at the end he notified congress and cited loretta lynch.hat given -- >> we are anxious to see what his recommendation will be. we heard he is a straight shooter. we know he is conducting this investigation. i have not heard about the leaks. we would like to see his report. i hope it comes out soon. >> laura: the deputy director of the fbi andrew mccabe's lawyers is asking for immunity before he testifies before the senate committee headed by chuck grassley. your thoughts on that? >> that's certainly interesting. you could imply what you choose to implay from that sort of thing. you are a lawyer. i think it's an interesting request. >> laura: a lot of people said donald trump is calling the fbi into question. how dare he question the fbi. we love the fbi but this is the director of the fbi and the deputy director. >> i think all of these things will come out sooner or later. the ig report is something that will be interesting. >> laura: the big question for all of us court watchers is the supreme court. the decision coming out kennedy and th

and thei g is critizing comey for not consulting with loretta lynch. before make an historic decision in july, 2016. the decision was not to prosecute hilary for mishandling information. that's the reason president trump fired comey in may of 2017. usurping the attorney general's authority. the ig will criticize comey for when he announced the e mail investigation in 2016. ignoring the suggestions. this may force comey's defenders to reconsider a man they once called a principal defender of the fbi and doj against the president. >> i have to reciprocate what an honor it's been to serve with the likeses of john brennan and jim comey. dedicated public servients and served this country long and well. and with great integrity. >> i do say that director comey, he came through with great authenticity and sincerity. kwho is following the truth and who is not most side with james comey. >> laura: creep. it will under he is not a political person. >> the president himself makes accusations that turnout not to be true. who is telling the truth and who is not? mo

loretta lynch said she regretted since and would take it back, but that was egregious given tying of meeting. >> this notion that bill clinton said he and loretta lynch simply sat on the back of a plane and spoke for 30 minutes about grandchildren and golf doesn't pass the smell test. we were so lucky a journalist that caught the tarmac meeting because no one was reporting this this was supposed to be a secret, hidden, off the books meeting wasn't supposed to be known until one person in camera caught them getting on back of this plane. we know for sure, this was bill clinton asking loretta lynch to exonerate his wife so she could get elected with potentially a quit proquote she would remain as attorney general if -- quid row quote. i don't know for sure but that is clearly the potential,. ashley: corey, in the 500 page report, the summation those emails were not discussed on that 30-minute meeting on the plane between bill clinton and loretta lynch. so they're trying to put that one to rest. your thoughts. >> yeah, i just don't believe that whatsoever. they know there is culpability

attorney general loretta lynch. department of justice was in the tank for clinton. the fbi did not do a very good job of looking at the clinton email investigation. it was a sham investigation. >> bill: there is senator lindsey graham last night with sandra, working for martha. he calls it a sham. inspector general's draft report finds that james comey defied authorities head of the fbi. darrell issa serves on the house judiciary committee. sir, how are you and welcome back to america's newsroom. >> good morning. >> bill: let's frame what we know based on the leak. james comey and loretta lynch behave. what do you make of the report have you read right now. >> what we make of it is that there was insubordination or belligerent arrogant attitude by the fbi director and that pattern continued. it was do what i want to do the way i want to do. for example, he suspected loretta lynch of misconduct and, yet, he never kept memos of their meeting but he kept a memo from day one with president trump. another example that's

a responsibility that fell to his boss at the time attorney general, loretta lynch. and since said the arizona tarmac meeting with bill clin clinton before the hillary clinton interview was a game changer. in addition to other intelligence implied lynch would not let the investigation go too far and that's now public and the reliability is unclear. when fox news caught up with lynch on capitol hill she refused to answer questions about the comey investigations and rebuked lynch for her handling of the federal criminal probe and comey said he was told to call it a matter that concerned him and more firings may be justified. >> i think it will be a lengthy and careful report. it will be released soon and i think it will help us better fix any problems we have and reassure the concerns and if there's something that requires termination, we will do so. >> reporter: the report is said to be more than 500 pages in length and also includes a classified section. what we anticipate is the report should be available online to the public some time today, sandra. >> sandra: thank

