but the point is this, keep in mind peter strzok and page, the d.c. argument is yeah, they were biased and said terrible things but it had no impact on the outcome. in other words, trump was treated fairly in the end. contrast with trump going through impeachment. now the democrats are saying come even though there were no investigations of the server or the bidens and even though the e was released, they are hyper focused on the process, the phone call. that is all that matters. so to democrats, all's well that ends well if it is peter strzok and lisa page, but if you get the aid and there is no investigation, that is not enough. it may be impeachable because we didn't like your process. that is duplicity, a double standard and the american people i think are completely unmoved thus far by the impeachment hearing so far. >> martha: you have seen the g.o.p. respond to the beginnings of the impeachment process rolling out this week. and just to summarize they basically say the process is unfair. they say they think this is an impeachable event, the pho

peter strzok is actually claiming he is the victim here. t filing today, strzok said trump bashing text messages who his lover, lisa page uncovered, by the way -- were protected by the first amendment even though he sent them on an fbi issued phone. apparently, strzok thinks the text like this one failing to stop trump selection in this when discussing an insurance policy in case trump was elected or nonpublic communications. keep in mind these texts are featured in the department of justice inspector general's report on the russia probe. but strzok is not the only disgraced member of the fbi in the news. james comey, the guy who won't go away, is out with yet another op-ed. this one in "the washington post" titled "this is what it is like to be attacked by the president." strike the violins if you would. and he called president trump a shrunken, withered figure. joining us now for her reaction is fox news contributor sara carter, "washington examiner" reporter and sirius xm host, good to see you, so sara 6'7" tall, is james comey the bigges

this was you and peter strzok texting about the prospect president trump is going to be elected.ct. >> it's an analogy. first of all it's not my text so i'm sort of interpreting what i believed he meant back three years ago, but we're using an analogy. we're talking about whether or not we should take certain investigative steps or not based on the likelihood he's going to be president or not. you have to keep in mind if president trump doesn't become president, the national security risk if there is somebody in his campaign associated with russia plummets. you're not so worried about what russia's doing vis-a-vis a member of his campaign if he's not president because you're not going to have access to classified information, you're not going to have access to sources and methods in our national security apparatus. so the insurance policy was an analogy. it's like an insurance policy when you're 40. you don't expect to die when you're 40, yet you still have an insurance policy. >> so don't just hope he's not going be elected and therefore is not press forward the investigation ho

. >> laura: and i will see you with peter strzok and you will raise me a page. fantastic show tonight. we will see you tomorrow night. i am laura ingraham and this is "the ingraham angle." and of course busy washing but what else is happening? one big story and a total start to dissect with you with of course the best minds around. no one has done better reporting on the russian probe. then after mentioned byron in new york joins us in a moment on today's horowitz report. what needs to happen to ensure that these deep state abuses never occur again. former assistant fbi director chris swecker and ollie north are here appear they have the how to on how they should be dealt with and any punishments that should be doled out and what must be put into place right away to prevent this from happening again. i'm serious. the more you dig into this and read it, the more infuriating it gets. plus, g.o.p. judiciary committees, brilliantly exposed nadler idiotic show on the hill today. two of the members tim buck and steve chapa along with steve steve scalise and trump 2020

the former disgraced lovebird peter strzok is trying to get his job back.nd peter strzok making the argument that text messages come up for his lover got him fired were in fact protected free speech and he had the right to send them. and if you sort of think about it, perhaps he has a point just the fact that he sent those text messages to another fbi agent who was also his lover and ignore that both of them were on investigation into donald trump and his associates and ignore that and some of those texts, they discussed their secret imagination to stop trump from becoming president, while in others they discussed going easy on hillary clinton because she was almost certainly going to be their next boss. and ignore the peter strzok with countless security violations by discussing fbi on his personal phone. ignore all of those things and may be peter strzok will look like an innocent victim whose paranormal is protected speech under the first amendment. but what if we don't ignore those things? in that case, peter strzok looks like the single most sensible t

page two peter strzok. peter stzrok, no, no he won't. we will stop it. these are the people in charge. august 15, 2016. i want to believe the path he throughout for consideration in andy's office that there is no way he gets elected. i'm afraid we can't take that risk that the american people will pick their president that is what they are saying. it's an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you are 40. august 26, 2016. just went to southern virginia walmart and i could smell the trump support. people in charge. october 11, 2016. currently fighting with stu for the fisa. stu was the lawyer who thought this thing wasre not on the up d up. stood his ground until he could not stand it anymore. eventually he got run over. october 19, i am all riled up and trump is an eff ing idiot and unable to provide a coherent effort. "the new york times" probability is dropping every day and i'm scared for our organization, november 32016. oh my god, this is eff ing terrifying referencing an article entitled a victory by trump remains possible. november

