president trump has fired james comey, director of the fbi. it comes without warning and sending shockwaves across washington this evening. the president dismissing the man who was leading the investigation into his campaign. >> comey learned of his firing through a tv report when you speaking with fbi agents in los angeles. comey immediately headed home to washington repeatedly by taking an fbi debt. the rain next day trump held a private meeting in the oval office with russian foreign minister, surveil of goff, and russian ambassador, serve a close gag, hln quote, i just fired that fbi who is crazy. or will not. and we faced pressure because of russia, that is taken off. this was just the beginning of a slew of attack that trump leveled against james comey who repeatedly called a cheat, or a liar, and said he should be tried for treason. a similar pattern then played out with none other than comey 's successor, andrew mccabe. shortly after mccabe took over, trump summoned him to the white house for a meeting where he reportedly asked mccabe w

the pressure is taken off russia. >> this is just a slew of attacks taken against james comey who he repeatedly called a cheater liar and said he should be tried for reason. a similar pattern then played out with none other than comey's successor, andrew mccabe. shortly after mccabe took over, trump summoned him to the white house for a meeting where he repeatedly asked mccabe who had voted for in the 2016 election. mccabe replied he did not vote. trump vented his anger at the mccabe through the several hundred thousand dollars in donations that his wife, a democrat receive for her failed 2015 virginia state senate been from the political action. mccabe found the whole conversation disturbing. later 60 minutes it what was he was thinking during that meeting. >> i was speaking to the man who had just run for the presidency and won the election for the presidency and who might have done so with the aid of the government of russia, our most formidable adversary in the world stage, and i was something the trouble me greatly. >> mccabe was so troubled they almost immediately began and obst

the other, according to the new york times, former fbi director james comey.his all went down back in 2017, and the times report points out the odds of being selected for this kind of audit, that year, were roughly one mac and 30,000. andrew mccabe joins me now. i've got to tell you when i hear the odds, or think about this coincidence, kind of like when you are at the airport and someone says, you've been randomly selected you go, really, every flight i've taken i've been randomly taken out of this line. am i flag in some way? trump fired you and james comey and accuse both of you i would ask, of treason. what are the odds here. that the two of you, high ranking fbi officials considered by trump to be political enemies would be so randomly selected here. did you know at the time, there was this connection between you and james comey and these audits? >> laura, i had no idea. so, i actually got noticed about mine, in october of 2021. they were auditing me for the tax year of 2019. so, the letter comes, and it simply says, you've been selected, totally at rando

james comey and andrew mccabe were the subjects. critics and fired by trump. we have more details. how is the irs responding to this? >> we have a new statement from the irs saying that the head of the agency, the commissioner who was appointed by trump, reached out personally to the inspector general yesterday after being called for comment by the "the new york times." what are the odds and chances that two former executives of the fbi, two people investigating trump, how did they turn up? >> what are the odds? >> like 1 in 30,000. per year that are inswept up in this. something that people hope to get to the bottom of. andy mccabe was on cnn breaking the new that is the irs made the referral. let's listen to what he had to say. >> that's the responsible thing for the irs to do under these circumstances. i'm glad that the head of the agency made the referral and looks like the ig will take it up. the question is will they do it quickly, thoroughly and make the results public? the answer should be yes to all those things but we'll s

repeatedly he called on the justice department to prosecute people he didn't like, inclue ing james comeye. he sought to use the power of his presidency to take action against those he didn't like politically. he tried to strip security clearances from jim comey and jim clapper and other former intelligence director i think john brennan, former cia director because they criticized him. he wanted to use his power to take away their security clearance. he showed again and again a willingness to do things other presidents didn't do or wouldn't have done or at least would have been embarrassed to have been caught doing. >> he never considered that there was a firewall between hip and the justice department, which was the case in other parallel instance. michael steele, can something like this hurt the credibility of the irs with americans, not exactly a beloved agency? >> andrea, i was going to say i don't think there's a lot of love between the american people and the irs. i think most americans would chalk this up like, see, i told you. i think chuck has got it right in terms of how the sta