loretta lynch was compromised. there sat sally yates who could have described what happened and decided this case on behalf of the attorney general. what is happening now is they are delaying to prevent timely disclosure. >> sean: you are convinced they will try to bury this? >> absolutely. >> sean: who would make that decision? >> it's rob rosenstein. the report even though it's going to congress is controlled by the attorney general. and the inspector general. they have the right to make changes for national security or other reasons. >> sean: 2 weeks worth of redactions. >> this is ridiculous. >> sean: and remember the fbi director assigned additional people to respond more quickly. let's go to what has come out to the insubordination issue. we know the facts in this case. it's indisputable at this point. hillary clinton violated the espionage act and put top secret information on a private server. that's illegal and lied about it. and as i said, now that robert mueller wants everybody's phones in case they use

michael horowitz's findings are intended to criticize james comey, loretta lynch and andrew mccabe. he reported concluded that comey, for instance quotes broke away from standard fbi procedures in his handling of the probe into hillary clinton's private server while she was at stake. but he says the former fbi chief was not motivated by political bias. meanwhile, while he welcomes the report, attorney general jeff sessions once the findings could lead to more firings. it watched. >> i think it will be a lengthy report and a careful report. it will be released soon, and i think it will help us better fix any problems that we have and reaffirm the american people that some of the concerns are not true. if anyone shows up in this report that has done something that requires determination, we will do so. >> harris: white house correspondent kevin corke has more from the north lawn, and already information as we know is leaking. >> reporter: no surprise there, harris. anytime you have a circumstance like that, we expect it in little bits and pieces and the conclusion will dribble out bet

let's talk about loretta lynch and james comey.oingo get a tongue lashinger. >> will they also beat just its? >> we all should see justice. t in this case, loretta lynch, whether she committed a crime, i don't know if that's in the fing. beingmmy a being attorney general is not a crime. >> apparently it's still in style, too. >> you brought the heaters tonight. loretta lynch -- kennedy: i'm like that fella that married kate upton. justin verlander. reporter: loretta lynch being attorney general and conducting herself in a way that insights people to reachonclusions about her ethics. james comey to give this preachment absolving and blaming clinton. but then doing the wiener escapade right at the end. maybe she is guilty he said at the end. who knows. oh, wait, never mind. lynch and comey failed to the standards much a department we want to be independent, free fanfare. and they didn't do a good job. kennedy: they did a very poor job, and i hope they get couple comeupance whatever that means. coming up. president trump trying to woo

abc news reporting that horowit agenda james comey, andrew mccabe and loretta lynch. examining how they mishandled the 2016 criminal case to hillary clinton. we were right and your media was wrong. james comey cleared hillary clinton of all charges but not before many misdeeds surrounding the investigation. one source told abc that the draft report uses the words insubordinate to describe comey's behavior. none of this is surprising. the mccabe report came out and then the criminal referral. we know about loretta lynch's tarmac meeting with bill clinton before she helped clear his wife of all of these charges. we know about mccabe's democratic ties and lying. hillary clinton did commit felonies. she obstructed justice. that's indisputable at this point. andrew mccabe is now requesting immunity from the u.s. senate in exchange against his former boss james comey. the full report should have been released by now. frankly, if it's released between now and next wednesday -- the summit on tuesday of next week -- that mean they are trying to bury this on a summer weekend so

why can loretta lynch lie and use a personal email and a fake name for government business.ow many times does someone have to lie to an inspector general before they are just not believable. why does hillary clinton just days after she meets bill clinton on the tarmac? why does the i.g. not recommend a leak investigation when there are 657 phone calls from a reporter to a top fbi official. srnlts the fbi supposed to figure that stuff out on its own. i'm worried. i'm really worried. this report is nothing more than a white wash by the deep state itself. there are great people in the fbi, men and women, and i have had the honor of working with them. but they are embarrassed because they know how bad comey and company destroyed america's confidence in that esteemed fbi. and there are great people in government, many of whom you have seen on this show. congressman ron desantis, jim jordan, mark me dees, lee zeldin, lindsey graham, ron johnn, chuck grassley. these people are fighting the deep state and obstructionist democrats like pelosi, schumer and schiff stare into the camera

they interviewed loretta lynch. they also interviewed bill clinton about this meeting on the arizona tarmac. really just days before hillary clinton was going to have her fbi interview about mishandling classified information. lynch and bill clinton said this was unplanned. a lot of speculation over whether it was really secretly planned. they both told the i.g. it was unplanned. lynch said as did clinton that they talked about small talk stuff like grandchildren and other things like that. they did not talk about the criminal clinton e-mail investigation. but lynch told the inspector general that as the conversation went on, she got more and more uncomfortable. you know when you're in a conversation and you want it to end but you're not sure of the way to end it or the polite way to end the conversation? that's what comes across in the inspector general's report. she was concerned about what it was going to look like and the inspector general said that the decision to take that meeting with bill clinton, i think th

