as for what happens with results, it's important to note michael horvitz cannot prosecute anyone, butr any of those mentioned in the report. we shall see what happens. horvitz testifies at the beginning of not week before the judiciary committee. cheryl: thank you very much. chris jenkins live in washington. let's bring in jamel jaffer of george mason coming diversity and former counsel to the senate foreign relations committee. good morning. let's start with comey if we can here. this shows many things. likely we are hearing in the lakes they've heard about the draft of this report today, it was likely that he acted improperly to go public with the news of course about the e-mail investigation to go public too early, not to prosecute hillary clinton before the election. that's just the beginning of this report, correct? >> that's exactly right. these are crazy times when you think about it. this idea that the fbi director is out there talking about what was going on and then talking about prosecutorial decisions, which are really love to the justice department as u.s. attorney james

michael horvitz is a serious investigator. we will learn a lot from his report. i think it would be good for all of us to hold our breath a little bit and wait to draw judgments on whether things were contrived or whether someone is the devil, until we have reports in front of us. host: the president raising out the possibility for the ability for an department himself. what is the legal standing and what do you think about him raising the issue? guest: nobody knows whether president can pardon himself. decided by the supreme court. we have the proposition that no man is above the law and that suggests someone should not be his own adjudicator and pardon himself. but it has not been tested. etiquette is a red herring. the president might have the power to pardon himself, he clearly does not have the power to pardon himself from impeachment. the constitution itself says in the pardon clause the president shall have power to confer pardons except in cases of impeachment. i don't believe mueller is going to indict the president. i don't think he's going to bring him

the doj, michael horvitz, will be there. andrew mccabe will also be there. answering questions and i think we are expecting democrats to continue to probe on the comey findings. it was found that comey was negligent in some of his decisions that were against normal policies. the attorney general or the to come outthe time and it announced the additional emails from the anthony weiner probes. so you have to prove what they the election at the end and i'm sure they will be asking questions along that line. from the republicans, you should expect to hear about the text messages related to the officials,ith fbi also involved in the russian investigation, texting, showing bias against trump to show that they didn't want him to be elected. since those officials were involved in the russian investigation, i think the public will want to know whether there is bias in the russian investigation. host: lindsey graham from rosie gray from atlantic magazine. guest: the president's allies have used this as a munition and the ongoing case against the fbi. even though what

. >> ig report and the hearings in congress with michael horvitz and christopher wray. that thedent said robert mueller investigation is still a witchhunt, he said on friday that after reviewing the ig report, shows no evidence of collusion. thefbi director today said report is not a witchhunt. how is there a disconnect between what the president believes at one another branch of his administration is doing? he was involved in his campaign and has laid out that there was no collusion. he feels this is a witchhunt. he says the ig report calls into question the credibility of james comey and many other senior fbi investigators involved in the rush investigation. that report validates the claims he has made. >> the governor of massachusetts, a republican, reports course and order the national guard -- reports course -- reversed course and said the national guard should not go to the border because of the inhumane treatment of children. would you comment on that and have you seen any other impact of border operations? sarah sanders: i have not seen the comments but i would

i spoke with michael horvitz yesterday and he said when he testified he did not have an opportunity to explain. he assured me he had a long telephone conversation with mr. jordan after the hearing and explained it. he is in a much better position than i. what i can assure you, we are not withholding anything embarrassing. the message was not in the original material. you guys did not find it and he did. we're asking you to produce stuff and we expect a good faith effort. you guys didn't find it. but he was able to find it and you didn't. so it was disappointing to see that text message there. think about the timeline. you have peter who opened the counterintelligence investigation against trump. one week later, this text message. then the next week, the insurance policy text message or he says we cannot take the risk of a trump presidency. ,he american people see that doesn't not undermine the whole integrity of the actions of people like peter struck? >> yes. it is obviously highly inappropriate. >> it is more than that. theid not say it affected decision about hillary. concerned with

. >> with intuit senator kennedy had to say when questioning michael horvitz. >> do you believe in thestly believe that the american people are going to look at this report and look at those e-mails do not believe that there was bias? cheryl: okay ms. d., while i still believe the easter bunny. that was a good point kennedy made. the report was maybe missing something. >> that is the issue that all of these come in the easter bunny, tooth, santa claus, obviously something here. those text messages read very clearly they don't need any interpretation. another great point was made by orin hatch when he said we are looking at this one investigation, what else is out there in the context of the other investigations the fbi is conduct being. >> james comey really continues to find himself more controversy each day plays out. this into a christopher ray has to say about rummy. >> i cannot imagine a situation in which i would unilaterally assumed for myself as the fbi direct their and then announce it at conference. >> the more richer richer report, the more i begin to focus the ad hoc decisi

