigation. totally disregarding any concern for executive privilege. >> the federal bureau of investigation never did an follow-up investigation, right? >> i believe they've concluded the investigation. i'm not sure being involved with this matter here i also have other pressing matters. >> and the justice department led by mr. barr who is the subject of the complaint, is the department that provided the opinion that there is no action to be taken. >> i believe that the attorney general was mentioned in the complaint, not necessarily subject of the complaint, sir. >> he was mentioned. >> yes, sir. >> i yield back. >> thank you. >> mr. maloney. >> director maguire, what was your first day on the job? >> my first day on the job was friday the 16th of august and ip think i set a new record to the administration for being subpoenaed. >> you had a heck of a first week. the complaint is dated august 12th. whatever else you've done right in your career your timing has got to be something you worry about

and the justice department referred it to the federal bureau of investigation for investigation so this is nothing and that was working while i was endeavoring to get the executive privilege concerns addressed so that it can then be forwarded it was not stonewalling i didn't receive direction from anybody i was just trying to work through the process and the law the way it is written i have to comply with the way the law is not the way some people would like it to be and if i could could do otherwise it would have been much more convenient for me congressman. and lastly director as you sit here today sir do you commit to providing every single whistleblower complaint intended for congress to the intelligence committees as required by the statutes or if it's required by the statute congressman carson yes i will. as good to know sir and i certainly hope so because i think the unprecedented decision to withhold this will complain from congress i think it raises concerns very serious concerns for us and for me. and i think that we need to get to the bottom of this i yield the balance of my

>> the complaint was sent to the feder federal bureau of investigation, totally disregarding any concern for executive privilege. >> the federal bureau of investigation never did a follow-up investigation, right? >> i believe they concluded the investigation, and i am not sure in addition to being involved in this matter, and i have other pressing matters as director, so i apologize. >> in the justice department led by mr. barr, who is the subject of the complaint, and that's the department that provided the opinion that there's no action to be taken? >> i believe the attorney general was mentioned in the complaint, and not necessarily the subject of the complaint, sir. >> he was mentioned. >> yes. >> i yield back. >> thank you. >> mr. maloney. >> director maguire, when was your first day on the job? >> friday the 16th of august, and i think i set a new record in the administration of being subpoenaed first. >> the complaint was august 12th. what else you have done right in has toe something that you worry about. >> dan coats timing is better than mine. >> there has been a lot of talk ab

it is illegal, and it is wrong.e federal bureau of investigation. >> reporter: "the new york times" reportshe whistleblower is a c.i.a. officer. republicans noted that this person, by his or her own admission, was not a direct witness to most of the events described. >> the whistleblower tells us "the officials that i spoke with told me" and "i was told that..." and "white house officials told me that..." in other words, all of this is second-hand information. >> reporter: but the acting director of national hetelligence, chosen by the president himself, says some key details do check out. >> i would say that the whistleblower's complaint is in alignment with what was released yesterday by the president. >> then why, director, when the president called the whistleblower a political hack and suggested that he or she might be disloyal to the country, why did you remain silent? >> i did not remain silent, mr. chairman. >> it's a sad week for our country. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi told scott pelley of "60 minutes" that this incident is now the primary focus of the impee impeachmen

what emerged was a collaboration of the federal bureau of investigation, all branches of law enforcement working with the department of emergency management and public health as well as jewish community relations council, human rights commission and other advocacy groups. on september 9th we held a high level convening at which 300 were present be on security and houses of worship. the mayor was there and inspired us. i want to thank mary ellen because she was on the panel and i want to thank the chief because he was on a pap el. it is sad we have these but i sleep better at night knowing we have done our due diligence we will have a debrief with nose who participated to see if we he can keep these lines of communication open. we have never been at the same table before. we see want to make sure we are doing our part. thank you. >> . >> derek from supervisor brown's office. the discussion brought up an issue that is important to supervisor brown. district five for the last 17-years has been the host of blue grass which is one of the most loved institutions. what was troubling to her was