loretta lynch and fbi special agent peter stzrok, it's release is expected but finally coming and houseudiciary committee bob goodlatte says we will see what happened. >> will a lot of missing pieces of this giant puzzle together, most importantly american people see this report because it will shed light on how the federal bureau of investigation mishandled the whole investigation with regard to former secretary of state and presidential candidate hillary clinton. >> key questions will be answered in the independent review supported by republicans and democrats, what role the decisions and public disclosure may have played, what actions does and mccabe make who is suing the inspector general, the kirstin: meeting, and lisa page for having an affair. >> it pains me to look at them. and 99% of law enforcement officers don't. >> the president and key congressional members will be briefed behind closed doors and of note with regard to its results, and the us attorney to decide of prosecution was warranted. jillian: a mother living in the us, the doj says social media will call for terror a

s office, loretta lynch or sally yates.etta lynch at one point told him not to call the clinton investigation an investigation but call it a matter. and comey's book he says there's classified information that has not been released that would show it was possible for the weather lynch to be impossible -- impartial. there is dirt that may come out in this. >> he is allegedly called this. we haven't seen it yet. it comes out this week. what is your opinion on what this means going forward? is this still a james comey problem, as far as trust goes, the general public. >> a massive problem for trust in the federal government and politicization of the process. right now if the fbi and doj were conspiring or colluding to help the clinton campaign by making it look like there was less dirt than there was you have a problem and fire deputy director of the fbi mccabe who was in trouble for stopping the investigation into the clinton foundation at the urging of someone who worked for sally you 8. and to obstruct the investigation, in

what about you mentioned the former attorney general loretta lynch, her half hour meeting on the tarmac in arizona with former president bill clinton. what did the i.g. report find on her? >> on that one he looked at it at length and he interviewed the attorney general and bill clinton and found that they did not discuss the merits of the investigation during that controversial tarmac meeting, no matter how bad it looked and he certainly realizes the appearance of impropriety there but, brooke, the inspector general is really focused on how loretta lynch decided not to recuse from the investigation and instead even after that tarmac meeting, she said that she was going to defer to the career folks at the justice department and at the fbi but that she was also still going to receive briefings on the matter. so the inspector general said that led to a lot of public confusion that was unhelpful. >> public confusion. and lastly, so this 500-page report official lily comes out the public this hour. what now? >> at this point, brooke, we are learning more and more, we're doing a deep dive on

it benefited loretta lynch, the attorney general.e took it out of her hands for making a charging decision that i'm sure president obama and loretta lynch did not want to do to their nominee. this gets me back to the original point of how do we know any of this? why have we spent so much time and so much money on all of this? it goes back to hillary clinton's decision to subvert the process, to have her own email system from a have a private server. that was in 2015. we have spent 500 pages. it's now 2018. what you might say is at least she uncovered the strzok and page email situation and their bias against the president. >> jesse: we have been moving backwards for a long time. >> greg: i remember we said, i don't know when it was, she was talking about gender. it's not about the female. it's about the email. that's what we kept saying. a couple of points. how amazing it must need to be anthony weiner. he might be one of the few people who is happy he is in jail. the fact is if it wasn't for his laptop and his lap, trump wouldn't ha

angela rye, bill clinton and loretta lynch in some ways set this in motion?ptics are problematic but we're revisiting this so many months after the election and the inspector general has concluded the same thing that high-level campaign officials concluded. i don't know what this does to advance the narrative or change the culture of the fbi or department of justice overall. and in this regard using their power to influence the outcome of something it's not much different from donald trump and for all of the hillary supporters out there, i'm not saying there the same, but i'm saying the way in which power has used -- >> too late, twitter is going crazy. >> the way power is use it can get hazy and it confuses people who don't have access to that same power. >> stick around. we'll talk about the trumps next. donald trump and his kids sued by the new york attorney general accused of using the trump foundation as their own personal piggy bank. stay with us. ot dog suit. what? where's that coming from? i don't know. i started my 401k early, i diversified... i'm no