the other, according to "the new york times," former fbi director james comey.l went down in 2017. and "the times" reports this kind of audit, that year, were 1 in 30,000. andrew mccabe joins me now. when i hear the odds or think about this coincidence, it's like when you're at the airport and someone says to you, you've been randomly selected. really? every flight i've taken, i have been taken out of this line. am i flagged in some way. trump fired you and james comey. he accused both of you, i would add, of treason. what are the odds here, that the two of you, high-ranking fbi officials, considered by trump to be political enemies, would be so randomly selected here? did you know at the time there was a connection between you and james coney and the audits? >> i had no idea. i got noticed about mine in october of 2021. they were auditing me for the tax year of 2019. so, the letter comes and it just very simply says, you've been selected, totally at random, for this national program that we're doing, looking at people's returns. and i just assumed -- i took the

the former fbi director james comey, his deputy andrew mccabe turned over letters to the new york times. the head of the agency is asking the inspector general to review the audits. the odds of the irs selecting someone for that type of audit are slim. one in 30,000. you are more likely to get struck by lightning. thoughts of two people within a closed circle, very rare. a spokesperson for the irs released a statement today saying it is ludicrous and untrue to suggest that senior irs officials targeted specific individuals for national research program audits. we will see. call me and mccabe told the new york times that neither was aware that the other was facing about it until the times reported to them. he told the times that maybe it is a coincidence or somebody misused the irs to get out of political enemy. given the role trump wants to play in the country we should know the answer to that question. >> reporter: former fbi director james comey and acting director andrew cape are targets of former president trump over there involvement in the russia probe. >> he is a showboat and a g

donald trump made it very clear, james comey, what would be necessary for comey to continue as fbi director. james comey tells us that donald trump said, i need loyalty. i expect loyalty. tony ornato had no doubt, certified james murray's loyalty to trump before trump ten minute interview with him. but we know that donald trump was not going to give that job to anybody who did not clearly pledge loyalty to donald trump. so we know that james murray is a trump guy in every sense important to donald trump or donald trump would not have promoted him. to director of the secret service. in april of 2019, all of the democratic candidates for president had announced their candidacies and polling showed donald trump running far behind joe biden with joe biden at 51, and donald trump at 42. donald trump knew just like 2016, there was absolutely no way he was going to win more votes than the democrats. donald trump knew he was going to come in second with the voters, and his only hope was the electoral college, and this time, donald trump didn't want to take his chances with the electoral college. if

you may remember back when then fbi director james comey oversaw the early stages of the investigation into ties between the trump campaign and russia. in the summer of 2016. with questions swirling about those ties, as trump took office, comey dropped a public bombshell in the early days of the trump presidency. >> i've been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi, as part of our counter intelligence mission, is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign, and the russian government. and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia's efforts. >> it would later be revealed that trump had demanded loyalty from comey, and repeatedly pressed him to end the investigation into trump's first national security adviser, michael flynn. after he refused to do so, trump fired comey in shocking fashion. in a remarkable oval office meeting the following day, the day after he fired him, trump told r

really doesn't seem random when you look at the whole situation. >> have you spoken to james comey aboutnd he was audited as well? >> i haven't talked to jim. i only learned that he was subjected to the same audit when i was contacted by the reporter who wrote this story. i had no idea until the reporter from the times reached out to me. so, it was a bit of a shock, i have to tell you, and, discouraging, really. for me, this is the latest in what has been a long saga of being targeted by the former administration. i was subjected to a really biased ig investigation that resulted in my wrongful termination, which the justice department admitted when they reinstated me last year, a week before this audit was called for, i will point out. i was investigated for two years under a criminal investigation, a completely baseless criminal investigation that ultimately went nowhere and was declined. we are still dealing with the fallout from mr. dirham and whatever it is he is doing. so, it just really feels like this stuff is never going to end, but, you know, we will march on either way. >> do y

and a conversation about james comey's possible continuation as fbi director, and when james comey did not blitz his loyalty, donald trump fired him. so, we know, what kind of pledges of loyalty donald trump exact those tuitions. did james murray delete the january six text messages on his own secret service phone? i have asked that question publicly here on television, and i have asked that question directly to the secret service. no answer. in his written statement today, james murray took the press release equivalent of taking the fifth amendment. he refused to say one word about the secret service text messages, including his own text messages on january 6th. he used the right to remain silent that criminal defendants half. the dam has begun to break in a way that means we are going to learn much more about the secret service text messages, that the secret service wants to remain secret. last night, the january six committee delivered a full accounting of the 187 minutes during the attack on the capitol, when donald trump did nothing to defend the capitol. but the evidence show

