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joining us republican committee member congressman rick crawford of arkansas.he fbi director christopher ray said he asked for the opportunity to come before the committee. i am wondering how can republicans say they are for transparency but not want to hear from them. >> i am not sure that is entirely correct. my understanding is he did review the memo in question. and there was no changes of any factual information so they have had eyes on that memo. >> not true that the fbi wanted to come and address the committee. >> that is not what i am saying. i am saying the director did have an opportunity to review the memo. they were given the opportunity to edit and no factual errors that needed to be corrected. >> but that doesn't necessarily mean that he wanted it to release. he saw it. but why not allow the fbi the opportunity to do that? >> i don't make that decision. i would be okay for them to come and brief us. they have briefed us on a number of items there. is an assertion that he did not see it and he did. given the opportunities to make edits but no factu

joining us instead republican committee member congressman rick crawford of arkansas.hank you for being with us. we appreciate it. >> you bet. >> the fbi director, president trump appointed a republican, said he asked for an opportunity to come before the committee to share the concerns about the memo. it was turned down. i'm wondering how could republicans say they're for transparency but not want to hear from him? why do you think it was not necessary? >> i'm not sure it was entirely correct. it was my belief the director did vu the memo and there was no changes of any facts. and so they have had eyes on ththe memo. >> you're saying it's not true the fbi wanted to address the committee? >> no. that's not what i'm saying. i'm saying the director did have an opportunity to view the memo. it's my understanding he did. they were given the opportunity to edit, and there was no factual errors that they felt needed corrected or anything of that nature. so the memo you're going to see has been viewed by the fbi director and two of his top five staff. >> that doesn't chris ra