how much does the report go into that meeting that bill clinton had with loretta lynch on the tarmac and comey's indecisions after that? when you say that the report says he was insubordinate, was he acting sort of that he was above the law, he was no longer u.s. attorney. he was the fbi director. was this his call to make and does the report address that? >> well, the report has a lengthy section about this arizona tarmac meeting, which was shortly before hillary clinton's fbi interview about the mishandling of classified information. and the report crites then attorney general loretta lynch for having poor judgment in terms of taking the meeting. it's described as unplanned. taking that meeting and then allowing the conversation to go on as long as it did. both loretta lynch and bill clinton were interviewed as part of the inspector general's investigation and based on what i have read so far, their account is that it was unplanned. on the issue of insubordination. at least what i have seen so far. it goes specifically to director comey's decision to go outside his authorities and

loretta lynch.expect, we heard reports the ig referred andrew mccabe for criminal charges because of an alleged leak that favored him. we don't know about james comey. >> and her mccabe is anticipating what is coming out in this report, and the doj, this is what jeff sessions is expecting from the ig report. >> a lengthy report and careful report, 6 any problems we have and assure the american people summary concerns are not true. >> what do you think of what he had to say? >> it is interesting, if there was any misconduct, there will be committal charges and the atty. gen. is safe and not guaranteeing the department will go after someone at this time. what we know about the ig's former officials don't sit down for an interview. when talking about criminal referrals the level the atty. gen.'s office would prove in prosecution is much higher. they have to be safe and not promising anything especially given at this time there hasn't been a response from lawmakers or the public. heather: the response f

he talked to loretta lynch about this and what he wanted to do.elt like they wouldn't do anything about it and they weren't keen only him making pronouncements about it. what do you think? >> that's what he says. a lot of us are sick of this holier than thou persona. we've seen it on his become tour and reflected in the i.g.'s record. this is an example of james comey saying i'm going to be a one-man band here. i'm not going to follow the protocol and loop in other folks at the justice department because i know what the right thing to do here and it's backfiring. >> neil: do you think when both parties seize on this, democrats say it cost them the election. republicans say it shows clear bias. what happens? >> my concern, neil, what happens is this will be yet another thing that leads americans to lose faith in the fbi and law enforcement generally. which i think would be a tragedy. one thing that is a little heartening although the inspector general found evidence of bias and bad actors on the party of the fbi and doj, it's not clear how broadly

liz: he hid his press conference from loretta lynch. >> it's deceitful. liz: and threatened to get the i.g. to no intention to ask for a special counsel, false choices speak or conceal, the i.g. says follow policy practice or depart from policy practice. >> the rule of law is based on accountability. and under director comey we had fbi director that thought the rule of law was him. liz: yeah, but now he's had an op-ed ready to launch in the "new york times" about this report. what's your reaction that he already has an op-ed out there? >> he realized, look, i think his reputation now is in tatters. he doesn't look like an honest player, and look, it's not just republicans, democrats think that he cost him the election. the reason we have this investigation is because democrats howled after his 11th hour kind of -- liz: your quick reaction to the comey, strzok and page had their own private e-mail accounts. >> bad practices, these are all deviations to the norms, norms exist so powerful agencies obey the law themselves and don't abuse the power. liz: comin

what is clear is he usurped attorney general loretta lynch's authority, he made ad hoc decisions, he even concealed his intent on a variety of different issues, specifically leading up to that statement in july of 2016 where he made the announcement he found her extremely careless. this report finds he concealed that from loretta lynch and sally yates so that is a damning conclusion but no bias found. >> the current fbi director christopher wray is about to speak, give official reaction. how much damage has been done to the fbi. >> i think a great deal of damage is being done by the revelation of these text messages by these two key people, pete strzok who was in the count intelligence division in the fbi. one of the top experts in russia. he was exchanging these inappropriate text messages with somebody he's having a relationship with and saying things like this calls into question things he was involved in, including, of course, the fact that he worked on the mueller investigation for a brief period so it will lead the president and others to raise questions about it. it does appea

director james comey and former attorney general loretta lynch. and gave to charity more than it took in. i won't settle this case. >>> a new report from the inspector general criticizing the fbi's investigation into hillary clinton's email. as nikki batiste explains, it takes aim at both former fbi director james comey and former attorney general loretta lynch.g report will describe former fbi director james comey as insubordinate in the hillary clinton email investigation. in july 2016, comey announced his recommendation against criminally charge in clinton for using a private email server while she was secretary of state. just days before the presidential election, comey told congress the investigation was being revived because of newly discovered emails. president donald trump fired comey last year, initially saying it was because of his handling of the clinton investigation, but later linked it to the russian meddling election probe. members of key house and senate committees along with president donald trump received briefings on the more th