you remember james comey, the next was his replacement, mccabe, fired by trump for similar reasons.all donald trump's petty, relentless, and public calls for their investigation, punishment, and even imprisonment. >> director comey was very unpopular with most people. he's a showboat. he's a grandstander. the fbi has been in turmoil. i fired comey. well, i turned out to do the right thing. why didn't comey come clean? why didn't mueller investigate comey? >> you accused opponents of treason. who specifically are you accusing of treason? >> i think a number of people. if you look at comey, mccabe. >> there it is. treason. investigate them. on twitter, when he was allowed to tweet, he repeatedly posted about demanding their firing in the case of mccabe, and suspension of his pension and trying to get them imprisoned. so, now you have comey and mccabe targeted by this tax audit that to this day tonight they're claiming is just random. i'll report that's what the irs is just claiming. it's not just any audit. it's considered one of the most invasive in existence. the chance of being sel

bolton's 2020 book the room where it happened 680,000 copies as of right now and former fbi director james comey's8 book a higher loyalty 625,000 copies as of june 2022 some other notable books by trump administration officials peter navarro in trump time. it was released in 2021 about 80,000 copies of sold mark meadows the former chief of staff wrote a book called the chief's chief. and it was released in 2021 as well about 22,000 copies. former attorney general bill bars one -- thing after another was released after he left office about 64,000 copies so far. and now we should note that politico for its story about these books used npd book scan data that captures about 70% of hardcover sales. and now more on the world of political books with peter osnos founder of public affairs books. well, mr. osnos, you have been in book publishing for 40 years, but prior to that. you're a journalist for many years. how did you make that transition? well, i'd reached the point where i thought i had sort of fulfilled whatever plan i could have in journalism. in the sense that i've been a foreign correspondent

bolton's 2020 book the room where it happened 680,000 copies as of right now and former fbi director james comey's 2018 book a higher loyalty 625,000 copies as of june 2022 some other notable books by trump administration officials peter navarro in trump time. it was released in 2021 about 80,000 copies of sold mark meadows the former chief of staff wrote a book called the chief's chief. and it was released in 2021 as well about 22,000 copies. former attorney general bill bars one -- thing after another was released after he left office about 64,000 copies so far. and now we should note that politico for its story about these books used npd book scan data that captures about 70% of hardcover sales. and now more on the world of political books with peter osnos founder of public affairs books. well, mr. osnos, you have been in book publishing for 40 years, but prior to that. you're a journalist for many years. how did you make that transition? well, i'd reached the point where i thought i had sort of fulfilled whatever plan i could have in journalism. in the sense that i've been a foreign correspond

the former fbi director james comey and his former deputy, andrew mccabe, both of whom president trumpenemies, well both of them faced rare supposedly random but highly intensive irs audits. you may remember back when the then fbi director james comey oversaw the early stages of the fbi's investigation into ties between the trumpamig

i mean, the highly unlikely circumstance that james comey and i were both selected at random, combined, well known facts of how we were both pursued and harassed, and targeted by the former administration, when you put those things together, obviously it raises clear questions that need to be investigated. i'm a little concerned by the head of the irs, they're somewhat reflexive comments that indicate almost a pre- judgment of, oh my gosh, this could never have happened here, when we know the former administration and president trump were engaged on multiple fronts and trying to use the structures of government, the institutions we rely on for trump's own benefit, so yeah, is there something to look at here? absolutely there is. i hope they do it in a thorough, transparent way. >> if it's politically motivated, that would be extraordinary. i really appreciate it. >>> the warning from russian resident putin and the message for him from zelenskyy, and this comes as the war is causing a massive hunger crisis in many places, next. lemons. lemons, lemons, lemons. look how nice they are. the

it turns out in 2017 and 2019 james comey and andrew mccabe, two justice department foes, people that donald trump thought were foes faced intensive irs audits, the kind that people don't normally get, people call the autopsy without the benefit of death is the nickname for them. what do you make of the fact that two people that donald trump's dodge investigated, who he persecuted personally, saw as his enemies, magically get these unprecedented audits, both mccabe and comey? >> extremely suspicious. this is what i investigated as part of our process in the watergate investigation. richard nixon had an en any's list and provided it the list to people at the irs to get them audited. this is precisely what nixon did to make life miserable for people he didn't like. he did it with the irs commissioner. he also had larry o'brien, the chairman of the democratic national committee audited. there's a very specific way to get to this, and that's looking at all the documentation relating to the audit, trying to figure out who touched the returns, who asked for the audit, how did it originate.