peter strzok to lisa page, no we're going to stop it. mg, this is blanking terrifying. strzok ticked back i'm depressed. i don't know if i can eat. i'm very nauseous. that i bought all the president's men, the book. figure i need to brush up on watergate. your reaction? >> gets back it is not the text messages, its the content. was that bias so strong between her and strzok and maybe others that they took some official act that, was illegal, or inappropriate or violated the constitution. i think we saw that we saw that she as i understand strzok signed off on the fisa warrant. what did she do? did she look to see if it was true or not? did she just gloss over it because of her bias? that is what the inspector general is concerned about. very frankly this whole thing will not come down to the inspector general. it will come down to the united states attorney, he will look at this, the actions, reactions. what happened. liz: john durham. the president tweeting this today, when lisa page, lover peter strzok talk about being crushed after rea

did anybody find that odd peter strzok was responsible for that as well? >> clearly something is deeply amiss or was deeply amiss with the fbi during this entire period. and a very good question proposed to christopher wray as the current director of the fbi rather than simply have him go on the tv show and say "well things need to be done" this and in particular because the house won't do anything under the current leadership, but the senate really needs to bring him before the senate and probe very deeply into exactly what steps have been taken at the fbi to prevent this from happening. who has been prosecuted? who has been disciplined? and what mechanisms have you christopher wray, already put in place to make sure this doesn't happen again? >> laura: i don't think he's done anything. i mean, he had gone on tv saying, what has been said about the fbi. with all of these pages of damning information about what was done. i don't care what he said about political bias. this is disturbing what was done to a political campaign should never happen again. i kno

peter strzok agreed tweeting "trump is an idiot. hillary clinton should win 1/0." over the texts unhinge, the agent bonding over compulsive hatred for donald trump, the plot to stop him from ever becoming president and on auguss after jim comey open his counterintelligence investigation into the trump campaign after i would argue they gave hillary considerations that no american would ever get, lisa page said this desperate to text to her best friend, her bff lover. "trump is not ever going to become president, right?" strzok test back, no, no, we will stop it. a few days later telling page that i want to show the path that you throughout and consideration in andy's office that there is no way that he gets elected. i'm afraid we cannot take that risk. it is like an insurance policy in the likely event that you die before your 40. we will stop it. insurance policy. those are not text between two low level employees in the federal government. those were two of the most powerful individuals working at the highest levels of the fbi and involved in the rigged investigat

detail that donald trump -- forget about the hypocrisy -- he just never tires of this hype. >> peter strzoknd his lover, lisa page. strzok or his lover, lisa page, the two great lovers. look at peter strzok and what he said about me. how about that fbi agent? how about that guy? did you read what he said? . it was a disgrace to the fbi. it was a disgrace to our country. >> that was a disgrace to the country. i replay these clips because it was so wrong to make their personal problems into something political, and that's what was done. and now the i.g. report confirms it. and that last clip, imagine if you ever thought you'd see a president of the united states standing next to vladimir putin and watching our president go bad on his own. is that being patriotic? aitan goelman is an attorney for peter strzok. it's good to see you here, counselor. it's been going to be in touch with you through this process. let your client know he is come. i think it was meaningful for the american people to see lisa page. what does this report mean to your client? >> complete vindication, chris. i mean we've

pages texts were with fbi agent peter strzok who has since been fired. they were having an extramarital affair. paige defended her actions and interview with "the daily beast" saying i don't engage in any sort of partisan politicking but having an opinion and sharing that publicly or privately with another person is squarely within the permissible bounds of a hat jack. it's in the rags. yes, it says it plainly. and, i'm not really all that worried about it. >> and he and his lover, lisa page. what a group. she's going to win 10000000-1. i'm telling you peter, she's going to win peter. i love you so much. >> her public comments, releasing his report on russian investigation next week. page saying about that, while it will be nice to have the ij confirmed publicly that my personal opinions has absolutely no bearing on the course of the russian investigation's, i don't kid myself that's a factual matter very much for a lot of people. the president has a very loud a megaphone. a leading republican lawmaker is not impressed. >> it would have been better if sh

