strzok. i did. we talked about it before and after i need to get together with him so strzok and judge contreras know each other. page letter writes read through this, thought of it because you had to google foreign intelligence surveillance court judges and saw him there. i'm telling you. strzok follows up with well she brought up a good point about being circumspect in talking to him in terms of not placing him in a situation where he'd have to actually recuse himself. page then texts i can't imagine either one of you ever talking about anything in detail, meaningful enough to warrant a recusal. and page says well, anyway, maybe you didn't mean to but didn't. and strzok answers really? rudy? i'm in charge of espionage for the fbi. any espionage fisa comes before him, what should he do? given his friend oversees them? page replies in this particular case standards for recusal though are quite high. i just don't think this poses an actual conflict. and he doesn't know what you do. and then strzok re

strzok familiars up. brought up a good point and now not placing him in a uation where he'd have to recuse himself. >> page replies i can't imagine you talk nothing detail to warrant a recusal. and strzok. really rudy,in enemy charge. espionage and fisa comes before him. what should he do. given his friend overseas him. page replies. standards for recuesal are quite high. i don't think poses as an actual conflict and he doesn't know what you do. strzok, he knows what i do not to the level or scope and he's super thoughtful and rigorous with ethics and conflicts. and i am sorry, i am going to have to invite you to a cocktail party. and i am adding that part. strozok we'll have to have you there and cover for action. six is intimate setting and they know each other and the judge in his position. there is a lot to unpack here. peter strzok knew the judge and he and page wanted to attend a party with him. engineering a meeting with a fisa judge under false pretenses in this case a cocktail party and that is o

strzok should be fired. he violated every possible rule of ethics in the fbi. >> laura: unbelievable. >> he has to go. i can't believe he's not been fired. >> laura: he uses the phrase "with some other work people cover." cover for action. it's like -- >> that's the smoking gun. >> cover, harmeet. he needs cover. >> and this type of ex-parte communication is outrageous. if this is not a conspiracy, i don't know what is. there's a conversation in the texts and a dinner party for six. you have multiple people around strzok and page conspiring -- >> laura: who knows -- >> it's outrageous. >> and how stupid can you be putting everything in writing. >> laura: knowing that texts will live forever. >> and he's a counter intelligence -- this guy is supposed to be -- >> this an unintelligent counter intelligence guy. >> laura: everything happens friday night. that's why we're live. friday night, this is mccabe's statement. the last 1 1/2 years, my family and i have been targets of an unrelenting assault on our reputa

even bob mueller enough enough to take strzok off his investigation because strzok was so dirty.ccabe you can complain all you want that you were unjustly fired. but the facts contradict that. you should have been fired a long time ago. you should lose your law lie even and you should have been -- law license and you should have been taken out in cuffs. joining me now, gop house majority leader kevin mccarthy. thanks so much for being on "justice" tonight. what do you say regarding the fact that mccabe is fired and he lost his pension? >> welcome to california. i hope you are finding we are not all like the san francisco values, there are a lot of conservatives out here. judge jeanine: especially in kern county where i saw you last night. great republican county. >> you gave a great speech. one thing you have got to look at. i know a lot of democrats are trying to make this a political problem, but it's not. an independent, knob partisan unspector general found the information of mccabe lying. thought it was severe enough even before the final report came forward to send it to th

now what strzok did here is beyond a dereliction of duty. it's a crime, which is why we have to ask, how does peter strzok still have a job? better yet, why isn't he being investigated? we now have a mountain of evidence of bias and wrong doing against peter strzok and so many others and this is new information to add to the list. so it's time to hold him accountable. we also have breaking tonight, the chairman of the house judiciary committee, bob goodlatte and trey gowdy, they're making a joint plea to the department of justice, i'd like to join them. requesting the attorney general, jeff sessions, appoint a second special counsel to investigate this misconduct, this bias within the department of justice and the fbi. according to the request, a second special counsel would investigate fisa and why the unvetted, unverified phony steele dossier, how was it over able to be used to obtain a warrant against carter page. how did that happen? as we said so many times, a special counsel is needed. they can't investigate themselves. it's the attorn

this is that strzok writes. the congressional investigators believe this is evident that the fbi and doj meant to discuss the russian election hacking investigation. august 25th, 2016. harry reid with brennan about russian attempts to influence the election. then he send a letter to james comey urging him to open an investigation into donald trump. he wrote at the time: after the letter became public, strzok texted page a link referencing the letter, writing here we go. next the fbi used that letter as legitimate cover for their investigation into russia collusion and as part of the fisa warrant application against carter page. a trump campaign associate. that gets them all of the emails and right into the heart of the trump campaign. in other words, this was a coordinated effort to spy and bring down and tarnish the trump campaign. sarah carter and the house intel chairman will be here tonight and explain this to you. while we bring you information on the deep state forces working to take down the president and