. >> it was referred to the federal bureau of investigation. >> reporter: "the new york times" reports whistle-blower is a cia officer. republicans noted that this person by his or her own admission was not a direct witness to most of the events described. >> the whistle-blower tells us the officials that i spoke with told me and i was told that and white house officials told me that. in other words, all of this is second-hand information. >> reporter: but the acting director of national intelligence, chosen by the president himself, says some key details do check out. >> i would say that the whistle-blower's complaint is in alignment with what was released yesterday by the president. >> then why, director, when the president called the whistle-blower a political hack and suggested that he or she might be disloyal to the country, why did you remain silent? >> i did not remain silent, mr. chairman. >> it's a sad week for our country. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi told scott pelley of "60 minutes" that this incident is now the primary focus of the house impeachment inquiry. >>

remember it was the highest levels of the federal bureau of investigation where you had bruce ohr andis wife who concocted this fake dossier. there are so many questions that need to be answered here and this kind of power should not be abused, especially when it talks about using the highest levels of government to doxx people just because you disagree with them. some of the intelligence coming out, i don't think comey is quite safe yet. trish: when you think about bruce and nellie, the connection with fusion gps. you get annex british spy. you want to talk about someone taking information from foreigners. you have a foreigner compiling his information from opposition research team. last time i double-checked. what the heck is our fbi doing? i don't think they wanted to know the answers. am i right? they wanted to say this guy is a bad guy. he has done all kinds of icky things, meaning the president. and they didn't want to hurt him with that. they didn't care fit was true or not. >> you are absolutely right. it's very apparent with the i.g.'s conclusion. we need to be careful and i

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he was the first deputy director of the federal bureau of investigations national security branch later became the fbi's senior intelligence advisor. philip has received numerous cia awards and accommodations. the comments about terrorism and congressional testimony and featured in broadcast and print news. he is now the president of mud management. a company specializing in security consulting. annaly trading in public speaking about security issues. he's a senior fellow at the new america foundation and the george washington university's homeland security policy institution and serves as senior global advisor to oxford and litigant. a british-based firm specializing in the advising multinational companies. he sits on the advisory board for national counterterrorism center and for the director of national intelligence, and he serves on the evidence to homeland security group. ladies and gentlemen please welcome philip months national archives. [applause] >> you missed the most important part of the. i lived in memphis tennessee the bluff city. screamac. >> i was running there in town m

adversaries tried to play both sides of an issue, you know, very great timing here and federal bureau of investigation and the department of justice stood up the task force so working with the foreign influence task force, again, sharing all of the information that we had, we said, this is what our adversaries might do and fbi was powerful in working with social media companies to alert them to the trade craft, the tactics, procedures that our adversaries were able to do before. the final thing is if there's adversary that are attempting to influence or interfere the elections, we will take them on, we will post cost to adversary, deploy teams to find those adversaries malware, we work with and through the government and we were able in 2018 in this whole of government effort i would say to deliver a safe and secure election, one that i would say is reflective of the power of all of our agencies but very, very reflective of really the talent. >> well, recently about this effort and one of the things i noted with interest was that as you deployed your forward teams in this run-up to 2018 elections, you

these are the people that are running our federal bureau of investigation. that is not very good for the american people and i'm glad the president took the action he is, fire james comey. >> sean: one last point. when he said salacious and unverified in january 2017, in october 2016 and after january 2017 he said it was verified. wow, he lied. thank you. when we come back, fake news cnn coming to the defense of their liar and leaguer andrew mccabe. shocking. mark meadows next. also tonight, the great one, mark live in. we talk to him earlier. he is on fire. buckle up. if you live with diabetes, why fingerstick when you can scan? with the freestyle libre 14 day system just scan the sensor with your reader, iphone or android and manage your diabetes. with the freestyle libre 14 day system, a continuous glucose monitor, you can check your glucose levels any time, without fingersticks. ask your doctor to write a prescription for the freestyle libre 14 day system. you can do it without fingersticks. learn more at freestylelibre.us you can do it without fingersti

supervised leak investigations -- this whistle-blower needs to report a crime to the federal bureau of investigation. what's the crime? public corruption. we just talked about what that statute is, and that case needs to be opened. now, people are going to hear that and say, well, wait a minute. the fbi reports to the doj. the doj is headed by attorney general barr. attorney general barr has already weighed in on this. but let me tell you something. if the complaint comes in and it's valid and credible and looks like a federal violation, that case will be opened. >> jonathan lemire, i wrote down some names, part of the red wall that trump enjoys in the u.s. senate. i'd like to hear from collins, portman, sasse, and blunt among others. do you think we will? >> so far we haven't. there's been real silence from republicans in the senate on this matter, and there's been reluctance throughout. time and time again when the president has pushed norms or broken conventions or potentially stepped across legality, there have been very few republicans who have. those who did, have either retired, lost re-elect

these are the people that are running our federal bureau of investigation.hat is not very good for the american people, and i'm glad the president took the action he did, fired james comey. >> sean: one last point. when he said salacious and unverified in january 2017, in october 2016 and after january 2017, he said it was verified. wow, he lied. jay, thank you. when we come back, fake news cnn coming to the defense of their liar and leaker, andrew mccabe. shocking. joe digenova, victoria toensing, mark meadows, next. also tonight, the great one, mark levin. we talked to him earlier. he is on fire. buckle up. ♪ ♪[upbeat music] ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma ♪that i'm a traveller ♪i'm gonna follow the sun transitions™ light under control™ new transitions™ gen 8™ lenses ask your eye care professional today and learn more at transitions.com ♪ >> sean: all right, fake news cnn's newest hire, the guy in the ig said was a liar and a beaker, andrew mccabe is in hot water tonight after the u.s. attorney recommending moving forward with charges against the now disgrace