you may remember back when the then fbi director james comey oversaw the early stages of the investigatione trump campaign and russia. in the summer of 2016. with questions swirling about those ties, as trump took office, comey dropped a public bombshell in the early days of the trump presidency. >> i've been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi, as part of our counter intelligence mission, is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals

he said to james comey, i need loyalty, i expect loyalty. that is what he was saying in the first days of his presidency. how did the conversation go with james murray three years later? and donald trump's discussion with him about making him the head of the secret service? what kind of loyalty, exactly did james murray pledge to donald trump, and what kind of loyalty did james murray actually deliver to donald trump, and what kind of loyalty is james murray delivering to donald trump tonight? james murray has days left in his job as director of secret service. he is going to leave at the end of the month, and cash in his law enforcement ships for the big money, in corporate security, as the new head of corporate security for snapchat. snapchat, no doubt, already does a better job of maintaining electronic records then the secret service does. under donald trump's choice of secret service director, james murray. if you have been following the secret service story, and are only now hearing james murray's name for the first time, that is exact

and this week, as you know, the new york times revealed that former fbi director james comey, and therector andrew mccabe, were both picked for extremely rare and invasive tax audits. in 2017 at 153 million people who filed tax materials to the irs, just 5000 were selected for this random audit. one of them happened to be comey. in 2019, mccabe was just one of 8000 americans audited. according to the new york times, a spokesperson for donald trump said he had no knowledge of the audits. but the times also writes, quote, the miniscule chances at the two highest ranking fbi officials who made some of the most politically consequential law enforcement decisions in the generation, being randomly subjected to a detailed scrap of their taxes, presents an extraordinary question. and i might add, to high-ranking fbi officials who had a hand and investigating donald trump. two men who probably, definitely, were high up on trump's list of enemies. it's a long list indeed. as msnbc steve bannon put it, history may not be repeating itself, but it sure does rhyme. repeating repeating itself, i mea

there's been corruption, it starts with the editing of james comey's exoneration of hillary clinton and followed through the corruption investigation into russian campaign collusion -- or russia's collusion with the trump campaign, which was completely false, and it's continued to this day. no, we need to clean house of the fbi the christopher ray, under his leadership, the fbi knew the dossier contained russian investigation and briefed the senate committee and had integrity. we have time and time instances of fbi corruption, but department of justice isn't looking into it and it's certainly not being solved under christopher ray. maria: senator, thank you very much for your leadership. senator ron johnson from wisconsin. thank you, sir. quick break, don't go anywhere. more wall street right after this. po&%c1 shingrix protects. you can protect yourself from shingles with a vaccine proven to be over 90% effective. shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older. shingrix does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ing

there's been corruption, it starts with the editing of james comey's exoneration of hillary clinton andtion investigation into russian campaign collusion -- or russia's collusion with the trump campaign, which was completely false, and it's continued to this day. no, we need to clean house of the fbi the christopher ray, under his leadership, the fbi knew the dossier contained russian investigation and briefed the senate committee and had integrity. we have time and time instances of fbi corruption, but department of justice isn't looking into it and it's certainly not being solved under christopher ray. maria: senator, thank you very much for your leadership. senator ron johnson from wisconsin. we've got another big program in the works for next weekend. tune into wall street every friday night at 7:00 p.m. eastern right here on fox business. and over on the fox news channel, i'll see you at 10:00 a.m. morning, sunday morning on the fox news channel for sunday morning futures. i've got that exclusive interviews this weekend with senator john, john rat cliff, turning point founder charl