so peter strzok was fired from the fbi, is that correct? >> that is correct. >> okay. so he still has a merit system protection board that is not yet adjudicated, is that right? >> that is what i understand. >> is that final or not? >> i will give you my opinion. >> thank you. >> there was one individual for prosecution. based on the review. >> that was not for us but for another agency. and so, the fisa court, the accuracy, can you explain why there were no more criminal referrals? >> what we ultimately decided was the conduct here warranted sending the entire report to the fbi and the department for review. for review from the line age and all the way to the top of people who were still at the fbi. and as we said, we didn't see documentary or testimonial evidence as intent, but we also didn't hear good explanations which left us with an open question what the motive was and what the sacred mind was and the adjudicative process of the fbi. the up don't make the department will assess that. >> so we don't know with anyone else that has been fired or reassigned? >> i do

. >> jason: i've got to ask your real quickly in a parting question here about peter strzok. he made another comment today about his first amendment rights to tweet or say or text whatever he wants to say as a federal employee. what say you? >> yeah, i mean, if you were really confident of his first amendment rights, i don't know i would've offered to take a cut in pay. you and i've a lot of respect for law enforcement. i really can't give anyone who's done more damage to the fbi's brand in the last 18 months than peter strzok. i will just tell your viewers, for everyone peter strzok, there are 100 fantastic fbi agents. you just don't know their names. don't judge that entity, that agency by the peter strzok for less of the world. he is a one off. i'm glad he's out. he never should've been investigating president trump. i'm glad he's out of the fbi and hope he loses the hell out of his lawsuit. >> jason: thinks. congressman gowdy, i appreciate it. happy new year. new troubles for the bidens tonight, joe's son hunter is reportedly in hot water with th. "the daily caller" repor

don't judge that entity, that agency, by the peter strzoks of the world. he is a one-off. i'm glad he's out. he never should've been investigating president trump. i'm glad he's out of the, fbii and i hope he loses the hell out of his lawsuit. >> jason: thanks. congressman gowdy, i appreciate it. happy new year. happy new year to you and julie. new troubles for the bidens tonight. joe's son hunter is reportedly in hot water with the irs. "the daily caller" reporting the agency placed a lien on hunter for about $113,000 in unpaid taxes from the year he served on burisma's board. joining me now is lee smith,np e author of "the plot against the president." and brett tolman, former united states attorney. thank you for being here. lee, you are joining me in studio. set the scene, because there are a lot of problems and challenges with hunter biden and what he did while his father was the vice president of the united states. >> it's an enormous challenge to unwrap the different problems. while it's a sad personal story it intersects with the national security of the united stat

the fbi released peter strzok r file, and the fbi said political bias by both of them. brought dishonor upon the fbi and with the american public questioning the fbi's conduct. >> laura: so who is hurting fthe fbi's credibility donald trump or lisa page or peter strzok? >> the fbi, lisa page. >> laura: i want to read part of what lee wrote about, the doj released about peter strzok and lisa page, politically charged text message just while you were assigned as lead case agent of the fbi most insensitive investigation in decades demonstrated a growth lack of professionalism and exceptionally poor judgment. went on to talk about the problems that it causes for the ntoverall credibility of the fb. lee, this is also a sign, is it not, that we have to get out in front, as john said a come of this reportt because whatever horowitz says, even if it's not as strong as some of us might want it, it ain't going to portray lisa page as some, youpo know, helpless victim who is just been victimized by mean old donald trump. >> right. one of the reasons -- way they are trying to shape

lisa page, his wonderful lover. >> lisa page, who was forced to leave the fbi, and her lover, peter strzokple like mccabe and strzok and his lover. you had lisa page, his lover. >> "outfront" now, molly john fact, the daily beast contributor who just interviewed lisa page. she said nothing to anybody. she chose to speak to you and talk about this. today, the president saw your story. >> yeah. >> okay, he slams page, goes on twitter, and the tweet begins, when lisa page, the lover of peter strzok, right? more than 30 tweets, 30 tweets, the president of the united states has sent about lisa page, using that word. but she tells you it was this moment that made her choose to speak out now and decide to talk. here's the moment of what he said. >> i love you, peter. i love you, too, lisa. lisa, i love you. lisa, lisa. oh, god, i love you lisa. and if she doesn't win, lisa, we've got an insurance policy, lisa. >> that was the moment, and hat was in october when she said enough is enough. >> yeah. i actually talked to her about two weeks after that. and she -- so part of it was she couldn't defend