this is what strzok writes.thanks so much for having the discipline to wait another 24 hours to have the first meeting about the case with the doj." these congressional investigators that we spoke to tonight's, they believe this is evidence that the fbi and doj met a to discuss the russia election hacking investigation and then get this, august 25th, 2016, harry reid is briefed by then cia director, the guy that voted for20 the communist to me '70s, how did he become a cia director? john brennan, about russia's attempts to influence the election. then two days after that meeting, harry reid sends a letter to then fbi director james comey. urging him to open an investigation into donald trump. he wrote at the time, "the evidence of a direct connection between the russian government on donald trump's presidential campaign continues to mount." after the letter became public, strzok texts lisa page a link to a "new york times" article referencing the letter, writing, "here we go." it may be that it is like. next the

so strzok put his.ersonal biases header protecting americans and american national security while russia and others were literally looking page by page and stealing our national security secrets. what strzok did here is beyond the dereliction of duty. it's crime. which is why we have to ask, how does peter strzok still have a job? better yet, why isn't he being investigated? we now have a mountain of evidence of bias and wrongdoing against peter strzok and so many others, and this is only new information to add to the list. so it's time to hold him accountable. we also have breaking tonight, the chairman of the house judiciary committee bob goodlatte and the chairman of the house oversight committee trey gowdy, they are making a joint plea to the department of justice, i'd like to join them, requesting the attorney general jeff sessions appoint a second specialec counsel to investigate all this misconduct, all this bias within the department of justice and the fbi. according to the request, the second s

to which strzok replied really? strzok replies to that, he's super thoughtful and rigourous about ethics and conflicts. and suggested a social setting with others who probably would be better than a one on one meeting. so, guys? looks like the betting is on a cocktail party. rachel: right? we've still got more to discover but find out if they had that cocktail party or not. pete: thanks for your time. rachel: hattie st. patricks day. >> you too guys. pete: love it. ed: a lot of people having cocktail parties today. you'd never bet against cocktail parties let's be honest. pete: that's a never not intended cocktail party. ed: well moving on consumer confidence hitting a 14-year high, charles payne says there's one reason for that optimism and it is jobs, and he joins us live ed: always brings energy to the show. rachel: and faith under attack this time the target is president trump's new economic advisor take a look. >> he ended by saying however things work out, it will be god 's will. >> that's an interesting way t

peter strzok may have been among those interrogating him. they may have misled him into thinking he was lying so he copped a plea. the whole corrupt atmosphere within the fbi in this investigation is being exposed. >> i have always been a big advocate of the fbi. i think something happened in this last couple years there in the hierarchy and this is anti-trump. i am sure most of of them thought hillary was going to win, and once trump got in they did everything they could to diffuse his presidency and they have. and i think it needs to be cleaned up. as difficult as it is to make this kind of example out of mccabe, you have to do it. david: the other thing that needs to be cleaned up is the mueller investigation. the two main grand jury witnesses mr. mueller has, sam nunberg who we saw last week appearing on television either drunk or highly medicated. the guy was spewing all kinds of nonsense. even his friends were saying the guy is in no condition to speak before a grand jury. then we have a guy named george nader. who allegedly spoke befo

this is the same peter strzok who interviewed michael flynn.hen michael flynn end up getting in trouble. the underlying activity is the obama administration was trying to get a security crown ask kril resolution passed through the u.n. to cleanse judeo-christian jerusalem. michael flynn was talking to these other countries advocating for them to do the right thing not just for america, but for our allies in israel. lou: the untell jones community at large is corrupt. and i think we agree on this, and i commend you for calling for a special counsel even though i'm not sure that's progress in this matter. to look into that corruption and malfeasance. congressman lee zeldin, thank you for leading on these issues. we appreciate you being with us tonight. president trump standing firm on tariffs to help american workers keep their jobs. president trump: we are not backing down. mexico -- we had a very bad deal with mexico and canada. for many years nafta has brand-new a disaster. lou: mueller's phoney probe expand together middle east despite no evi

and lisa page talked about exploring strzok's friendship with a judge. investigators working for house republicans jim jordan and mark meadows reviewed the original documents at the justice department and took notice. the copies sent to congress were redacted. and the two sub lovers talk about setting up a meeting. on july 2016, page writes "rudy is on the fence. page continues, i can't imagine either one of you could take about anything in detail meaningful enough to warrant recusal. >> congressional investigators question whether there's a connection to strzok who conducted flynn's fbi interview. the newly public texts seem to undercut the fbi leadership's longstanding claims that the pu bureau is above politics. >> has the investigation impeded any of the work or the investigation or ongoing projects at the fbi? >> there's been no effort to impede our investigation to date. simply put, you cannot stop the men and the women of the fbi from doing the right thing, protecting the american people and upholding the constitution. >> the justice department ha