i read this report and i have that same question for loretta lynch. why did you tell him not to hold that press conference, why didn't you tell him not to send that her? i don't think they have a good answer. >> devin, you write a good story. you and your colleagues, i assume you read the whole thing and had this first draft of history of today apartments 's the i.g. report. the conclusion is jim comey basically acted -- was in subordination to loretta lynch. there is an answer this this report, right? >> right. that is a pretty serious charge. i think one of the things the report really exposes and under lines is how bad a relationship there was between jim comey and loretta lynch when she was the attorney general. i do think it's a little -- i think it's a little strange to say that the report just shows that the president is wrong because hopefully the fbi is held to a higher standard than a bunch of conspiracy theories. i do think it's a fairly damning report for the fbi. i think the d.o.j., justice department comes off fairly much better by compa

we've heard the draft of the report falls to other people, james comey and loretta lynch. other question that will be very interesting is whether the inspector general has found anything that in his judgment warrants a criminal referral. you'll recall he found that with andrew mccabe, referred mccabe's case for prosecution. i'll be looking for the findings and what the i.g. recommends for criminal proceedings. >> neil: if we can switch gears. there's no report out yet. this whole spy issue that someone infiltrated the trump campaign, more an informant than a spy but it was unusual. i'm not up to speed on this. i know you are. how unusual is it? it's national security a spy, someone there trying to get information is worried that higher ups from the white house on down about russian infiltration in the trump campaign. how unusual is it to have that person doing what they were doing in the middle of a presidential race? >> haves an informant is not all that unusual. that's what they do. >> neil: in a presidential campaign. >> in a presidential campaign, it's highly unusual.

on the june 2016 arizona tarmac meeting between attorney general loretta lynch and bill clinton, the report concluded lynch showed bad judgment which is took the meeting and failed to recognize and take action to get the visit short was an error in judgment. on whether the clinton emails contained classified information were hacked, the inspector general uncovered on fbi report was conducted after the election. the concluded quote classified information was compromised by unauthorized individuals who included foreign governments or intelligence services by cyber intrusion from accounts linked to client and server. within the last hour we heard from fbi director christopher wray who said he accepts the findings of the inspector general and acknowledge that mistakes were made and said there would be consequences. >> the report does identify errors of judgment, violations of or even disregard for policy and decisions that, at the very least, with the benefit of hindsight, were not the best choices. we have already started taking the necessary steps to address those issues. first, we are

comey and the former attorney general, loretta lynch, they're both being criticized.ough, laura, first of all what you've learned about this report that's expected to be released in the coming days. >> reporter: well, wolf, sources tell us to expect a thorough and lengthy review of all the crucial events leading up to the 2016 election. in particular, you can expect a frank assessment of a variety of steps taken by the former top officials at the fbi and the justice department. now, former director comey has said on a variety of occasions that he welcomes this re. he says it should be aired out, in the open. and we expect that it will particularly focus in on his decision to come out without justice department authorization back in july of 2016 to announce that he had found hillary clinton was extremely careless in her handling of classified information, but also recommending no charges. we also expect it will address his decision to come out just days before the 2016 election in november of 2016 and announce that he was essentially reopening the clinton probe after t

where was loretta lynch trying to provide some sort of oversight to the director of her fbi.lizabeth: and here's hillary clinton responding to the ig report revealing that basically that report revealed that james comey and lisa page and strzok, peter strzok did conduct agency business, government business using their own private e-mail accounts. hillary firing back on twitter saying, essentially, three simple words, but my e-mails. the problem is she set up a private e-mail server. dan, your reaction. >> i suppose we ought to let her have what solace she can derive from all of this. it is true that the ig report says that comey was using a private e-mail account to deal with his chief of staff. it's really quite extraordinary, sits at an fbi convention in san diego in 2016, he said anybody at the fbi who got caught doing that would be in big trouble. elizabeth: he was doing what others said would be in big trouble for. >> he said unclassified material, it doesn't classified material. but you know, hillary now she's blaming -- it's confirmed that comey dumped the election for

said james comey did wrong in this, he didn't consult directly enough with loretta lynch, the attorney general. he went public with the fact that there wasn't any prosecution related to hillary clinton. he went public again with the fact that the investigation had been reopened days before the election. all of those things likely helped donald trump. you can argue how much or how little, but none of those things were detrimental to donald trump's campaign. the things that james comey did that he was sort of in this report said he shouldn't have done, those o mop because it it will be proof there he already hit on the back and forth on that relationship. if he hasn't tweeted yet, it coming. >> laura coats, your initial thoughts on this thing. >> i thought this was a 500 pages worth of deputy and loretta lynch deserves also om plame for cutting the meeting short on the red carpet with bill clinton. for so many months the fbi and those around us that are supportive of them have said that agents have been able to compartmentalize their private, political views from their professional direc