where is peter strzok? what is going to happen with some of these things? these investigations -- >> that is a great point because the average person, the jury, the public, the american people. they are now following all of this my new show. even during all of the hearings, he had that cup of coffee at 10:16, not 10:18. people are not following that much of my new show. again, like a broken record, it is just a counteroffensive, which is very>> charles: bringip james comey, he penned an op-ed today on what it is likely to be personally and publicly attacked by president trump. what does this do for him in a case beyond having his feelings hurt? >> all veterans and law enforcement, right? they are going to tell you, as they have in the past, and any kind of context where your behaviors being looked at, which is is, you don't make a lot of public statements. so we are scratching our heads. i have a lot of doj connections and fbi agents and prosecutors, and they are all saying that his behavior is very, very odd. i am not a psychiatrist. but it is hubris. that

she says it was the president mocking her and her affair with peter strzok at a recent rally.topher? >> chris: i read that piece, i suffered through that piece. it was a terrible read and i can't imagine how she actually with a straight face goes out in public and says i am the real victim. and then i re-watched the clip that she claims she was victimized in, and i didn't read into it nearly as much. she said the tweets have been tough on her about what was amazing was the interview. i thought about the people that were most poorly impacted by her decision which would be her children, her husband and her family. they did not come up, it was all politics and i was right and the president was mean. i do think what pushed her over the edge of us trying to get this information out before horowitz's report. as i already said previously, there was a sign she was taking action. she claims that she feels and, what do you say about that? >> she's absolutely right. i think it has to be very nerve-racking to be in that position but having said that, some of the things that she said about

the biggest mistake she ever made in her life was having an affair with her colleague peter strzok. >> bill: she suggested she was being harassed. >> that's the way she feels. it wasn't the president who revealed that. it was the "washington post" who revealed that she was having a relationship with a colleague and that in their text messages that that was part of what was revealed. she makes it clear in her interview. let's not miss the full interview. it's the "washington post" who has wanted to impeach the president 19 minutes after he was sworn in. i think she feels really sorry for herself and that if she were a career lawyer at the f.b.i. and d.o.j. she could have stayed on that job. nobody here removed her. she quit voluntarily. i think the i.g. report will show we have lots of evidence against director comey, jim comey. somebody who has now -- who has had several i.g. reports call into question his credibility and competence leading back to 2016 and 17. >> bill: we shall see next monday. thank you for your time today from the white house. >> i'm not a woman who feels sorry for

. >> peter strzok and his lover, lisa page. >> strzok, or his lover, lisa page, the two great lovers.how about that fbi agent, how about that guy. >> did you read what he said? oh, it was a disgrace to the fbi, it was a disgrace to our country. >> that was a disgrace to the country. i replay these clips because it was so wrong to make their personal problems into something political. and that's what was done. and now the i.g. report confirms it. and that last clip, imagine if you ever thought you'd see a president of the united states standing next to vladimir putin and watching our president go bad on his own. is that being patriotic? aton goldman is an attorney for peter strzok. it's good to see you counselor, good to be in touch with you through this process. let your client know he is welcome. i think it was meaningful for the american people to see lisa page. what does this report mean to your client? >> complete vindication, chris. we've heard that said by the president about the mueller report a number of times, it was always false. this time it's actually true. you had the i.g

you had someone working for peter strzok, a lawyer working for peter strzok. donald trump got elected and it said -- that very same person took an email that identified carter page as an operational asset for one of our agencies and changed it to say he was not so that it could be submitted to the court to continue a renewal of the fisa. that was illegal. and so i would expect just on that basis alone that you will see criminal referrals and prosecutions come from this, sean. so sean, the two statements one from attorney general barr and john durham is telling on what they have seen. but what we also know is that after the president was inaugurated. actually after he was sworn into office, they knew he was innocent. they continued an investigation. someone needs to go to jail for that. >> sean: all right. i will forgive your congressman meadows in particular, you and jordan wouldn't share the information you knew and would only answer one question. am i over the target? that is it. >> wealth, you are still over the target. you are still over the target. >> sea

over the text messages between her and peter strzok. he just texted -- just tweeted in the last hour and he says when lisa page the lover of peter strzok talks about being crushed and how innocent she is, asked her to read peter's insurance policy text to her just in case hilly loses. also, why were the lovers' text messages scrubbed after he left mueller. where are they, lisa? he makes them personal. >> it's like, a misogyny playbook. >> how is she feeling? >> she's a very strong, ind pent dent woman. i think she was ready for this. like, she said to me this is going to be a fire storm. well, yeah, this kind of thing happens all the time. it's been a firestorm. i think she has a very supportive group of family and friends around her and she's been through hell. >> what has life been like for her. >> we talked in the interview about the moment the ig released all those texts and then there was the washington post article, "the new york times" article. >> it revealed that she was also having an affair. >> right. the ig said they weren't

