what james kallstrom said was right. i it's really been a fraud on the american people. nario of james comey, his statements before congress were not only incorrect as a matter of fact but i think it puts him at a material legalo jeopardy. >> sean: jay, does this open up the opportunity that the attorney general should get to the truth considering i think this reveals that the fix was in for hillary and james comey was fine with it?ng >> i think james comey needs to be the subject of an investigation here.ne look at the evidence. this information is damaging, to say the least. it puts the whole investigation or whatever you want to call what was going on there -- a i sideshow, it puts the whole matter into perspective. it was never intended to be ans investigation in the first place and james comey was part of that. b >> sean: james kallstrom -- >> comey, this whole phony russian investigation, that's all to sidetrack the president so he can't have his appointments.l he can't deal with anything else. it's all comey playing act two of a farce. >> sean: last quick question.

. >> narrator: james kallstrom was the powerful boss of the fbi's new york office. watching from a distance, he saw o'neill's attitude and expertise make enemies among the group that surrounded louis freeh. >> yeah, i'm sure there was some jealousy in the bureaucracy. there always is. you can get by with some sharper elbows for a while, but you need to be right a lot. you know the old saying "when you run with the wolves, don't trip," you know? >> narrator: at headquarters, a whispering campaign began about o'neill's personal life. there was one version: married his high school sweetheart and had a couple of kids. then there was the truth. >> john had been separated from his family for some time, and i think john would have said to you his family suffered as a result of that, as a result of his devotion to his job. >> i think the fbi was his mistress. he loved it. he loved it more than he loved any woman in his life. he loved it. >> narrator: and he loved valerie james. >> very first time i saw john, i did something i had never done before and will never do again. i

joining me now former fbi assistant director james kallstrom.ou jim, nice to have you on the show. nice to be with you. >> liz: jim what do you make of the news story? >> it's not the least bit surprising, liz. i've been saying this for what, over a year. i mean this whole thing was a joke to begin with. the so-called investigation of hillary clinton. the day that referral came from the intelligence community through the department and with a little note on there, don't call it an investigation, and the fact that a grand jury was never impaneled would tell any investigator i don't know if you've only been on the job a day that this whole thing was not going to be legitimate and it wasn't. it was an absolute joke, and it put a great risk to the reputation of a great agency. it embarrassed just the i don't know what the word would be of all of the people in the fbi and law enforcement for that matter, and it was disgraceful. i mean call me, you know, in his testimony before congress was in my view not forthcoming. he did nothing about the tremendo