and why did he meet with glenn simpson and what did they discuss after the election?his is really big news. big, big news. maybe even bigger than peter strzok. >> sean: all great points that you are making. by the way, also the talk of what about rod rosenstein? i would like to know what he knew. i would like to know what comey knew. i would like to know what mueller knew ahead of this. a lot of these questions being raised about, okay, this team that has covered for hillary clinton and put all of these biased people going after donald trump. what would it take to get rid of a special counsel? >> that is a great question. it is a high legal standard. you have to have 1 of 3 things. misconduct, you have to haveyo done something wrong in the investigation. h a clear conflict of interest, that can be very interesting in the next few weeks. or an abuse of power. not just because people do not like the people that he picked or the political sentiments of the people to remove someone p f that stature. there has to be a very seriousem conflict, abuse of power, or misconduct.

in that statement, glenn simpson acknowledges fusion gps paid the wife of a senior justice departmentfficial to investigate mr. trump last year. meanwhile, the biggest tax overhaul in decades is on its way to a final vote next week after congressional republicans reached a deal. it could have significant changes for businesses and families. team coverage tonight on capitol hill. doug mckelway is here on details on what's in and what's out. first, rod rosenstein's on capitol hill. ed henry joins us. it sounds like things are really heating up. >> that's right, shannon. this new court document confirms our original parting that the wife of a senior justice department official helped fusion gps dig up that dirt on then candidate donald trump. tonight, republicans are demanding answers on whether the unverified information in that trump dossier led to the appointment of special counsel robert mueller. fusion gps cofounder glenn simpson acknowledging his court document, his company last year hired nelly ohr, the wife of bruce ohr, demoted for concealing his meetings with fusion gps. it com

christopher steele and glenn simpson, founder of fusion gps. they were paid by the democratic national committee to compile the dossier. devin nunes whose office uncovered the connection demanded access to orr's documents and orr himself. >> i have got a real problem with strzok being on the case because of the conflicts of interest. peter strzok was removed from the staff of the special counsel robert mueller in july. and who d.o.j. belatedly cleared for questioning by the nunes panel. >> they need to produce the information. if they don't, i don't want to go contempt. i don't want the dram of a floor fight. but if we have a floor fight it will be because the department picked one, not us. james: former fbi director james comey has described it as a compendium of salacious and unverified material. investigators seek to determine whether the discredited.dier was used in a fisa warrant on carter page. >> does that mean the dossier is not being followed up. >> it's bob mueller's responsibility so i don't know. james: the justice department couldn

with glenn simpson and of course with christopher steele the one who planted the fake russian dossier it is absolutely incredible why the justice department is not putting a special prosecutor on robert mueller to investigate iranian one n. fusion g.p.s. is beyond all recognition i can't even imagine why that is not happening the only thing i can think of is maybe jeff sessions is compromised in some respects you know richard way in there i mean these are i mean it at the very least these are uncomfortable things that have been revealed that have been during the election in the transition here i mean the fact that you have a high ranking member of the f.b.i. his wife is working for a fusion g.p.s. i mean that is just. extraordinary i mean and we have and it took quite a bit of effort for congress to get this kind of the this information i mean they had to really put in they're still obstructing requests from congress here i mean don't we need a little bit more transparency at the f.b.i. about all this go ahead richard. peter do you assume your viewers know about alice in wonderland wh

some two weeks after which her husband met secretly with glenn simpson.elligence committee chairman devin nunes said that they are looking into all facets of the connections between the department of justice and fusion gps, including mr. ohr. doj, which initially said that mr. ohr had been stripped of his duties because he was holding two jobs, tonight had no comment about the revelation that mrs. ohr work for cheap fusion gps last year. shannon? >> shannon: thank you, james. in the wake of another new york terror attack, the state's governor questions whether silicon valley is doing its part. we will look at whether it is fair to criticize big tech. in case you missed it, president trump made a big announcement about sending astronauts into outer space. his very ambitious plan s .. >> shannon: this is a fox news alert parade on the heels of another terror attack in new york today, democrat governor andrew cuomo pointed out the role of technology in pe radicalization. he's asking whether there is a bigger role for tech companies to plate and cracking down