no matt, i heard peter strzok needed a restraining order to keep them away from his once lover.a. i hope you miss her. lisa, he'll never be the same. but he said he's not ever going to become president. and strozk looked back. no matt, we'll stop it! can't you believe that we found these texts? these are fbi agents at a high level! no, no, we will stop it. they are going to stop us from winning an election. and we have to listen -- there was no bias? there was no bias? think of these people. they right, there was no bias. and yet, he's saying, no, no, darling, we'll stop it. they announced there was no bias. do you know what we are doing? it's not easy. and somebody said, a regular president -- i don't want to use the word normal because that's not -- a regular president would've been under a table, thumbing the mouth, saying take me home, mommy, this is too tough for me. they know. and while it was tough on my family, i have to say, very unfair to my family. very tough on my family. i have a great family. tough. for me, it's my life. i do it. i do it. that's one thing. very tou

peter strzok was fired, she had resigned.ould be ogg but it has gone on in a manner in which she has been really the target of vicious, vicious attacks from the president as well as his allies. she is says i had stayed quiet for years hoping it would fade away instead it got worse. it had been to hard not to defend myself, to let people who hate me control the narrative. i decided to take my power back. now, it was back in july of 2018 that lisa page was here on capitol hill, poppy, she testified before lawmakers about those text messages and she was called a credible witness and even republicans were defending her saying that she was somebody who had honor and integrity but that did not stop the president from going forward and attacking her again. this is how she experiences it, she says my heart drops to the stomach when i realize he has tweeted about me again. the president of the united states is calling me names to the entire world, he's demeaning me and my career, it's sickening. poppy, she goes on to say, look, she's

president trump late today tweeting, when lisa page, the lover of peter strzok, talks about being crushedshe is, ask her to read peter's insurance policy text to her just in case hillary loses. the president tweeted, he also added, also why were the lovers text messages scrubbed after he left mueller. where are they, lisa? more now on all of it from 360's randi kaye. >> reporter: this was the moment former fbi lawyer lisa page realized she'd had enough. >> i love you, peter. i love you too, lisa. lisa, i love you. lisa, lisa, oh, god, i love you, lisa. >> reporter: the president of the united states mimicking a sexually aroused lisa page texting her then-lover fbi special agent peter strzok. the two were having an affair while strzok was leading the investigation into the trump campaign and russian interference in the 2016 election. page spoke with "the daily beast" in her first public interview since thousands of the couple's private text messages were made public, saying the president's demeaning fake orgasm was the straw that broke the camel's back, calling it a reprehensible, degradin

mccabe, peter strzok, lisa page, got the peter strzok-lisa page texts from horowitz.something important that durham and ag barr pointed out, they can only work in the confines of the fbi. he could not go outside that purview. they have gone outside that purview, very strongly said that she was. everything we have been seeing a maturity dossier, bought and paid for, unverifiable, used as the whole fisa application. everything we said is true. he nailed it in his own way. >> now, he did nail at. sean, i think you have to go relate to page one of the ig report when it says that the friendly foreign government approaches papadopoulos. that begs the question, because that is the only thing that horowitz starts to look at. but why? why would a friendly foreign government be approaching somebody, with all due respect, he's a very nice guy -- but he's not being paid by the trump campaign. why did that happen? so there is a lot more to come here. it's going to involve john brennan and is going to involve clapper, it's going to -- >> sean: slow down. where i see this going, jas

mueller, look at peter strzok he has these texts with lisa page.we found out all about him. dan bongino was with us about 40 minutes ago and he says he finds it ironic that lisa page says she is upset that the president has called her out. here is mr. bongino. >> lisa page is done being quiet. we were done being quiet a long time ago too. she feels bad that the president is calling her names. is she serious? she was the lead fbi lawyer on the biggest political spying scandal in human history. you moved from an initial inquiry to a preliminary inquiry into a full investigation into the president and his team. and you are appointing bob mueller after a year of investigating and you acknowledge in front of a committee as the lead fbi lawyer on this case that you could have had, quote: literally nothing and you are upset that the president hurt your delicate sensibilities by calling you a name? steve: so, anyway, she is obviously trying to restore her good name. we will see what the inspector general has to say about it next week. meanwhile peter strzo