on june 27, 2016, it was then-attorney general loretta lynch. sitting on the same tarmac as former president bill clinton. he got word that they were there and he boarded a plane at the phoenix airport. he said nothing about hillary clinton's nomination was discussed, but of course the republicans seized on that meeting that the investigation was fixed. he told loretta lynch that he planned to bypass the justice department and hold his own news conference announcing the results of the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. so there it was on july 5, 2016 when comey made this surprise public statement. >> although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. >> so with that statement, the case seemed to be closed. but then just a few months later, in late september 2016, yes, an even stranger twist. federal prosecutors began investigating former new york congressman anthony weiner for sexual communications he had wi

. >> and loretta lynch as well? >> yes. >> when do you think a decision will be made on that? >> if senator feinstein tells me yesterday that they'll do it, we'll do it. >> is that for andrew mccabe, he requested immunity? senator grassley: feinstein and my agreeing to it and i want to do that and we are in some negotiations with her on that point but goes to the justice department to make sure it doesn't interfere with their potential prosecution. another step that is not so regular is i think we need -- and we are working through his lawyers on this, to have a conversation of what he can contribute to our oversight because if he can't contribute anything substantial, there is no point in going through it. >> provided that conversation is in a positive outcome --? >> yes. >> you see the entire interview this coming sunday morning at 10:00 eastern and again at 6:00 p.m. here on c-span and hear it n c-span radio and watch it on c-span.org. >> this weekend on american history tv, c-span 3, live coverage from the civil war institute annual summer conference starting on saturday o

elana: it seems to me his openness to a subpoena of james comey and loretta lynch in the community request from into mccain is a step ahead. so far, all we have seen he wanted comey and lynch in there. and he was considering mccain's e's request.ccab he gave more definitive stances than we have seen. bob: he has a good relationship with diane feinstein. they have worked together on a number of issues. he is saying, it is up to her. he wants to move forward but the rules of the committee, it has to be a bipartisan request. i would imagine because republicans and democrats have been upset with james comey that i would think she would agree but clearly she has not yet. elana: a major portion of the ig report was that james comey used personal email during his investigation of hillary clinton. i would be surprised if feinstein does not agree to that. susan: on his advice of the president on the mueller investigation the president , continues to call it a witch hunt. that doesn't sound like his counsel is going very far. elana: no, it does not. however, it is important to remember that the pres

he reported to loretta lynch. he had an obligation to keep her in the loop. he didn't do that. >> that is true that could be problematic and difficult for him to explain. you can't claim to adhere to and respect the chain of command, but then feel that you have to go rogue because that completely violates the chain of command. but does that mean even if james comey is labelled insubordinate in this final version of the report, not the draft, what does that mean? are there any legal charges that follow? is it a wrist-slapping? he's already done with the government part. >> it's really damaging to james comey's credibility, which he damaged on the book tour. he's been attacked for his statements there. the report will say that he deviated in dramatic fashion and put the bureau in a very bad light. so you know, there is a link to the mueller problem. james comey is a witness in the mueller probe. you can imagine the president will tweet and attack the credibility of james comey, which will seek to undermine the mueller probe. >> and he's the impetus for the spec

reporter: and loretta lynch as well? senator grassley: yeah. reporter: and when do you think a decision will be made on that? senator grassley: if senator feinstein tells me yesterday she'll' do it we'll do it. reporter: does that also go for compulls rather process for andrew mccabe? i know he requested immunity and you are considering it. senator grassley: yeah. that involves a few steps. first of all, feinstein and my agreeing to it. of course, i want to do that and we're in some negotiations with her on that point. but then it goes to the justice department to see that it doesn't interfere with any of their potential prosecution. and then getting before us. i think another step that's not so regular is i think we need -- and we're working through his lawyers on this to have a conversation of what he can contribute to our oversight because if he can't contribute anything substantial there's no point going through it. reporter: but provided that conversation results in a positive outcome, you would be recommending immunity grant? senator gras