why was bruce meeting with christopher steele before and then glenn simpson after?as he meeting them, and what was he discussing? the fact that his wife was a part of fusion gps, that's a huge conflict of interest and that's a problem. another problem, which an fbi agent brought up to me tonight, was actually robert mueller. if they were talking about robert mueller special counsel they were saying if you look at mccabe, going back to auntie mccabe. his history, he was promoted all the way up to the number three when mueller was still in charge of the fbi. there's another potential conflict there. >> laura: i want to ask you about jim, chief of staff of the fbi. reports are that he is going to be subpoenaed to testify along again with lisa paige, who of course is the paramore of peter strzok. both of them are going to be returning because we don't know if he is already given any testimony, correct? >> that's correct. we don't want to jump the gun here. we only have bits and pieces of information. there's a lot of information that was done classified or behind closed

the only other transcript we have been promised all this time is that of glenn simpson, the co-foundersion gps, the firm that hired christopher steele to put together the famous trump/russia dossier. in august he spent ten hours testifying to the senate judiciary committee and then fusion gps said it stood behind the dossier and happy to see simpson's testimony released to the public. we could get ten hours worth of testimony about whether the dossier is true or not and why glenn simpson says there is. there's a ton of interest on all sides of what he told the committee about the dossier, questioned him about under oath. and a ton of interest in that the constituents of the committee chairman, iowa senator chuck grassley. >> i would like a transcripts released. will you do that? >> the answer is, it would take a vote of the committee to do it. we can't release it until we give simpson and his lawyer a copy of it. so if there's something that the transcript is wrong give them an opportunity to change it. we'll have to give it to them before the thing you're asking me about can be done.

ohr met with glenn simpson, the founder of fusion gps, and christopher steele, the former spy. yesterday we learned ohr's wife worked for fusion gps during the presidential campaign. today the white house stopped short of endorsing the call for another special prosecutor. >> if we are going to continue to investigate things, let's look at something where there is some real evidence and real proof of wrongdoing. >> the president's legal team has not made any type of formal request. attorney general jeff sessions spoke to fox news producer jake gibson said he already has a senior attorney in place to review such cases. >> to recommend to me if standards for special counsel are met and the recommended one should be established. >> president trump did not weigh in today, his only public appearance, to assign the national defense authorization act for it on twitter, the president lashed out against kirsten gillibrand for demanding he resign in the face of renewed accusations of sexual impropriety. the president tweeting: "lightweight senator kirsten gillibrand, a total flunky for ch

and it comes not just from our reporting but from the testimony of fusion gps founder himself, glenn simpsonho had an affidavit he put out and i'll read from that. he said fusion contracted with n ellie ohr, the wife of the man who was suppose to testify bruce ohr, former government official expert in russian matters. we could put the testimony up on the screen, to help our company with its research and analysis of mr. trump. i met with bruce ohr, this is again, glenn simpson talking, at his request, after the november 2016 election to discuss our findings regarding russia and the election. so you have bruce ohr, he was i think the number three or four guy at the justice department meeting with fusion gps, the trump dossier folks funded by the dnc. you have peter strzok that fbi official who we heard about last week in some of his e-mails with his lover inside the justice department and he was out to get trump and he was working with christopher steel one of the sources for the trump dossier. it looks like we're beginning to see a conspiracy here. >> well, certainly the key issue here in ter

with glenn simpson and of course with christopher steele the one who planted the fake russian dossier it is absolutely incredible why the justice department is not putting a special prosecutor on robert mueller to investigate your a m one n fusion g.p.s. is beyond all recognition i can't even imagine why that is not happening the only thing i can think of is maybe jeff sessions is compromised in some respects you know richard way in there i mean these are i mean it at the very least these are uncomfortable things that have been revealed that have been during the election in the transition here i mean the fact that you have a high ranking member of the f.b.i. his wife is working for fusion g.p.s. i mean that is just extraordinary.