peter strzok claiming in a court filing that the justice department violated his free speech and privacynging the dismissal over his anti-trump texts and his reference to an insurance policy in the event donald trump was elected. joining us, tom fitton. we had this discussion a couple weeks ago. here we are. this sounds like a three-man play or two-man, one woman play. lisa page, peter strork deflecting, intliemg one else, this coming after the i.g.'s report. comey saying at first the attack is stung and rocks the world -- stunning and rocks the world. in i have been going after this material and helped bring this all out to life. what's the new information. >> they are trying to set a narrative for possible criminal prosecution for their illicit targeting of president trump and his team. when you hear strzok complain about privacy when he's alleged to have conducted a spying campaign on the trump campaign and the civil rights of the president of the united states. james comey spying on president trump illegally and leaking confidential fbi files about him. referred by the i.g. for crimi

. >> neither peter strzok's immediate bosses wanted him to run the investigation.mainly because the relationship with lisa page as well as kind of a tendency to go around and go right to mccabe. but andrew mccabe overruled that decision. did you ever find out why? >> we talk about that in the report, page 64 and 65 about that very issue. he recalls that issue, described mr. mccabe, we have his explanation in there. didn't precisely recall certain events, remembered other events. we laid out in terms of selecting -- he described it having mr. strzok stay on the investigation. >> on august 25th, he was directed to contact the new york office for helpful information. it turned out the helpful information was the steele reporting. did you ever get to the bottom of how andrew mccabe was so far ahead of the rest of the fbi in that? >> again, we asked witnesses about that, including mr. mccabe and we had -- ultimately weren't able to get to the bottom of exactly what caused that delay or what prompted that call. >> mccabe told people he didn't remember doing this. in fact

feinstein: there is a lot of misimpression about two people peter strzok and carter page. years, trumptwo has relentlessly attacked a former fbi officials as a way to undermine the investigation. for example, the president theted that " how can witchhunt proceed when it was started, influenced, and worked page and peter strzok, who exchanged text messages critical of trump. " thatinvestigation found while paige attended some meetings, she did not play a role in opening crossfire hurricane. he also found that while peter strzok was directly involved in the decision to open crossfire hurricane, he was not the sole or even the highest level decision-maker to any of those matters. that decision, as i understand it, was made by fbi assistant director and by consensus after multiple days of consensus. most importantly, you found that the decision had a proper, factual basis and that there is political biast or improper motivation influenced it. investigation,ur personal political views expressed in text messages did not motivate the opening of the investigation of ties between t

the average americans seeing this, they don't want to be treated that way. >> peter strzok and lisa pagemessages, were picked out by the doj and leaked for political purposes. i think page and strzok can say they only took a few that looked very bad. they cherry picked them and gave them to reporters. that's not appropriate. >> they gave information to them. >> next up a 2020 democrat warning the party about how impeachment will help trump win reelection. ♪ limu emu & doug hour 36 in the stakeout. as soon as the homeowners arrive, we'll inform them that liberty mutual customizes home insurance, so they'll only pay for what they need. your turn to keep watch, limu. wake me up if you see anything. [ snoring ] [ loud squawking and siren blaring ] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >> ♪ >> joe biden under pressure to testify about his son hunter during an impeachment trial. he is coming under attack from likely places. >> in my administration, we will have a very high standard around ethices and making sure that we do everything we can to prevent even the app

the specific focus that i recall there was peter strzok and lisa page. and the information that's already been well-presented here about thees -- what i consider be the undeniable bias that they had against the president -- president trump. at that time, you made similar statements to those you made today. which is that youma did not fin bias in the decisions that you were evaluating in that report. but as i went through that with you, i think that you also confirmed that you were not saying that there was no bias by those who were involved in making decisions. other -- rather, you were saying you could not prove that that bias was a factor in their management of the activities they engaged in on behalf of the fbi. as i understood it, you said that there was bias. but,th in fact, that you had asd them whether their bias influenced their work performance. they had told you that it did not. and you had no contrary evidence to dispute that. is that correct? >> let me clarify. let me explain. i -- we found that those text messages evidenced bias. and what we