president should seek guidance of a law enforcement official from ukraine rather than the federal bureau of investigation? >> i think that there are a lot of people that are going to have private reservations about this. i think there is no indication unless we learn more, unless things come out, tapes, whatever, there's no indication that republican voters are going to turn on the president over this. until opposition among elected leaders is effectual, you're not going to see much change. >> doug, what's interesting, nancy pelosi in her ways of holding off impeachment, one of her favorites phrases, he is going to self impeach. and i remember at the time people were mocking it. but the time line of this is fascinating, literally. mueller testifies i think the 24th, and is it the next day perhaps that he has the phone call? almost like free and clear. now i can keep doing it. i am being a little facetious, but it is that time line. does it add pressure to nancy pelosi? there's a sense of what do you do now. julian makes an important point, someone has to stand up for congressional authority. >> julian is

he was the first deputy director of the federal bureau of investigation's national security branch and later became the fbi senior intelligence advisor. philip mudd has comment about terrorism and congressional testimony and been featured in broadcast and print news. he is the president of philip mudd management which specializes in security scanning, analytic training and public speaking about security issues. he is a senior fellow at the new america foundation and the george washington university homeland security policy institute and served as senior global advisor to oxford analytic a which specializes in advising multinational companies. he sits on the advisory board for the national counterterrorism center and for the director of national intelligence and service on the homeland security group. please welcome philip mudd to the national archives. [applause] >> you missed the most important part, i live part-time in memphis, tennessee. >> thank you. i was running in a place called midtown memphis, a historic part of memphis wondering whether to write another book. i've written a c

and other actions in tandem we put the department of justice and homeland security and federal bureau of investigation department of state. we did this first in november of 2018, and twice within the past two weeks. this network alone, has illicitly sold more than half of billion dollars we put iranian crude, just this year. for predominantly again to the brittle massage regime in syria. this network is operating at the commander direction. it is the network of 37 publicly identified individuals and entities and vessels which in turn is actually operated by his law members. on behalf of the qs. it relies upon layers and layers of intermediaries to ultimately obfuscate, the role of the cut scores in this scheme. it is in the nexus of terrorism and oil that drives our continued pursuit in recent days of the vessel iran daya one, formerly the graceland. which is among the latest of rns evasions efforts. as our sanctions and legal actions and related efforts against this vessels and its capital show, we will relentlessly pursue those who undertake or assist such efforts. it is also important to stress una

people were working behind the scenes with the police department and the federal bureau of investigations well, ensuring that those families that are suffering the losses are definitely educated and compensated as the law allows, and thanks to the governor and the officers of the attorney general who make sure that all monies are made available to the families to help them on the road to recovery. thank you. >> along those lines, i'm going to emphasize one thing. first is gratitude to the legislators from this region who can be very helpful in the effort of making sure that the victims and others get the resources they need. they're behind me, and i want to recognize the senator from this region, which is senator kel seliger and the house of representative brooks line graph as well as regional senators, senator perry and representative craddock. thank you to all the extremely helpful in working with working with local families and local communities and local schools as well as the health care providers in providing information to us at the state level. so i urge you to be active in the n

i mean, it was investigated by the federal bureau of investigation. >> no, it wasn't. >> yes, it went to -- >> the department of justice concluded that this wouldn't violate the election laws. i don't understand how they could reach that conclusion after the two years they've been through, but nonetheless, they didn't authorize the fbi to investigate it. you would agree someone should investigate this, wouldn't you? >> i referred it -- if i didn't, i would not have referred it to the justice department and to the fbi. >> then i'm glad we're in agreement. the whistle-blower says they told me that there was already a discussion ongoing with white house lawyers about how to treat the call because of the likelihood, officials telling they had witnessed the president abuse his office for personal gain. you would agree that should be investigated, wouldn't you? >> all i know is that's the allegation. >> right, and it's credible and therefore should be investigated, right? >> well, again, it is hearsay, secondhand information. it should come to this committee for further investigation. >> th