court documents show that the fusion co-founder glenn simpson admitted that a justice's department's wife nelly orr was hireed to investigate trump. the top lieutenant andrew weis man praised sally yates when she defied trump on the travel ban and mueller prosecutor represented the clinton foundation and hillary clinton for crying out loud and he worked under the fbi director andrew mccade and mccade's wife pocketed 700000 in campaign money from political groups aligned with clinton including the clinton's biggest money raiser at one time and that is virginia governor terry mccullough. at the same time they were investigating him hill in the e-mail scandal. and at least nine of mueller's 17 attorneys are democratic donor, hillary clinton. andment first geflt said the public trust is gone after rosenstein's appearance. he calls for a second special counsel and congressman jim jordan served in the judiciary and member of the house freedom caucus. and congressman, great to have you with us. rob rosenstein, today, i have wanted to ask the question since he talked to you. what was your re

with glenn simpson and of course with christopher steele the one who planted the fake russian da ca it is absolutely incredible why the justice department is not putting a special prosecutor on robert mueller to investigate iranian one n. fusion g.p.s. is beyond all recognition i can't even imagine why that is not happening the only thing i can think of is maybe jeff sessions is compromised in some respects you know richard way in there i mean these are i mean it at the very least these are uncomfortable things that have been revealed that have been during the election in the transit high ranking member of the f.b.i. who get this kind of the this information i mean they had to really put in they're still apparently at the f.b.i. about all this go ahead richard. peter do you assume your viewers know about alice in wonderland where up was down and in was out in black with white justice refer to this overwhelming victory this is a victory by somebody who got forty six percent his opponent got three million more votes fifty four percent of the people rejected him he had the lowest twenty f

. >> one o >> when the department were not the contact with fusion with glenn simpson after the election? >> congressman, we have agreed to provide all the relevant documentation to intelligence committee. i haven't seen it all at all, sm not going to answer. >> so, during the questioning, he pretty thoroughly laid out the number of people on mr. miller's team who have financial donations to democrats, the clinton and obama campaigns, i mean i think over half of the team donated to either clinton or obama. none of them donated to trump. either mr. mueller was curating a university of people that hate the president or it's just one hell of a coincidence that a whole lot of people have demonstrated wh why is that we learhe is feelingmore and more . so, you've answered the question by saying people have personal opinions, but that doesn't always influence action. the action is your responsibility to make sure that it's not infected by tobias and i would proffer that when he goes and changes the wording from gross negligence of crime to extremely careless, but isn't a belief, that is an acti

bruce ohr met with glenn simpson. the co-founder of fusion gps. guess what? ohr's office was only four-doors down from rosenstein's. wow. everything we just explained shows that there are inexcusable conflicts of interest. there are clear, abusive biases at the doj and the fbi and robert mueller's team. to be clear, this has nothing to do with rank-and-file hard working law enforcement agents. this is the select few people at the top who think they are above the law and think they know better than you. what in god's name is robert mueller doing? it's one giant, huge, massive web of corruption. it's all aimed at taking down the elected president of the united states. what he is doing is immoral and unethical and at some point we will find real illegal activity. joining us now a former deputy assistant and florida attorney general pam. pam, thoughts? >> oh, sean, if we were watching this on a motive, i don't think anyone would believe it. what fox uncovered. first all of these people need to be wiped off the case and start over. there is no question about that.

ohr met last year with christopher steele, the former british spy who authored the dossier and glenn simpsonhe town der of gps. the opposition research firm that was paid by the hillary clinton campaign and the dnc. now fox news confirmed that nellie ohr, the wife of bruise ohr worked for fusion gps. a timeline that places her on the company payroll around the time the dossier was funneled to the fbi and perhaps into the election. devin nunes told fox news they are looking into all facets of the connections between the department of justice and fusion gfs, including mr. ohr. they had no comment about the fact that mrs. ohr worked for fusion gps last year. lou: joining me the former republican congressman jason chaffetz. great to see you. let's start with this. how in the world does the justice department not know where spouses of top officials work and what their connections are to highly active smear mesh chants like gps or fusion gps? >> i don't believe they are so naive. i think they know this and i think they have begin the for some time. the deep state is alive and well in the departmen

