would be no mueller investigation without peter strzok. he was instrumental as the lead investigator and was certainly behind of the collision with fusion gps. the fisa court documents and all that, is a senior official in the fbi. the ig concluded that maybe some of his activity was impacted by his animus to president trump or, then candidate trump. he should have been nowhere near either the clinton or the trump investigations and the president tweeted, we have to reopen the investigation because of people like peter peter strzok, and we to shut down the mall or investigation. >> you are the one who gets up documents before other people and you heard bret baier's talk about lisa page's testimony not matching up with what peter strzok said. have you heard that and how do you eventually get access to that? >> it's up to congress to release that testimony. that's why we have to sue in court the agencies directly to get some of the documents that congress has looked at privately but won't release publicly, or in the case of testimony, malt r

lisa: so, peter strzok. if he had not insert himself in the way he did, is the bridge between two investigations and helps withhold certain information and push another narrative, would we have this special counsel? in other words, what is the direct link between peter strzok and robert mueller 's investigation? >> no, i think anybody who is looking honestly at what has come out of the text messages, i know we have all these congressional hearings. there's been documentation out about peter strzok specifically and what he was saying and what his thoughts were at the time. this all goes to mindset. if this were a criminal trial real look at this and say this goes to motive. he is an individual that clearly hated donald trump. who happened to be -- how many people, kennedy, would be in a position to perhaps, derail a trump election where then stop a trump presidency? you can count them on one hand. he happened to be one of those people. lisa: he was one of the fingers. how many fingers have been chopped off? >

employee peter strzok. he is the employee outted for sending anti-trump text messages while serving as a lead investigator on the hillary clinton e-mail probe and during the special counsel investigation. this is "outnumbered" and i'm melissa francis. here today, the host of kennedy on the fox business network, kennedy herself, host of the intelligence report on fox business network, trish regan, host of the evening edit, also on the fox business network. elizabeth mcdonald and joining us on the couch today, steve hilton, host of the next revolution which is not on f.b.n. >> but it should be. >> melissa: you are wildly outnumbered and you're the author of the soon to be released book "popular populism" and he is outnumbered. anything positive right now should sell like hot cakes. >> he's a great writer! >> that's such a nice thing to say. >> i love your monologues and can't wait to read the book. >> you have a warning for you all. i left my contact lenses back home in california. so if i start calling you t

peter strzok is really at the center of them. just before we came out here, i was seeing on twitter and social media the response from a lot of trump allies. they are taking this as a scalp, that they won here. i do think it's going to be incumbent on chris wray to come out and give a fuller accounting of what happened here. >> and peter strzok's lawyer, he doesn't like this at all. the president did just tweet, we're told. agent peter strzok was just fired from the fbi finally. the list of bad players in the fbi and doj gets longer and longer based on the fact strzok was in charge of the witch hunt, will it be droppe? it's a total hoax, no obstruction, no collusion. i just fight back. again, the front half of the tweet, the president celebrating. the back half, the president spinning. if robert mueller found out about these texts, he removed peter strzok. robert mueller doesn't speak publicly, but in court when the challenges to his investigation has been made, he's laid forth the evidence. if you're the president and making a p

he wrote "agent peter strzok was just fired from the fbi. nally the list of bad players in the fbi, the doj gets longer and longer based on the fact that strzok was in charge of the witch hunt, will it be dropped." great question. a total hoax, no collusion or obstruction, i just fight back. strzok was fired by the fbi deputy director. the bureau's offers of professional responsibility only recommended a demotion and temporary suspension. that's the problem. at this point it is well-known peter strzok helped fix the 2016 investigation into hillary clinton despite what were obvious felonies we have chronicled on this program where she mishandled classified top secret information on a private server where she clearly obstructed justice. don't do this at home. if you have subpoenaed emails don't get to delete them, acid watch them with bleach bed. if you do i promise you you will likely be charged. it was peter strzok. he personally worked on all of this along with james comey to prevent her from being indicted. this case was open and shut from