i think loretta lynch put him in an untenable position, president obama did the same. i think he was put into a bad position and he took what he thought was the least worst approach. where i pushback on him is he created a culture around him of young, callow, inexperienced agents that were making decisions on two giant cases that had huge consequences for the bureau and this country, and for that i fault him. >> so james, the white house press secretary, sarah sanders, says the report confirms the president's suspicions about comey's conduct. they're talking about political bias, saying it's still there, which they're actually saying it pretty smartly. the report does say there was political bias but the report concludes it did not impact the investigation, which team trump leaves out completely of their commentary. however, the president has frequently defended his decision to fire comey, and here's why. >> i love the fbi. the fbi loves me. but the top people in the fbi, headed by comey, were crooked. comey's a liar and a leaker. i did you a great favor when i fired t

it is likely to come down hard on him as well as loretta lynch for decisions she made that led to his press conference. >> thank you so much for that. i want to bring you to the breaking news that we are getting coming to us from bloomberg just put out. again, this is a more than 500-page report. one of the key things people were looking at, what would it say about james comey? according to this excerpt it says this. while we did not find that these decisions meaning the decisions about how to handle a probe into hillary clinton were the result of political bias on comey's part we nevertheless concluded that apart from department norms the decisions negatively impacted the perception of the fbi and the department as fair administrators of justice. that is from i.g. in the conclusions of this report. joining me now with more, retired fbi special agent. former deputy assistant attorney general. this is about your former agency. it says even though he doesn't think it came with political bias that what james comey did hurt the fbi. what is your reaction to that? >> not unexpected. i thin

loretta lynch is not acting responsible.s at the loretta lynch is doing with the situation, the meeting on the tarmac and says i can't deal with that. she won't recuse herself and make it clean. he steps up and does things on his own. the question is should very done that. my question is how do we even get to this point? steve: the fbi works as a wing of the department of justice. she is his boss. keep in mind, the reason we have these details, apparently somebody talked to abc initially and we had jason chaffetz on our air yesterday. evidence said the inspector general himself had explained to him, you know, once the draft report is done, we're going to give it to the various people at the department of justice and what not to look at. and then you have these cooperating witnesses who will be given a copy, okay. read your part right there. all right. i'm reading it. they will pick up stuff and then they will leak it that is probably what is happening here. but the big three headlines are mccabe and the attorney general and

loretta lynch, there was criticism of loretta lynch in this report, unnamed agents, unnamed lawyer, theirunications were revealed, there was incredible bias against donald trump and candidate trump. all of that makes it a tough day for the fbi and they have to work on credibility at this point. >> that is right. there was a very broad culture of bias when you look at what the inspector general has found. there are all sorts of agents leaking all over the place accepting sporting tickets, number 2 at the fbi doesn't recuse himself despite his wife receiving hundreds of thousands in contributions and does recuse himself or doesn't follow the recusal and scores -- exhibiting real animus, the new tax will stop it, becoming a headliner of the report and comey himself is outright insubordinate, he decided he is going to decide this matter and he is not going to tell the atty. gen. what he is going to do. the atty. gen. should have stepped up and fired him that day. there is no excuse for the fbi director to usurp the power of the justice department, she knew it and she didn't act. cheryl: one o

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bob: and lohr e89a lynch as well -- loretta lynch as well? senator grassley: yes. bob: when do you think a decision will be made? senator grassley: will senator feinstein said yesterday she would do it we will do it. elana: does that include compulsary process for andrew mccabe? i know he wanted immunity. senator grassley: yeah. that involves a few steps, feinstein and mine agreeing to it. we want to do that. we are in some negotiations with her on that point. it goes to the justice department to make sure it doesn't interfere with any of their potential prosecution. and then getting before us. i think another step that's not so regular is i think we need to -- and we're working through his lawyers on this to have a conversation of what he can contribute to our oversight because if he can't contribute anything substantial there's no point in going through it. elana: but provided that conversation results in a positive outcome, you would be recommending immunity grant? senator grassley: yes. bob: on trade, we talked to a fair amount of republican senators and they'r

you can believe him at his word when he says loretta lynch was so compromised he had to go rogue andut on his own, which contradicts his testimony that he believes in the chain of command. if he really believed that, that means he couldn't go to the president. he couldn't go above her to the chain of command above her. and appeal to the president and say she is doing something wrong so he went out on his own. >> harris: so a person who would have leaked information about his conversations with the president to a friend whom he had employed at one point as head of the f.b.i. as a special type of agent at the f.b.i. he leaks to that columbia professor that person we are supposed to suspend belief about everything else that he is telling the truth and not think that any of what you said happened. it's a stretch perhaps for some people politically. i want to get to this, though. the word "insubordinate" apparently is used by the inspector general's report. this is leaking, again. a lot of leaking. so we want to be able to see it as marie says if we can, as unredacted as possible. insubor