peter strzok and his lover lisa page. remember? lisa, i love you so much, lisa, please. to happen. lisa, please, tell me you love me, lisa. i love you. peter, i love you. i love you like i've never loved anyone. [ cheering ] and if for any reason, if for any reason she loses even though she's a stone-cold corrupt person, if for any reason she loses, peter, we've got to have an insurance policy, we have to do it because -- that's what's been happening for the last two and a half years, okay? it was their phony insurance policy. so fbi lawyer, lisa page, so in love that she didn't know what the hell was happening, texted the head of counterintelligence, peter strzok, likewise so in love he couldn't see straight. this poor guy -- did i hear he needed a restraining order after this whole thing to keep him away from lisa? that's what i heard. i don't know if it's true. the fake news will never report it, but it could be true. no, that's what i heard, i don't know. who could believe a thing like that? i knew that peter strzok needed a restraining order to keep him away from hi

page exchanged those antitrump text messages with former fbi counterintelligence agent peter strzok,ounsel bob mueller's team before resigning in 2018. remember the talk about a backup plan? rob: sure do. now to fox business alert, cybermonday is underway, today's online shopping frenzy is expected to be the biggest ever, likely to reach more than $10 billion, this comes after a record-breaking black friday, shoppers spent $7.4 billion online, black friday brick and mortar sales were up about 4%. good numbers across the board. rob: certainly is, 35 minutes after the hour, phase 2 of impeachment is about to begin. >> their refusal to hold this president accountable is troubling to me and i believe it's troubling to the american people. >> he's been accused of something that has not been proven in the least that only occurs when you this type of circus. rob: we will break down what will happen this week and what you can expect on what the president is calling a circus, that debate coming up in the case. carley: he really swept her off her feet, the romantic moment gone way wrong. i'm f

peter strzok, no, he's not. i can't believe he's actually going to be a serious candidate.ler investigation after the texts. >> are lisa page forced to leave the fbi and her lover, peter strzok and the text messages was shocking when you talk about bias. >> next week the investigation will come out talking about bias in the russia probe. she told "the beast" my personal opinions had absolutely no bearing on the course of the russia's investigations. but analysts say even the appearance of her texts was troubling. >> when there is behavior that has the appearance of bias, and the 's in an unmistakably there was. >> reporter: she says she doesn't engage in public partisanism, and she is dreading it. >> was it smart for her to speak out now? >> lisa page didn't have anything to lose by going public and telling her side, since donald trump continues to use her as a foil and diversion for more substantive issues, and continues to taunt her. >> reporter: lisa page says his attacks still affect her everyday life and gets 234e6ner when someone looks at her on a commuter train. othe

of being a cabal of trump haters. >> lisa page who was forced to leave the fbi and her lover, peter strzokt their text messages and what they said in the text messages was shocking when you talk about bias. >> reporter: in one tweet, he called comey, mccabe, strzok, page, clowns and losers, wondering will the fbi recover its stellar reputation. a trump biographer says the president doesn't tolerate being challenged by those around him. >> doesn't matter if it is a spouse telling the truth about his infidelities or a law enforcement officer trying to do his duty, the right thing to do where donald trump is concerned is to serve him. any other duty is sue perfeperf he will be angry and try to destroy you if you cross him. >> reporter: analysts are concerned the repeated attacks on fbi directors and aides have serious security implications. >> what he is doing is undermining the credibility of the fbi with the public and the fbi needs the public in order to satisfy its law enforcement and national security mission. >> reporter: cnn reached out to the white house to ask if president trump has

peter strzok says what? you herd it her right, my friend. figured it would be a bit. says now pressure starts to finish mye. >> mye, was the, stood for the mid-year exam which was the code word for the investigation of hillary clinton. now will somebody please explain to me in words of one syllable how it is that the nomination of donald trump being the republican candidate increases the pressure to end the investigation of hillary clinton? unless what you want is, to curtail the damage to hillary clinton. and assure that donald trump doesn't win. i don't understand what reason you would have to say that the trump nomination affects the course of the clinton investigation. he said that. which is evidence that there was some effect. now, that's never mentioned in the i.g. report. it is never mentioned in his earlier report. i understand he basically took everybody's word for it because he doesn't have subpoena power. there is somebody who does have subpoena power. that is john durham. and durham will be conducting a criminal investigation which we have yet to hear abou

i want to ask you about peter strzok's involvement, je jeff, in that august 2016, 2017, 2016 briefingapparently mike flynn and another individual from the campaign. where you at that briefing, august 17th, 2016? speaker repeat that? >> laura: august 17th, 2016, were you one of the individuals in the room being briefed by the government about the russians? they didn't name the third person, but peter strzok was involved in drafting the fbi portion of that briefing, specifically the way the asian involved, the special agent involved, was discussing the matter with the campaign, as strzok was involved in the counter intel investigation. how is that right? >> this is very, very troubling to me. let me tell you what a low level, peripheral person like paige or papadopoulos, were not on the inside of the trump campaign. if the fbi had information that those people may be involved, unsecure activities connected to foreign powers, they should warn the campaign, normally. the right thing to do is to say mr. president, campaign manager, these individuals, we have troubling information about the