the president responded on twitt twitter writing, quote, peter strzok was fired from the fbi. finally. the list of the bad players in the fbi and doj gets longer and longer. based on the fact that strzok was in charge of the witch hunt, will it be dropped? it's a total hoax. no collusion. no obstruction. i just fight back! a federal judge who was appointed by president trump today upheld robert mueller's constitutional authority and cited opinions of three other federal judges to back up her decision. le let's bring in cnn crime and justice correspondent shimon. >> they don't comment on personnel matters so we have not received any comment of them. according to strzok's attorneys and as you can imagine they believe that this was politically motivated. continuous pressure by the president, the tweets. certainly maybe there's other pressure. they felt that this is the only reason why peter strzok was fired. you know, of course, you mentioned these texts. just to kind of remind viewers of the texts were, which created this entire controversy, it was texts between peter strzok and

for more on all of this, let's bring in darrell a set of sins -- was it right to fire peter strzok? >> it was right, it was time and perhaps even too late. without peter and a handful of other individuals this investigation would have never have gotten where it was. president has a special counsel looking into things unrelated to this administration or this campaign in order to try to leverage the president into a box and the only reason that the former director mueller this evening powered it's people like strzok set up a false negative. narrative. we will be on the lookout and the reality is we will ask them questions about how he came to have a false dossier that his wife was involved in an fact he made it individual calls. so it's not going to end with one fbi agent, we have more to do to clean up the department of justice. >> melissa: will americans hear about that interview from behind closed doors? because bruce ohr is someone we haven't heard much from before. >> one reason is that all investigations go up and not down to get to the truth. this is an important one, the trans

his attorney, peter strzok's attorney, releasing a statement a short time ago, essentially saying that the decision to fire special agent strzok is not only a departure from typical bureau practice but also contradicts director wray's testimony to congress and his assurances that the fbi intended to follow its regular process in this and all personnel matters. now, of course, peter strzok testified on the hill about these text messages, about his relationship with lisa page. people close to peter strzok pointing out that the inspector general found that there was no bias, so of course they're questioning why was he fired then. it's likely that this will get appealed in an effo-- in an eff to do that, people have set up a go fund me page. as we've seen, the president has already reacted. really, what goes forward, i think, politically in terms of this investigation, in terms of this whole entire situation will be certainly interesting to see it unfold. >> shimon prokupecz, thanks very much. for more on the firing of strzok, what it means, let's bring in cnn criminal defense attorney, fo

brian: just on the firing of peter strzok good day or bad day for peter strzok?aid suspension and politics he got fired. what do you think? >> his lawyer is absolutely wrong. i think this is a great way for dave to get started as the fbi deputy director. he instead a message to the public the fbi is back. he is sending a message to the fbi employees, the fbi agents that look, i have been in the fbi. i know what the fbi stands for and what it is. i know what the rules are, and his behavior, peter strzok's behavior was unacceptable. and you will not find any fbi agent or, i don't think, any fbi employee who will tell you that they would have gotten by with the kind of things that peter strzok got by with as far as i'm concerned, peter strzok's lawyer is just pretty much full of bologna. and we need to understand that the fbi is different. it's always been different. and it's time we got back to what the fbi was and should be in the eyes of the american people. and that is no nonsense and that's what dave's decision did today. ainsley: there is r. a few bad apples.

peter strzok fired.out how that's all played out and how really he led the way in these investigations, the trump probe as well. the president saying if i had a real attorney general, this would not be going forward. >> he cannot get over the fact that jeff sessions recused himself from all of this at the outset of the administration. he continues to sort of did a good and again dig. his own attorney general of course. if he didn't want jeff sessions there, there's a way to get rid of him. he's the president. i think it also grows, the question of why people don't feel loyal to donald trump in many respects, loyalty starts at the top. so we've seen people, once they are out of his or ridge, they turn on him. this is something you often see in washington. >> bret: guy, the outrage meter is always at 11 in washington. it seems like every day is another thing. heads explode. whether they should or shouldn't, we leave it to the viewers at home but god, what do you think of the political impact here potential