the justice department's inspector general, michael horvitz, testified on the reports documenting how the justice department fbi and other investigations ahead of the 2016 elections. his hearing is three hours and 15 minutes. than three hours. >> welcome, everybody. today, the committee will examine the justice department inspector general report on decisions regarding the 2016

fbi director christopher wright and inspector general michael horvitz scheduled to testify before the senate judiciary committee. they will be grilled about the bombshell report on the fbi's hillary clinton e-mail investigation released last week. the report criticized fbi direc or jes comey insubordination. however, the report noted the decision not to prosecute clinton in july 2016 was not motivated by political bias by candidate donald trump. sharply criticizing the pressure probe for sending anti-trump text messages. he'll appear before congressional committees that invite him to testify. on twitter and then saying this well why would peter strzok work in the totally discredited miller team when he was giving cricket hillary a free pass telling has loved her lawyer lisa paige double stop trying from becoming president. the inspector general report cited numerous exchanges between cell phone and lisa paige for casting a cloud over the investigation. cheryl: meanwhile, gop house leaders have the documents >> there will be to pay.on. it's not just about the chairman and a longer. thi

host: remind us what other high-profile investigations michael horvitz, the inspector general at theepartment of justice is currently conducting. guest: this guy has his hands full. remember that earlier this year, the justice department brass investigate allegations of possible improprieties in the wiretapping application for carter page, advisor to the trump campaign. he is looking into a variety of issues that the federal bureau of prisons, the fbi, and whether the justice department systemically discriminates in some fashion against women employees and women agents. it is going to be a very busy run for the ig in the months to come. host: carrie johnson is the justice correspondent at npr. always appreciate your time. guest: my pleasure. host: speaking of inspector general horwitz, he took part in an event in washington earlier this week commemorating the 40th anniversary of the inspector general's act. >> there were many post-watergate reform pieces of legislation, and i think the ig act has been one of the most important, injuring and ng andsful --enduri successful pieces of le

michael horvitz was graceful enough to help kickoff our task force meetings back in october. we also make recommendations to congress. at our task force meetings, we have held six of them and have heard from a wide variety of folks in the community. we heard from dustin brown, at that time acting deputy director. interesting to see the role omb plays. we also had a presidential appointments and confirmed i.g. the fine, acting at department of defense, but he has also been at the department of justice in the clinton and bush years. dan levinson from hhs, steve lang from state. we have heard from academics, such as kathy newcomer, and we heard from senate and house staffers as well. so, we also heard from a panel of dfe i.g.'s, and from peter, linda, and charlie clark from government and executive. we had a wide variety of people we have heard from. we have recommendations to the i.g.'s. we also have different subject matters involving congress and the i.g., independence, evolution of the i.g. community and growing i.g. capacity. our report will come out july 9, and every one o

i spoke with michael horvitz yesterday and he said when he testified he did not have an opportunity to explain. he assured me he had a long telephone conversation with mr. jordan after the hearing and explained it. he is in a much better position than i. what i can assure you, we are not withholding anything embarrassing. the message was not in the original material. you guys did not find it and he did. we're asking you to produce stuff and we expect a good faith effort. you guys didn't find it. but he was able to find it and you didn't. so it was disappointing to see that text message there. think about the timeline. you have peter who opened the counterintelligence investigation against trump. one week later, this text message. then the next week, the insurance policy text message or he says we cannot take the risk of a trump presidency. ,he american people see that doesn't not undermine the whole integrity of the actions of people like peter struck? >> yes. it is obviously highly inappropriate. >> it is more than that. theid not say it affected decision about hillary. concerned with

michael horvitz, you know him, the inspector general on the hot seat.ce department ig and fbi are christopher wray testifies on capitol hill in a few hours. beyond the testimony, key lawmakers are seeking more documents, many more. house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes made a sharp thread on "sunday morning futures." >> documents do not begin to be turned over tomorrow and a clear way in path forward for everything else is not clear here in the next couple days. there's going to be to pay by wednesday morning. it's not just about the committee chairman any longer. this is about rank-and-file members of congress to come up to me and say what on earth were you guys doing. >> what to expect from capitol hill this hour. top advertisers that it will stop working with social media influencers who pay for followers. those details ahead in a dating method takes a page from march madness. how you can create your own tournament. all of that and so much more this morning. join me all morning long. morgan or take it in the pwc partner mitch roschelle. f