this is you and peter strzok in the unlikely prospect. >> bit it an analogy.e're talking about whether or not we should take certain investigative steps or not. based on the likelihood he will be president or not. >> what about the text message that you were talking about your fear that trump would be elected and he said no, it won't happen. >> by we, he's talking about the collective we. like-minded thoughtful sensible people who were not going to vote this person into office. dore she hadn't scented? yes. can get none of that makes sense to me. legal analyst and sarah carter, okay, i'm a smart guy, my own interpretation, let's just put it that way. i'm not bogging, she is now trying to claim. victim host. >> two of the most inseparable people manageable last night gushing over one another was truly nauseating. lisa page is now trying to contort the facts, obscure the truth to portray herself as poor little victimco lisa, when in fact, just remember, what the attorney general said. i will read it right here. it is hard to read some of the text and not feel th

they probably have the plan in case the long shot, as peter strzok describes, happened.his has been so grotesquely unfair. for joe biden who i always, i always gave him the benefit of the doubt. i cut him some slack because he was a nice guy and loyal lupe. for him to call the president of the united states a mentally deficient narcissist, i think now the gloves are off. vis-a-vis mr. biden. i think now when he gets, he thinks he's going to be the tough guy get in the gutter and have it out, a mud bath with president trump. when he tries to be something he's not, it will expose glaringly how he is deficient and aspiring to be commander in chief. >> here's the problem, sean. impeachment was obviously, the whole thing was based on hopes, the collusion thing was now obviously no hoax. as a matter of fact may have been criminal. we will see where durham goes with it but you have three things for the democrat, all ocd by phonies and frauds. you have the establishment safe pick, joe biden who is neither safe and the establishment doesn't even like him. he can't get an endorsem

peter strzok responds no, no he's not. we postoperative. the text later that month, i want to believe the path you throughout for consideration in nancy's office that there's no way he gets elected but i'm afraid we can't take the risk. it's like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you are 40. her decision to go public after president trump mimicked her at an october rally. >> i love you too, lisa. lisa, lisa, lisa, god, i love you, lisa. [laughter] -- she doesn't win, lisa, we have an insurance policy, lisa. we will get that son of a [bleep] out of here. >> that was a slap in the face and done with a purpose, those tech selected for political impact. she told "the daily beast" they lack a lot of context. the public comments come as justice department michael horowitz reis -- expected to release his comments next week. some expect will be. >> i kind of think it will be really hard hitting. i think that we will see a lot of misconduct on the part of senior leaders in the fbi doj with regard to obtaining fisa warrants. an

. ♪ >> molly: former fbi official peter strzok now suing the justice department.ms his anti--trump text messages were protected by the first amendment. oin a court filing, arguing "firing an employee for the content of his or her of her nonpublic communications is unconstitutional irrespective of any balancing of interests. about the last month that he and lisa page never should have had an expectation of privacy since they were using fbi issued phones. i want to bring you in first, chomping at the bit. >> kat: the way he's trying to spin this is so ridiculous to me, it was a government-issued phone which is fancy way of saying a taxpayer-funded phone. if i paid for the phone, i get to read what's on the phone. that's what my mom told me in high school and what i'm going to tell you right now. there's no expectation of privacy. saying he was fired over private communications, it wasn't any kind of communication where it was an appropriate communication, this specific communication, the reason he was fired is because it was basically him admitting he doesn't have w

critical of trump were made public. >> lisa page, who was forced to leave the fbi, and her lover peter strzoko we got their text messages and what they said in those text messages was shocking when you talk about bias. >> reporter: in one tweet trump called comey, mccabe and strzok and page clowns and losers and wonder if the fbi will recover its once stellar reputation. biographer said the president doesn't tolerate being challenged by those around him. >> it doesn't matter if it is a spouse telling the truth about his infidelity or a law enforcement officer trying to do his duty. the right thing to do where donald trump is concerned is to serve him. any other duty is superfluous and he'll be angry at you and really try to destroy you if you cross him. >> reporter: tonight analysts are concerned that trump's repeated attacks on fbi directors and their aides have serious security consequences. >> when the president is denigrating the fbi, he's hurting it as an institution, he's hurting the reputation with the american public and that harms -- that is bad for its national security in law enfor