maria: newly released details into peter strzok.gency power even though he was going onto a new job. when he went to work for special counsel, robert mueller, why? we will talk about that coming up next. "sunday morning futures" will be back in a moment. >> 2016, i will preface it by saying this for context. carter page said not ever going to become president, right? right? >> no, no he is not we will stop it. repeat that again? no, no, he's not we will stop it. august 15, 2016. i want to believe the path you draw for concentration in andy's office that there's no way he gets elected and i'm afraid we can't take the so it's like an insurance policy -- maria: -- meanwhile, newly released emails are showing that peter strzok wanted to keep his security clearance and other fbi powers. as he transitioned away from the fbi and to the robert mueller russia investigation. congressman, a member of the house oversight judiciary and foreign affairs committee, congressman is always a pleasure to see you. thank you for joining us. >> thank you

peter strzok has been a political punching bag for a year now. what do you make of his firing? was this an inevitability? his lawyer today is suggesting that the reason he was removed was not because of fbi procedure but because of politics. >> no question about it. look at the fact pattern. the internal disciplinary unit at the fbi recommended that peter strzok be demoted and suspended for 60 days. remember back to the firing of andrew mccabe, the night before he was to qualify important his first pension is fired. remember that the president admitted that he fired jim comey because of the russia pressure, as he put it. it is clear this president is engineering a fear campaign within the fbi saying anybody who is going to stand up against me. anybody who might testify against me, their career will suffer. i don't know if this is director wray coordinating this or the attorney general. it is easy to imagine they're trying to appease the president to keep him from firing bob mueller or the deputy attorney general. whatever is happening, this is a performance that has an audience

now peter strzok's lawyers have issued a statement saying, quote, the decision to fire special agent strzok is not only departure from typical bureau practice but also contradicts direct race testimony to congress and his assurance that the fbi intended to follow its regular process in this and all personnel matters. it goes on to say, this decision should be deeply troubling to all americans. no doubt, brooke, his attorneys, peter strzok's attorneys feeling this was political, that perhaps the fbi caved to the pressure from the president. because, as we know, he has been attacking peter strzok for quite some time. also important to know, this is now the third person, really when you think of this -- three people now that have been fired as a result this entire investigation. you have the former fbi director. you have the former deputy director, andrew mccabe. and now peter strzok. who knows who else will succumb. lisa page certainly has been under investigation. she has been to the hill, met with congress members. certainly, think about the impact of this entire investigation on the

the president seems to be taking credit for ousting peter strzok. he's one of the fbi's top agents who helped lead the bureau's investigation into russian interference. strzok was then removed from the special counsel's office after officials discovered that he had written anti-trump text messages during the campaign. the president is now using strzok's ouster to call on the fbi to reopen its investigation into hillary clinton. and strzok's lawyer is alleging that the firing was politically motivated, which is a big deal considering his involvement with the russia investigation. i'm going to speak with strzok's lawyer live in just a moment. you're not going to want to miss out on that interview. but as big as that development is, we begin tonight with a white house that is in the midst of another pr nightmare as another top aide to the president turns against him in spectacular fashion. former assistant to the president omarosa manigault newman, who has known mr. trump for 15 years, dating back to her time on "the apprentice" is now calling the presi

peter strzok deserved to be fired 10 times over.egulations, the code of conduct. he violated at least four different code of conduct at the fbi. he richly deserved to have been fired. and the president is entitled to exercise his constitutionally protected speech to criticize and condemn peter strzok -- >> sean: if you are innocent act like it. if i'm innocent i'm going to scream my innocence pretty loudly. we will give mark the last word tonight. mark? >> i think there is no question, peter strzok used government communications for personal purposes and personal communications for government purposes and then he was filled with animus and hatred while supposedly conducting an impartial investigation, yes, he should have been fired a long time ago and the american people know that. >> sean: all right. i feel sorry for you as did you go out to your favorite restaurant in d.c. the next time. mark penn, you will be explaining your appearance on the show. thank you for your honesty, we appreciate it? >> thank you. >> sean: when we come

agent peter strzok. revelations he exchanged text messages of donald trump while also investigating donald trump during the 2016 elections. losing your job is never easy, but looks like strzok is going to land on his feet. >> the f.b.i. agent fired by the bureau is receiving a lot of support. we have learned thousands of people are chipping in to help peter strzok cover his legal bills. a go fund me page has raised hundreds of thousands. >> the original target was $150,000. after that was quickly reached, the amount was raised to $350,000. when that target was hit, it was raised again to half a million. >> trevor: okay, first up, this is some bullshit we need to address about go fund mes in general. how do people say this is the amount i need and change it when they get it? that's not a thing. imagine you met someone on the street and he says, can you help me get $50 to see my family? yeah, yeah, man. now i need $100 to see my family. what are you doing, man? okay, here. okay, now i need $150. this is a