we're talking about former attorney general loretta lynch, fired fbi director james comey, specificallyey moments, you can probably guess what those are, we're also learning the justice department is

the ig's upcoming report is also expected to come down on former attorney general loretta lynch. laura jarrett is live in washington with more on this. what have we learned about this ig report? >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. this highly anticipated report is still not out yet. sources tell us it will not bring any pufrps, bringing the hammer down on comey, zeroing in on that controversial move, announcing he was recommending no charges against clinton while also calling her extremely careless. they are looking at that decision to tell lawmakers days before the november election that he was reopening the clinton e-mail probe. in the past comey said he is prepared for whatever the inspector general finds. take a listen. >> the inspector general is independenting independenti independe inspecting me. i want my story told because some of it is classified. if i did something wrong, i want to hear that. i don't think i did. >> reporter: for months, conservative media outlets have been hyping this report on assumption that it will be harsh. but comey isn't the only one under scruti

weig w inate to the abc report claims the inrest spector gener blasts former attorney general loretta lynch for her mishandling of thc email server and the tarmac meeting. andrew mccabe, we are told the report chastises him for the late discovery and mishandling of evidence related to the clinton investigation. mccabe's attorney sent a letter to the senate judiciary committee claiming he'll testify in exchange for immunity. should any of these amigos be worried about their freedom? reporter: the answer is maybe. we are all waiting for this inspector general's report, including the president, who has been tweeting about it. the abc report useshe w insubordinate. the report says he defied the attorney general especially when he sent the letter saying they are reopening the clintonon. the president of judicial watch says this is like a russian nesting doll when you pull one out than is somet else inside. >> you know, this spy gate is getting worse and worse. and i don't understan the lackadaisical approach the congress has to bringing in, hauling in rosenstein. reporter: lawyers for the former

this is usurping loretta lynch's actions. and the discovery of e-mails were announced to the public days before the election. he calls that decision insubordinate. christopher wray was disappointed after reading the report. >> the report identifies errors of judgment, violations of or disregard for policy and decisions at the least with the benefit of behind sighindsight the best choices. >> reporter: to take steps to address what went wrong so these mistakes will never been repeated. back to you. >> sara murray, thank you. james comey responding quickly to the ig report in an op-ed. he writes my team believed the damage of concealing the reopening of the investigation would have been catastrophic to the institution. the ig weighs it differently. that is okay although i respectfully disagree. the former fbi director urging public support for law enforcement and rule of law. >>> president trump approving tariffs on $50 billion of chinese goods. this will escalate trade tensions with the two world's largest economies. sources s

loretta lynch's tarmac travels may be over thanks to new emails the obama administration does not wantwas hillary clinton allowed to walk months before she was interviewed? judicial watch's president will explain what he found. heather: a foxbusiness alert, major merger just approved, a federal judge giving the relay for at&t to purchase time warner cable. tracy roscoe with what it means for customers. >> reporter: this after a 6-week trial, a federal judge didule allow at&t $85 billion purchase of time warner, a deal that will give at&t ownership of cable channels like hbo, cnn and film studios like warner bros. creating a media giant with these movie studios, the television channel, satellite, fiber-optic cable. last year the department of justice did suit to block this merger out of concern for what it would do for competitors and what it would mean for cuom the fe was this could mean higher prices for customers but the judge did rule to allow this tie up to go forward so it could mean we could see other telecom communications companies merging together like this. the doj could appe

i think again, loretta lynch, the meeting on the tarmac, all of that stuff will be in there. i think that there will be multiple causes. i just don't know that, you know, there will be anything more outside of comey being the one who is the scapegoat. neil: i think we should explain, loretta lynch, former attorney general and this meeting she had in june of 2016 on a phoenix, arizona, airport tarmac where the former president just hopped over to her plane, how are you doing, how are the grandkids. of course. i'm curious this happens on same day, curious timing. new york attorney general suing donald trump and his children on the charity. charging illegal conduct. arguing that fund were miss appropriated, taking ad van of it. president arguing if we were taking advantage we had funny way to show it. more money went out than coming in. what do you think of it. >> timing, fascinating thing, something potentially good for the trump administration which is the inspector general's report, regardless what it says there will be some way this is portrayed in a positive light for the a