would be people filling in for the hearing on the hillary clinton email investigation featuring michael horvitzichael horowitz. that will be live at 10:00 this morning. place andng will take will hear from phyllis in kansas city. caller: yes. i believe in the zero-tolerance ouruse i do not think country is like the welfare country for everybody else that is having problems in their country. i just wish that our politicians would have more concerned about the people do -- the people they are representing as they do the illegals that are coming into the country. to me, when obama did daca and stuff, he said they get free education, free college, free k- 12, but they do not give our american kids free college. host: joseph, republican line from ohio. hi. caller: hey, how are you doing? host: fine, thank you. caller: i would like to say that there is a lot of dead soldiers buried all over the world that paid the price for this freedom. these peoplely why all want to come here. they want to come here because this great freedom that we enjoy . in the sameem, but to get themuld like to understand what

bet: michael horvitz will testifying on this report. will certainly be asked by republicans and democrats alike many questions dealing with the role of the former fbi director and what the justice department did during the 2016 campaign, how they conducted themselves. let's go to harold. korea: in 1950 north invaded south korea. they wanted south korea. they still do. we are under a cease-fire, basically. that is the agreement that stands today. thatdder at the thought trump is going to go negotiate for us. if he behaves like you did this -- if he behaves like you did this weekend, i would shudder even more. this is not the apprentice. this is serious. under -- unified korea suppose kim was to prevail here. with the economic sources south korea has, coupled with what north korea has, we will have a bigger danger. this is not to be taken lightly and this unhinged man scares the hell out of me. host: as you have been at the white house and this day has approached, this summit that begins tonight, what are you saying -- thing about the com

michael horvitz is a serious investigator. we will learn a lot from his report. think it would be good for all of us to hold our breath a little bit and wait to draw judgments on whether things were contrived or whether someone is the devil, until we have reports in front of us. host: the president raising out the possibility for the ability for an department himself. what is the legal standing and what do you think about him raising the issue? guest: nobody knows whether president can pardon himself. decided by the supreme court. we have the proposition that no man is above the law and that suggests someone should not be his own adjudicator and pardon himself. but it has not been tested. etiquette is a red herring. the president might have the power to pardon himself, he clearly does not have the power to pardon himself from impeachment. the constitution itself says in the pardon clause the president shall have power to confer pardons except in cases of impeachment. i don't believe mueller is going to indict the president. i don't think he's going to bring him t

inspector general michael horvitz faces a second day of questions this morning over the bias within the ranks of the fbi. it comes after his bombshell report said the bias did not affect the end result. the clinton investigation. tesla ceo elon musk claiming his naysayers. treating that their positions will explode in less than a month. the stock this morning down another 125%. jeff bezos wealth keeps on growing. already the world's richest person. details on his fortune with amazon at $1706 a share. joining me to talk all about it, dagen mcdowell, cfr investment strategist lindsay bell and covert operations officer diligence president mike baker. thank you for joining us. a lot happening this morning. 300 points as we worry about the impact of another trade war. >> i think we need to stop calling it a trade tariff. it's a back-and-forth we are seeing in an unusual rebuke by the senate on cte. late yesterday reinstating the ban. we have to see what happens with that. that is another slap at china. this is a global growth story. not just about the united states. economies overseas alread

the doj, michael horvitz, will be there. andrew mccabe will also be there.wering questions and i think we are expecting democrats to continue to probe on the comey findings. it was found that comey was negligent in some of his decisions that were against normal policies. the attorney general or the to come outthe time and it announced the additional emails from the anthony weiner probes. so you have to prove what they the election at the end and i'm sure they will be asking questions along that line. from the republicans, you should expect to hear about the text messages related to the officials,ith fbi also involved in the russian investigation, texting, showing bias against trump to show that they didn't want him to be elected. since those officials were involved in the russian investigation, i think the public will want to know whether there is bias in the russian investigation. host: lindsey graham from rosie gray from atlantic magazine. guest: the president's allies have used this as a munition and the ongoing case against the fbi. even though what the

the justice department's inspector general, michael horvitz, testified on the reports documenting how the justice department fbi and other investigations ahead of the 2016 elections. his hearing is three hours and 15 minutes. than three hours. >> welcome, everybody. today, the committee will examine the justice department inspector general report on decisions regarding the 2016 presidential election. this is only part one. part one's focus is on the clinton email investigation. the trump-russia investigation and surveillance controversies involved many of the same players around the same time frame, but that report will come later. i want to thank mr. horowitz for being here today to speak on these very important topics. i also want to thank director wray for moving his schedule around so that he could be with us today. the committee has yet to receive the two nonpublic sections of the report. one is classified. the other is described as "law enforcement sensitive." i would appreciate, if both of the witnesses here today, would work to ensure the committee receives these as soon as po