> reporter: the president weighed in about an hour after there was confirmation that fbi agent peter strzokas fired. friday afternoon and that tweet from the president reads in part, "just fired agent strzok of formerly of the fbi who was in charge of the cricket hillary clinton investigation. he was a totally fraud on the american public and should be properly redone" we also got a statement from his attorney and he makes a number of allegations of that statement. he says that strzok was fired by the fbi deputy director who he says overruled the recommendation of the fbi's internal disciplinary board. the thought that strzok should be demoted and have a 60 day suspension. his lawyer also makes a point that there was no evidence showing that his political views at a direct impact on decisions in the investigation. that reads in part a lengthy investigation and multiple rounds of congressional testimony failed to produce a single shred of evidence that his personal views ever affected his work. >> like many people, i had and expressed personal opinions during an extraordinary presidential el

agent peter strzok. ok is at the center of a political firestorm after his anti-trump text messages surfaced about a year ago. the president pointing to the texts as proof of political bias within the agency tweeting this. just fired agent strzok. the f.b.i. was in charge of the hillary clinton sham investigation. a total fraud on the american public and should be properly redone. kellyanne conway senior counsel to the president with me on the north lawn. good morning to you. i have a number of things to tick through. let's get to them. he raised a lot of money online. how does his termination change the story for your boss? >> you see the boss is very active this morning expressing his opinion on peter strzok. this is a man who was fired by the f.b.i. why? because the inspector general there determined that he did two big things. one is he tried to tip the scales. he took action against a sitting political candidate. he didn't just put his thumb on the scales of justice as a very high-up person at the f.

if so what was he doing with lisa page, peter strzok and joe?e? what was this doj official doing and why was it not disclose to the foreign intelligence surveillance court? i think those are the most essential questions that need to be answered. >> sean: let's explain in your words, then let's give john a chance. explain in your words what this was all about. in other words, there were the top people at the fbi, we can go to comey, the deputy fbi director who has been fired and may ultimately end up being indicted and then with that peter strzok and lisa page. all of this going on. now bruce ohr and nelly ohr. they seem to be much more involved than we knew up until this point. explain how this was all about defeating trump and then destroying trump. >> that was it. this was about either destroying trump, before he could be the president of the united states, ruining him before there was even an opportunity and if he did become president, which he did, taking down a duly elected president. that is what they were working for, that is what they cont

statement from you about peter strzok's fire. >> grossly unfair to peter strzok, he is entitled to hisand express hem, he is just a victim. liz: a gofundme page for strzok, now raising overs there are 400,000. and here is the thing, now up to a half million, triple original goal of 150 thousand. >> i'm not surprised, democrats are feeling hopeless, right now, and you know sphrok i strzok isa democrat, it is not going to help, i am sorry he was not treated unfairly, the american people, trump supporters have been treated unfairly by peter strzok. >> we know that inspector general scared his actions had nothing to to with outcome of the election? not elect but it showed willingness it take act and there was bias. >> but did not, and secondarily. liz: it was about his bias. >> this was a political hack job by the president to fuel his base. liz: all right we have to leave it there. >> oh, please. liz: you will be back later. >> thank you. liz: democrat socialist darling alexandria ocasio-cortez getting blasted by washington post, calling her claims poppycock, stuff of urban legend and mor