with glenn simpson and of course with christopher steele the one who planted the fake russian dossier it is absolutely incredible why the justice department is not putting a special prosecutor on robert mueller to investigate your a m one n fusion g.p.s. is beyond all recognition i can't even imagine why that is not happening the only thing i can think of is maybe jeff sessions is compromised in some respects you know richard way in there i mean these are i mean it at the very least these are uncomfortable things that have been revealed that have been during the election in the transition here i mean the fact that you have a high ranking member of the f.b.i. his wife is working for fusion g.p.s. i mean that is just extraordinary i mean we have and it took quite a bit of effort for congress to get this kind of the this information i mean they had to really put in they're still obstructing requests from congress here i mean don't we need a little bit more transparency at the f.b.i. about all this go ahead richard. peter do you assume your viewers know about alice in wonderland where up

brous moore demoted after meeting with glenn simpson co-founder of the smear version who authored the discredited trump dossier. he worked just four-doors down from deputy general rob rosenstein. it could not be clearer under leaders like robert mueller and james comey, the fbi operated as an arm. democratic party with almost unchecked power. tonight mueller and comey's successor christopher ray denying allegations of bis in his tell before the house judiciary committee and specifically on the clinton e-mail investigation he is waiting for the review by the inspector general. >> the inspector general is looking at whether or not improper political decisions factored in the decision making. if he concluded that happened we have to assess what else might need to be done to unring that bell if you will. >> lou: my first guest who grilled the fbi director this morning, republican congressman jim jordan of ohio. he's on the over sight committee and toe founder of the freedom caucus. you gave fbi director ray quite a grilling today, are you satisfied with the answers that you elisted. >> i

. >> when did the department of justice learn of the contact with fusion with glenn simpson after the election? >> we have agreed to provide all the relevant documentation to intelligence committee. i haven't seen it all, so i'm not in position to answer. trz. >> so during mr. shad's question, he thoroughly laid out the number of people on mr. mueller's team who have financial donations to the democrat, the clinton obama campaigns. i think over half of the mueller team donated to either clinton or obama. none donated to trump u. . so that's either one of two things. either mr. mueller was cure rating a universe of people who hate the process or it's a kins dense that a lot of people have bias we learn more and more about each day. the it's the action that is your responsibility to make sure it's not infected by this bias. when mr. struck goes and changes wording from gross negligence, a crime, to extremely careless, that's not a belief. that's an action. like, we can't find out, you won't tell us whether or not tack pair money was used to buy this dossier. if it was, if the fbi was wo

then shortly after the election ohr met separately with glenn simpson, the founder of fusion gps, the hired steele to compile the dossier. ohr and simpson discussed the anti-trump dossier and russia investigation and simpson's concerns over donald trump's victory. he did not disclose the meetings to doj officials are raising questions about what justice department and f.b.i. officials knew about the democratic-funded dossier and if it was used to get a fisa document to surveil people in the trump campaign. >> what you have is somebody four doors down from the attorney general who had conduct that calls into question whether or not perhaps people there knew that the democratic national committee was paying for the fake dossier. >> ohr is the second senior official at the doj and f.b.i. who have been disciplined for misconduct related to the department's investigation into russia. >> bill: what have we heard from the department of justice about this so far? >> when fox news first asked the department about the associate deputy attorney general yesterday we were told he had been stripped

position after was discovered he had contacts with people involved with the dossier and met with glenn simpson, the founder of fusion gps which commissioned the dossier, it was also revealed that speech when he's wife worked for fusion gps. jay sekulow told fox news, these revelations warn the appointment of a special counsel to look into all of this, also making it clear that he is not questioning in any way, shape, or form the moore investigation whether they investigate. he wants to separate these two things to him say it has nothing to do with it. is it legal counsel takes aim at the special counsel, the president is lashing out against kristen gillibrand after she tweeted that the president should resign over allegations of sexual impropriety. yesterday, for women hood made accusations against the peasantry in the election campaign came out to demand a congressional investigation into all of this. the president tweeting at senator gillibrand, lightweight senator kristen gillibrand, a funky for chuck schumer and somebody who would come to my offer begging for campaign contributions not so

bought and paid for fake news, anti-trump dossier and for a meeting with fusion gps cofounder glenn simpson the details, also fbi director christopher wray is grilled by lawmakers. wait till you see the epic showdown on capitol hill over the trump hating peter strzok