the head of the irs to be fired after "the new york times" reported that former top fbi officials james comeynd andrew mccabe, well-known foes of former president trump, were subject to invasive irs audits. mccabe telling cnn -- >> i don't know if jim and i were targeted. but there are a lot of facts that point in that direction. >> reporter: comey was the former fbi director and mccabe was his deputy. both drew trump's ire. he attacked them frequently, calling for their prosecutions, even accusing them of treason. >> we were both targeted and basically run out of our jobs by that kind of pressure and harassment. >> reporter: several thousand people are selected for these rare audits out of more than 150 million people who file their taxes each year. both audits were under irs commissioner charles red ig's leadership. redig was appointed by trump. >> the odds that the two of us would be selected for something that is supposedly a random program are really incalculable. >> reporter: the irs says the commissioner has now personally asked for a review of the audits. an irs spokesperson says any

there's been corruption, it starts with the editing of james comey's exoneration of hillary clinton andthe corruption investigation into russian campaign collusion -- or russia's collusion with the trump campaign, which was completely false, and it's continued to this day. no, we need to clean house of the fbi the christopher ray, under his leadership, the fbi knew the dossier contained russian investigation and briefed the senate committee and had integrity. we have time and time instances of fbi corruption, but department of justice isn't looking into it and it's certainly not being solved under christopher ray. maria: senator, thank you very much for your leadership. senator ron johnson from wisconsin. my little family is me, aria, and jade. just the three of us girls. i never thought twice about feeding her kibble. but about two years ago, i realized she was overweight. she was always out of breath. that's when i decided to introduce the farmer's dog to her diet. it's just so fresh that she literally gets bubbles in her mouth. now she's a lot more active she's able to join us on our

there's been corruption, it starts with the editing of james comey's exoneration of hillary clinton andussian campaign collusion -- or russia's collusion with the trump campaign, which was completely false, and it's continued to this day. no, we need to clean house of the fbi the christopher ray, under his leadership, the fbi knew the dossier contained russian investigation and briefed the senate committee and had integrity. we have time and time instances of fbi corruption, but department of justice isn't looking into it and it's certainly not being solved under christopher ray. maria: senator, thank you very much for your leadership. senator ron johnson from wisconsin. wisconsin. [sfx: ding] [message] hey babe, meet us at the bottom of the trail. oh, man. hey! open up! the redesigned chevy silverado. with a sophisticated, high-tech interior... open the door! it's easy to forget it's a truck. ♪♪ - thanks. - nice truck! it was. find new style. find new roads. find new style. in a recent clinical study, patients using salonpas patch reported reductions in pain severity, using less or a l

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yesterday, the new york times reported that the fbi's former director james comey and exit deputy directorrew mccabe were subjected to unusually extensive irs audits of their returns. former president donald trump repeatedly lashed out at both during the russia investigation. jobless claims rose 235,000 last week and that's the most in nearly six months. that was up 4000 from the previous week. employers are advertising fewer positions after job openings hit a 20 year high in march. stocks rallied again on wall street today. the dow jones industrial average climbed 347 point to close 31,384. the nasdaq rose 259 point and the s&p 500 added 57. the biden administration is giving out nearly $1 billion in grants to upgrade 85 of the nation's airports. the funds will come from the infrastructure bill that passed last year. they will renovate the international terminal at boston's logan airport, replace the baggage handling system at denver international airport, and build a new concourse at dulles airport outside washington, d.c., among other things. president biden awarded the nations highest

as i said to an earlier group this evening, what james comey had, and andrew mccabe, james klapper, john brennan, they all had one thing in common. they had they all lied under oath or said they could not remember. even somebody with a reputation we all honor robert. how can robert mueller run 822 month long investigation based on the steel dossier. testifying under oath to the house intelligence committee when asked he had no idea what the dossier was. he had no idea what gps was. he had no idea this commission existed in the first place. twenty-two months postus factor. it's very dangerous to invest and give up your constitutional rights to people that are not elected. they are growing greater and larger as the citizen feels they are losing their independence and they need someone to instruct them, someone to give them education, someone to give them legal advice, someone to protect them. the more they want protection, the more that the state says we are here to help you. there is another post modern effort to the story citizenship in the constitution. you have seen it very frequently.