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. >>> strong -- peter strzok is without a job tonight. according to strzok's attorney the fbi deputy director ordered his firing on friday overruling a recommendation he be demoted and suspended. peter strzok posted a message saying deeply saddened by the decision. it has been an honor to serve my country and work with the fine men and women of the fbi. said attorney added the decision to terminate was taken in response to political pressure and to punish special agent strzok for -- strzok led the early investigation into possible links between the trump campaign and russia and became a lightning rod for the critics of the special counsel after anti-trump text traffic became public and was removed from the investigation. president is looking for more based on the fact that strzok was in charge of the witch hunt will it be dropped? it was a total hoax. just fired agent strzok who was in charge of the crooked hillary clinton sham investigation. a total fraud on the american public and should be properly redone. earlier on the network -- >>

as well, just exactly what was motivating peter strzok?o back how on earth it is we could have used a phony dossier created by a british spy who had a bunch of contacts over in russia, didn't meet with them, putin could have said, hey, feed him whatever you want, we know this is going back to hillary clinton and her team and bob mueller and fusion gps and it was so darn incestuous, i don't know how you base getting a fisa warrant without even telling the judge the sourcing of the document itself? is that going to be looked into? >> it really does, if bob mueller does not do an investigation into peter strzok and lisa page and bruce ohr and nellie ohr and andrew mccabe, rod rosenstein, chris steele, all the people from hillary's campaign who paid nine million dollars to get the dossier, if it doesn't include that, than everything the president said about it being a witch-hunt is not just true it is superlatively true and i'm afraid that is what we're seeing. trish: governor huckabee. thank you very much. good to see you today. >> good to se

that mueller had not strayed from his jurisdiction. >>> now, the attorney for fbi special agent peter strzoksuggesting his client's firing amounts to a purge of the bureau. according to aitan goelman said that strzok should face a demotion, a 60-day suspension and last-chance probationary agreement. but the lawyer said fbi deputy director overruled that decision and ordered strzok's termination. in the statement, strzok's lawyer said the decision to fire him is not only a departure from typical bureau practice, but also contradicts director wray's testimony to congress and his assurances that the fbi intended to follow its regular process in this and all personnel matters. on mtp daily goelmann added this. >> i don't think you can rationally reach any conclusion other than it was political. there's no -- not a scintilla of evidence that any of pete's political opinions affected his job. in fact, you can read the i.g. report that says pete was one of the more aggressive people on the hillary clinton e-mail investigation, and if he had wanted to somehow impact the election he could have easily

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let's talk about peter strzok for a moment. geoff, the president going after the mueller probe, so-called witch hunt, and peter strzok, who we know was fired yesterday. >> that's right, andrea. and look, the president has gone over peter strzok for months on twitter. and his congressional allies have done the same thing. they've been asking department of justice officials to turn over paperwork having to do with the start of the russia investigation. of course we know that strzok was fired for sending anti-trump texts during the course of the work that he did with the mueller investigation. peter strzok's lawyer aitan goelman told us that his client being fired, that made an end run around the department of justice's own recommendation that he be suspended but not fired. the question is has the president ever leaned on department of justice officials privately to reach that same result, andrea. >> and what we now know also from the court, chuck rosenberg, is the charging conference will be this afternoon. this has really been k

really appreciate it. >>> first, james comey, then andrew mccain, and now peter strzok is the latest fbi official with special counsel ties to lose his job. are the firings at the fbi complete? does strzok do lasting damage to robert mueller's investigation? we'll take a look when we come right back. >> tech: at safelite autoglass, we really pride ourselves on making it easy for you to get your windshield fixed. with safelite, you can see exactly when we'll be there. saving you time for what you love most. >> kids: whoa! >> kids vo: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace ♪ it was always our singular focus, a distinct determination. to do whatever it takes, use every possible resource. to fight cancer. and never lose sight of the patients we're fighting for. our cancer treatment specialists share the same vision. experts from all over the world, working closely together to deliver truly personalized cancer care. specialists focused on treating cancer. using advanced technologies. and more precise treatments than before. working as hard as we can- doing all that we can- for everyone who wa

employee peter strzok.e outted for sending anti-trump text messages while serving as a lead investigator on the hillary clinton e-mail probe and during the special counsel investigation. this is "outnumbered" and i'm melissa francis. here today, the host of kennedy on the fox business network, kennedy herself, host of the intelligence report on fox business network, trish regan, host of the evening edit, also on the fox business network.

