hurwitz said his bias is an appropriate explanation for his conduct. do you agree? >> i agree with the findings of the ig report and i think they indicate bias. >> you have work to do. if bias is affecting official action, that is a big problem. >> this may be an appropriate time to make what is an easy request. could you state for the record what is the department of justice and fbi policy on commenting on any matter related to an ongoing criminal or counterintelligence investigation, and does this policy apply to document production, even when requested by congress? >> yes. director ray might be able to speak more specifically to the reasons why fbi does not commence, that we do not discuss counterintelligence or criminal investigations while they are ongoing. has always been my experience that the department and fbi do not comment on ongoing investigations. there are a number of reasons for that. they go back to the days when i was a line prosecutor and long before that. we have to do with protecting the reputation and privacy of the people who are subject to the

hurwitz said his bias is an appropriate explanation for his conduct. do you agree? >> i agree with the findings of the ig report and i think they indicate bias. >> you have work to do. if bias is affecting official action, that is a big problem. >> this may be an appropriate time to make what is an easy request. could you state for the record what is the department of justice and fbi policy on commenting on any matter related to an ongoing criminal or counterintelligence investigation, and does this policy apply to document production, even when requested by congress? >> yes. director ray might be able to speak more specifically to the reasons why fbi does not commence, that we do not discuss counterintelligence or criminal investigations while they are ongoing. has always been my experience that the department and fbi do not comment on ongoing investigations. there are a number of reasons for that. they go back to the days when i was a line prosecutor and long before that. we have to do with protecting the reputation and privacy of the people who are subject to the

hurwitz said he is anticipating -- mr. horowitz says he noted that it was the same as the presence birthday. is this a suggestion he will be pleased with findings or is it simply coincidental? >> you know, i noticed that. i thought it was sickly coincidental. the fact that he noted that, i don't know what, if anything it means. certainly an interesting way of looking at it. >> and he will testify before the senate judiciary committee, that is on june 18. in terms of the testimony, what is it the community want to learn from him and what is it he wants to be sure to tell the committee? >> well, also good questions. i think again, congressional democrats will try to get everything that they ken out of mr. horowitz. really there is no indication of pro-clinton, anti-trump bias. their belief is that there were parallel investigations going on during the time. one into the trump campaign ties into russia and also into hillary clinton email. they were very tightlipped about the trump investigation so they will probably try to de

hurwitz we did not have confidence that strozk's decision to follow up on the midyear investigations about what was discovered on the wiener laptop was free from bias, it's pretty clear to most of us that by as did affect that decision. chair: the time of the gentleman has expired. the deputy attorney general may respond. yourosenstein: i thought raskin me questions, i apologize. i understand the concern. process is being reviewed by the inspector general. it he finds some probably -- if he finds some problem with it, i will respect that. it is illegal for us to talk about fisa. certain information was amlassified and i uncomfortable talking about that. you have to understanding context that the department made the decision to disclose the existence of the fisa to the house and senate before i got there, before i got there. when i signed was a renewal application that had already been approved three different times by a federal judge and was signed under oath by the fbi agent who approved it. if he was wrong, let's hold them accountable. but let's go to the process before we jump to