so we haven't been able to reach james comey for comment but mccabe said the instinct to think it's a normal audit and then he started to question it. >> thank you for the reporting. "the lead with jake tapper" starts right now. ♪ >>> the shooter's father says i didn't do anything wrong. the father of the highland park parade shooter explains why he approved the son's guns purchase and talked about another mass shooting before the massacre. and then brittney griner in a moscow courtroom and pleads guilty to the drug charges that have led to her being held in russia. could this help her get released? plus, thems the breaks. boris johnson resigned as british prime minister. what happened next is as clear as mud. ♪ welcome to "the lead." we start today with ow national lead. the father of the suspected gunman of the highland park attack said he consented to his son buying guns in 2019 thinking the son would use the weapons at a shooting range. instead the guns were used in monday's mass shooting that killed seven people. the night before the attack the father said his son mentioned the m

put on the james comey show about an fbi investigation into one of the candidates, to enormouss. what do you think about timeline and the public facing nature, if any, that there should be from doj? and danya, i will ask the same question, after in. >> -- lawfare this week, explaining that the timeline looks relatively standard for a case of this complexity and reminds us that in 1974, when the first big three of nixon's aides were put on trial, those two years after the break in, and ultimately the decision about what to do with nixon in terms of his legal faced, came two years later as well -- and as they were preparing the piece for the new york review of books, we look deeply into the watergate special prosecutor's considers patients then. and not only did the founders take the view that the attorney general's job was limited and that it wasn't his job to decide about grace. but that was the view of the special watergate prosecutors as well. if this situation, if facts are sufficient to indict, then the attorney general has only one option and that is to indict. >> what do

when james comey became president in the dark of the night, they changed the rules and said not any memberen requesting this. they wound give it to me because we know hunter biden has had over 150 suspicious activity records filed against his accounts. he said i'll give them to you if you can get a democratic member of congress to sign on that request. as you can imagine, we cannot do that. >> martha: and they say it's not political but they're asking that, which is -- you can look at it both ways. makes it sounds political. there's reports that hunter biden's icloud account was hacked. things are slowly starting to leak from it. the icloud account. we're working on getting this information. we're looking -- we expect there will be some sort of statement from secret service, this is one of the videos on there. this is him reportedly weighing a substance that looks like crack. he says it's 20.7 without the bag. he looks at this image that you can see here. miranda divine covering this very closely, she says that amid these ongoing scandals, biden is going soft on china. this is why it matte

in letters provided to the "new york times," former fbi director james comey and former deputy director andrew mccabe revealed they both faced supposedly random audits of their 2017 and 2019 returns, where according to the paper, the odds of being selected are about one in 19,000. at the time, both audits occurred, the irs was run by a trump appointee. comey, who alleges that trump demanded his loyalty in a private dinner between the two, was fired by the former president, just four months after trump took office. that firing, you will recall, led to the launch of special counsel robert mueller's investigation into possible links between the trump campaign and russia. it also led to mccabe's promotion to acting fbi director before he too was fired just one day before he was set to retire. in a statement to the newspaper, the irs notes that any allegations of wrong doing are passed along for further review. a trump spokeswoman told the paper that the former president had quote no knowledge of these audits. the reporter who broke the story, michael schmidt will be a guest on "morning joe"

. >>> "new york times" reports that james comey and andrew mccabe both targeted and fired by presidentmp, each faced rare and intensive attacks during his presidency. mccabe says it should be investigated. >> how is it that both jim comey and i were selected for the same program which is as you mentioned one in 30,000 for the year. he was selected one some something like 20,000 for the year. i was -- it just defies logic to think that there wasn't some other factor involved here. i think that that is a reasonable question. i think that it should be investigated. people need to be able to trust the institutions of government and so that is why there should be some -- we should dig through it and find out what happened. >> the irs issuing a statement to cnn saying federal privacy laws preclude us from talking about specific taxpayer situations. audits are handled by career civil servants and the irs has strong safe guards in place to protect the process. it is untrue to suggest that senior irs officials specifically targeted specific individuals for national research program audits. >>>

asked a watchdog to investigate the decision to conduct intensive tax audits of former fbi director james comeynd former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe. the announcement coming following a report from the "new york times." audits are supposed to be selected at random. the "times" notes the odds of anyone being selected for a national research program audit in 2017 are more than 0,000. raising questions about how two of former president trump's most visible critics were both selected. today the white house refused to comment on the probe. news tonight emonday musk's deal to buy. twitter's figures on spam accounts are not verifiable. that's according to sources with "the washington post." if he walks away from this deal, musk could be on the hook for a billion dollars break-up fee after making a $44 billion offer to purchase the company. stocks were up again today in a technologically led rally. the dow added 347, the s&p 500 gained 58. the nasdaq jumped 259.5. tonight we are receiving frightening new details from a u.s. official about iran's nuclear capabilities. the information comes as indi