first of all, why do you believe peter strzok was let go by the fbi? the fbi because the political pressure and credibility of the fbi is on the line. this has been building by the president and his team. what you have is a case where the fbi is trying to respond. this is an unusual firing, and also a friend that respects -- reflects where the fbi finds itself today. that is behind the eight ball, if you will, losing public credibility and worrying about its reputation. as a result, peter strzok out, as we saw today. >> strzok put out a statement today saying he believes normal fbi protocol was not followed here. and, this was more political in nature. that seems to be what you are suggesting as well. does he have a case to make after being let go like this? >> well, he's certainly going to make the case in the court of public opinion. even if he was going to have stayed, he could have signed a second document. that document would have gotten rid of him at any turn. really, the office of professional responsibility did something in terms of something u

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peter strzok, omarosa, and more. facebook you were under fire against for blocking conservatives, we have a republican congressional candidate who said that facebook senatorred her, thank you. money, politics. i am elizabeth macdonald the "evening edit" starts right now. liz: to your money, dow down 125, ending day at 25 187. merck, visa apple led the dow, it is on a 4 day losing streak with the turkey turmoil continuing to rad e rattle inve, president trump signing a military spending bill, the biggest yet for pentagon in effort to crackdown on russia and china. our troops get a pay rise, first one in 9 years, keeps in place prohibited military to military cooperation with russia. and back american ally in eurnse against russia. and another 6.3 billion dollars to further increase u.s. troops in europe and more it taking a tough line on china, calling for a strategy to counter beijing a activities and boosting america's military partnerships with countries in the pacific region, we bridge i in in nigel farage. >> thi

the president tweeted, agent peter strzok was just fired from the fbi finally the list of bad players in the fbi and doj gets longer and longer. based on the fact strzok was in charge of the witch-hunt it will be dropped? a total hoax, no collusion, no obstruction, i just fight back, writes the president. also tweeted a lead role in the crooked hillary clinton sham investigation. adding it was a total fraud on the american public and should be properly redone. so, joe, there are questions raised, first by peter strzok's attorney how and why this happened when it happened. >> right. >> the firing of peter strzok is not what was originally recommended but his attorney says was ordered by the deputy director of the fbi after pressure from president trump for all of these weeks and months on peter strzok. >> yeah. nonstop, willie. and nick con havevasori, i can'l with the fact that these republicans in congress don't speak out more aggressively, because the president of the united states again yesterday called the investigation into vladimir putin's interference in american democracy a "w

the fbi has finally agreed anti- trump peter strzok is gone.sent seems to think so earlier today we learned that they sent him packing on friday. as you recall, he is the guy who sent text messages to his fbi lever lisa paige. he slammed the president that he was going to stop her from getting elected. he testified last one. lawmakers hammered him on his antitrust bias. remember this? >> what you are speaking on

peter strzok, the fbi agent at the center of these anti-trump texts fired friday we are told.eighing in, saying it had taken far too long for that to happen. in saying that big story the fake news media refuses to report his lowlife christopher steele's many meetings with deputy ag bruce ohr, his beautiful wife, nellie. fusion gps hired steel to write up dossier. he had a series of tweets over the weekend and finally today saying the peter strzok was fired. >> it's clear that the russia investigation is front and center of the president's mind. he's very concerned about the mueller probe and the encroachment on the campaign and he's fighting this war against the mueller probe in the press and ultimately he has legitimate gripes about peter strzok and the conduct of the investigatio investigation. this is not about a single fbi employee. this is about the president trying to discredit the broader investigation into his administration. ultimately it's a political question. >> bret: i said today, jason, that there was a confluence here. it's like two trains on two sides of the in

starting with agent peter strzok, fired from his job at the fbi. peter strzok is the agent that sent anti-trump text messages and others during the 2016 presidential election to his then lover and former fbi lawyer, lisa page. peter strzok worked on hillary clinton's e-mail investigation and later the special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. once word of the text messages got out, mueller immediately removed him from his team. president trump has repeatedly slammed peter strzok on twitter pointing to the agent as a reason not to trust what he calls "the rigged witch hunt investigation." during a congressional hearing last month, peter strzok argued there was no evidence of any bias in his professional actions. the chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live. what is the response from the strzok team? >> we got a statement earlier from strzok's attorney. he confirmed details about his client's termination. he said strzok was fired friday afternoon by the deputy director of the fbi and the attorney alleged that the deputy d