counselors are working behind the scenes with to december saw police department and the federal bureau of investigationuring those families that are suffering losses are definitely compensated as the law allows. and thanks to the governor and also the attorney general, we'll make sure that all monies are made available to the families to help them -- [inaudible] thank you. >> along those lines, i want to emphasize one thing. first is gratitude to the legislators from this region who can be very helpful in the effort that making sure that the victims and others get the resources they need. they're behind me, and i want to recognize the senator from this region which is senator selager and the house of representatives member, brooks -- [inaudible] as well as regional representative senators, senator perry and representative craddock. they can all be extremely helpful in working with local families and hoping communities and local -- local communities and local schools as well as health care providers in providing information to us, the state. so i urge you to be active in the next days, weeks and months

they remained employed by the department of state, by the federal bureau of investigation. in my case i was the detailee from the central intelligence agency. so i was working in the white house day to day. but my performance evaluations were written by the cia. i was paid by the cia. ultimately, the cia had say over my professional future. now, it is my understanding that this person, and it would certainly make sense, this person did not come into the white house as part of the trump transition team. was not part of the trump campaign. by everything we know about this person, he or she went through the proper protocols. this person is doing his or her utmost to protect classified information, hasn't run to the media. this person seems to be a true patriot who is trying to play by the rule books and at the same time trying to alert the proper authorities that the house may well be on fire. >> ellen nakashima, the inspector general michael atkinson is testifying to the house intelligence committee tomorrow morning 9:00 a.m. closed door session. what do you expect the inspec

and with other actions in tandem with the department of justice, homeland security, the federal bureau of investigationthe department of state. we did this first of november 2018 and twice within the past two weeks. this network alone has illicitly sold more than half $1 billion worth of iranian crude, just this year. predominantly, again, to the brutal the assad regime in syria. this network is operating at the kuds force commander's direction. it is a network of 37 publicly identified individuals, identities and vessels, which is operated by hezbollah members, on behalf of the qf. it relies upon layers and layers of intermediaries to obfuscate the role of the kuds force in the scheme. it does this nexus of terrorism and oil that drives our continued pursuit. in recent days of the vessel andriy and dario one, formerly the graceland, which is among the latest of iran's efforts. we will relentlessly pursue those who undertake or assist such efforts. it is also important to stress unambiguously that iran lied to the united kingdom and gibraltar, promising the adgrian dario would not go to syria. but that

of the individuals you're interested in finding more about their stories. what federal agencies make involved at this point? immigration and naturalization service had a pretty good presence in that. the f.b.i. federal bureau of investigation. the war relocation authority. the u.s. district courts and the selective service system really among other agencies. so as i mentioned earlier, that your topic of research might cover the records of many federal agencies and that's what we're here to help you determine which records you actually need. so the information, the what you need to know for mr. nakata. he lived in ouma, arizona, in 1944. born april 27, 1926 in san diego, california. and the record that we found him in, and this was actually on exhibits in the washington, d.c. national archives five years ago. it was an exhibit showing signatures of individuals. this record is from record group 147. records of the selective service system and this document is a statement of united states citizen of japanese ancestry. so what these are is basically a questionnaire to find out information about an individual. they're going to ask, of course, what your name is, your date of birth, your present address, the last two addresses in

the icig and the justice department referred it to the federal bureau of investigation for investigation. so this -- and that was working while i was endeavoring to get the executive privilege concerns addressed so that it can then be forwarded. it was not stonewalling. i didn't receive direction from anybody. i was just trying to work through the process and the law the way it is written. i have to comply with the way the law is, not the way some people would like it to be. and if i could do otherwise, it would have been much more convenient for me, congressman. >> and lastly, director, as you sit here today, sir, do you commit to providing every single whistleblower complaint intended for congress to the intelligence committee as required by the statute, sir? >> if it's required by the statute congressman carson, yes, i will. >> that's good to know, sir. i certainly hope so, because i think the unprecedented decision to withhold this whistleblower complaint from congress i think it raises concerns very serious concerns for us and for me, and i think that we need to get to the bottom of

it was investigated by the federal bureau of investigation. >> no, it wasn't. >> it went to -- >> the department of justice concluded that this wouldn't violate the election laws. now, no one can understand how they could reach that conclusion after the two years we've been through, but nonetheless, they didn't authorize the fbi to investigate it. you would agree someone should investigate this, wouldn't you? >> if i didn't, i would not have referred it to the justice department and the fbi. >> then i'm glad we're in agreement. the whistleblower says, they told me that there was already a discussion ongoing with the white house lawyers about how to treat the call because of the likelihood and the officials telling they had witnessed the president abuse his office for personal gain. you would agree that should be investigated, wouldn't you? >> all i know is that's the allegation. >> right, and it's credible, and therefore, should be investigated, right? >> again, it is hearsay secondhand information. it should come to this committee for further investigation. >> thank you. >> you have