. >>> >>> head of the irs is asking the inspector general to look into why james comey and andrew mccabeere both selected by intense audits by the irs. it happened while donald trump was in office. they were both fierce critics of mr. trump. you may recall trump fired comey from the fbi in 2017 and mccabe fired two days before he was scheduled to retire. the "new york times" reported on the audits on wednesday raising questions of why two high profile critics of the former president were selected to undergo the extensive audits. mccabe says they should be investigated. >> to think that it wasn't some other factor involved here, i think that that is a reasonable question. >> in a statement to cnn, the internal revenue service denied conducting any, quote, politically motivated audits. >>> americans will get an update on the state of their economy in a few hours when a new unemployment report comes out. u.s. stocks closed up on thursday for a fourth day in a row. oil and gas companies led the way. the dow gained more than 340 points while the nasdaq and s&p were also up. the jobs report wi

if i didn't have the evidence to indict someone, whether it was james comey or anyone else, the president publicly declare should be indicted, if the president said trump should be indicted people object to that, trump was saying i want the justice department to indict -- that created a problem. the fact is if i didn't have the evidence sufficient to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt i wasn't going to indict someone simply because the president wanted them indicted, we can't go down that road and i kept saying i can't do tit for tat, mister president. i know they behaved unfairly, they played by different standards but the answer to that can't be to politicize the department and use it as a political weapon. when i saw i felt line prosecutors were going to seek a penalty on roger stone, i don't like roger stone, he is a jerk. and i thought he violated the law and i thought he should go to prison myself. but he didn't deserve to go to prison for 2 to 3 times longer than other people who go for the same crime and that is what they were trying to do, that came on my desk and went to came on

investigations into ties between the ex-president's 2016 campaign and russia, former fbi director james comey wrath of donald trump, and we bring up the ex-president's hostility toward these two men because of brand-new exclusive reporting in "the new york times" that finds that both comey and mccabe underwent rare, intensive, invasive, supposedly, allegedly, random irs audits in the years 2017 and 2019 respectively. from that new report, "the audits conducted on mr. comey and mr. mccabe and their spouses, according to the letters they received from the agency, were carried out under an irs research program to learn who is and who is not paying their taxes. the chances of being picked for this kind of audit, the times notes, in 2017, which is when comey and his wife were selected, is roughly 1 out of 30,600." the story goes on to say this. "the minuscule chances of the two highest-ranking fbi officials who made some of the most politically consequential law enforcement decisions in a generation being randomly subjected to a detailed scrub of their tax returns a few years after leaving their p

what james comey had? and andrew mccabe james clapper and john brennan and lois lerner, they all had one thing in common. they had enormous powers. they all lied under oath or said they could not remember and there were no punishments at all. even somebody with a sterling reputation that we all honor robert mueller. how could robert mueller run a 22 month long investigation? based on the steel dossier and its dissemination by fusion gps and testify under oath. to the house intelligence committee. when asked that he had no idea what the dossier was. he had no idea. what gps was in other words he had no idea why his committee existed his commissioned existed in the first place. and that that was 22 months post-facto. so it's very dangerous to invest and give up your constitutional rights to people who are not elected and they're growing greater and larger as the individual citizen fields. that they are losing their independence and they need someone to instruct them someone to house them someone to give them

"the new york times" broke the incredible story of how the former fbi director james comey and hisho former deputy andrew mccabe both of whom president trump viewed as his enemies for their role in starting the investigation into trump's connections toth russia, well, last night "the new york times" broke theec news that both come and mccabe were selected for the irs'sth supposedly random most intense audit. the odds of being selected for that audit are about one in 30,000. two people who a trump saw as h top enemies, were selected. well tonight, the irs has asked the treasury department inspector general to investigate how that happened. maybe it was trulyin random. maybe it wasn't. looks like we're about to find out. e it wasn't. do you have a life insurance looks like we're about to find out. eed? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized we needed a way to supplement our income. if you have $100,000 or more of life insurance, you may qualify to sell your policy