let's start with peter strzok.is clear that the man had an extraordinary bias against trump before he was elected, after he was elected and even after he was inaugurated. in what way, if any, can you point to areas where strzok's obvious bias affected the way he behaved at the fbi? >> there is three ways and the first one is when he was on the hillary clinton investigation investigation. he was the choke point of information going up to the people who actually signed off on the decision. there were literally thousands of decisions made by peter strzok who did the interview, how to interview him, how to proceed in the investigation. he was biased in favor of hillary clinton and he did not like mr. trump. so this all plays into that. and so, so comes out that they spit out this exculpatory letter before they even completed all the interviews yet. david: so he quit the hillary investigation too soon and he began the trump russia investigation too soon or before there was enough evidence to justify it? >> exactly. he m

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media outrage, we take up growing threat of radical left with judge jeanine pirro joining us, peter strzok is out of fbi, could rest of corrupt leadership be next? we take up that with former president prosecutor sydney powell. and tom fitton. president of judicial watch. a campaign promise made, and a campaign promise kept. >> we'll string en our military like -- strengthen our military like never before, that is what we did. lou: president trumpsid signinga $defense bill. our top story, radical left, militant group antifa wreaking havoc over the weekend in virginia, and our nation's capitol. in charlottesville, virginia, 40 might nationalists showed up for the unite the right to rally, but were out numbered by antifa thugs, some of whom had run ins with police, physically attacked the media, a station from raleigh, north carolina this an audio cord sliced by mob. and a crew pushed around in washington, d.c., where the antifa mob numbered around 200, they heavily out numbered 2 dozen so-called white supremacists they were supposedly there to confront,y this took their thuggery to a new le

there is peter strzok's performance as an fbi employee. he had a reputation of someone who is widely known as an excellent investigator, a counterintelligence agent. and then conduct. if you're sitting in the shoes of dave bowdich, does this type of conduct warrant a serious meting out of punishment, which would include termination in this case. he said that it did. i think that the audience wasn't necessarily the outside world, the american people, but it was internally. it was telling the rank and file that we expect you, the career fbi employees, to come to work every day and comport yourself in concert with our core values. how can i ask you to do that when i'm not holding our own senior leaders to the very same high standards. i doubt it was a very easy decision, but it was one he determined he had to make. >> gloria, you can also look ate as if he stayed in his job and interacted in the future on other occasions, would people automatically raise questions or be justified in raising questions about well, what's his motivation on this

agent peter strzok was just fired from the fbi, finally, based on the fact that strzok was in charge of the witch hunt, will it be dropped? is a total hoax? no collusion, no obstruction, i just fight back." strzok was removed from a special counsel probe one year ago as soon as mueller learned of the text messages. he's a sixth senior fbi official to be fired, demoted, leave since the story broke. as for what strzok will do next, will he speak out publicly like his former fbi colleagues, james comey, strzok's attorney says right now, he's mulling things over but ed, a gofundme page job with his legal fees has already raised $80,000 in just nine hours. >> ed: kristin fisher, i appreciate your report. for more on both of these big, high-profile firings dominating the new cycle, let's bring tonight's panel. democratic strategist isaac white, former deputy assistant attorney general and bush in ministry should come and tom dupree, senior columnist at townhall.com, kurt schlichter. we appreciate you being here. >> good evening. >> ed: isaac, want to start with you on the news we had from

peter strzok fired and now under investigation. bruce ohr demoted under investigation. >> right.eople we received the fisa warrant applications through another foil lawsuit, three of the five people who signed off on those applications have been fired for misconduct. two of them remain rod rosenstein who signed on presumably for mr. mueller, he signed, his warrant application that rosen rosenstein signed on for was in june of 2017 so this is in the middle of the mueller operation so these compromised documents, these compromised techniques the fisa warrant, is benefiting the mueller operation this is what i want to focus on because we're talking about what went on during the obama administration into the beginning of the trump adminitration, but all of this is part of mueller's acts. he needs to be held thible and i'd like to see mr. mueller on the list of witnesses for congress. why isn't he being brought in and asked about how he was hired , the scope of his work, how he administers his office, why he can't find any republican s to hire, what was he doing with peter strzok that