peter strzok was removed, taking him off of the investigation.do not know if this has anything to do with the material problem here or the material charge that michael flynn lied, right? that is the essence of this case and that he lied to fbi officers about meeting with foreign officials. we do not know if that changes, if this has anything to do with that central charge, that's why he is in hot water. >> bret: had he known, michael flynn, that is, that the guy that was investigating him and asking him the questions was conspiring and had this political bias and the judge that he said i plead guilty to have the relationship with the guy who asked him the questions, would he have pled guilty? >> good question, i don't know. i think that that is a question per michael flynn and his attorney. >> bret: we are waiting any minute on a decision and whether they will be fired hours before he is scheduled to retire to get his pension. thoughts on that as we get a decision one way or another before sunday? >> it should not be taking down on the clock like

about exploiting strzok's relationship with a federal judge who would later handle the investigation. texting on work phones the two fbi lovers suggest setting up work party with rudolph who also sits on the secret fisa surveillance court. on july 25th, 2016, page writes: rudy is on the fisc: did you know that. >> i did. i need to get together with him. page continues i can't imagine either one of you could talk about anything in detail meaningful enough to warrant recusal. really? rudy. i'm in charge of espionage for the fbi any espionage fisa warrants comes before him, what should he do, given his friend oversees them? after texting about unrelated issue, strzok rites is he super thoughtful and rigorous, referring to con treras treras. >> not clear whether the cocktail party ever happened offer whether the cocktail party was a joke. mike flynn pleaded guilty lying to the fbi in december. less than one week later he was removed from the case without explanation. congressional investigators question whether there is a connection to strzok who also conducted flynn's fbi interview. the

you have comey, page, strzok. you have loretta lynch.ou have the obama administration, top down. >> absolutely. >> sean: deep state. >> let's remember, this individual, andy mccabe, he's just a small part of a massive conspiracy and again, the opi, it sounds very anodyne, the office of professional responsibility, that's the iad of the fbi.ss that's the internal affairs division and they said this guy cannot get his pension. that is a massive blow and it's just the beginning, but now comes the real test. now ag sessions has to clean. >> sean: special counsel. special counsel. you've been amazing, thank you all. so much more to get to. we are way behind. the great one, mark levin, he's next. ♪ (alarm sounds) oooooooooh! you sleep on a poorly crafted mattress, you might find yourself sippin' a cup of hot mud, too. you need a ghostbed™. the only mattress with cooling latex over gel memory foam to give you the deepest sleep. delivered to your door. in a box. at a great price. because you shouldn't have to pay a lot for a great night's sleep.

>> well, we have the strzok/page text messages rolfing mr. orr and have mr. nunez' house intelligence memo, which again dresses the orr/steele connection. it's not speculative. it's pretty well established but the question is what's the content. >> bill: is that enough evidence to prove it you think? >> i think so. the records and documents between the communications twin strzok and page speak for themselves and mr. nunez had sufficient information to formulate the three and a half page memo. all we're lacking is the content of the communications and why we've sued to get them. >> bill: you've had success in the past. chris, how long will it take to get an answer on this? >> the first response from the justice department was thundering silence. they refused to answer our request and we went to the court to compel them to answer. i imagine document production will begin somewhere around 60 days, maybe 90 days. but we have to get in front of a federal judge and make our case and have the judge eventually order this. >> bill: eleven past the hour now. >> sandra:

reportedly strzok never followed up on it. this is critical.ause strzok was also involved in editing the memo delivered by former fbi director james comey exonerating hillary clinton in the case. the initial draft of that memo said that it was "reasonably likely that hostile actors had hacked clinton's server." that was later changed to say "it's possible that that happened." here's nine director comey reading the memo to the american public. >> she also used her personal e-mail extensively outside the united states, including sending and receiving work-related e-mails in the territory of sophisticated adversaries. we said its possible that hostile actors gained access to her personal account. >> it's a down grade there. >> no question. of all the investigations going on, house investigations, senate investigations, bob mueller, all kinds of things happening here. perhaps the most significant investigation of them all is the one we hear least about. what it is going to get at the internal macinations at doj and what happened. so we can understa

that clearly does not draw any conclusion about what that judge and peter strzok may have done or not done but is clearly material to what was going on in the fbi regarding how they were treating this court. maria: so again let's be clear here. normally when there are redactions they redact things because they are a point of national security, but in fact what was redacted because then you saw the unredacted material was text about going to a cocktail party with this fisa judge, judge contreras. >> that's correct, and that's information that's material to the investigation. not drawing any conclusions about it. maria: that's not national security. that's correct. maria: let me ask you because we're all waiting on the michael horowitz ig report, sir but we know that michael horowitz does not have subpoena power. you do have subpoena power. if you keep getting stonewalled and you don't get this documents are you going to subpoena these documents? >> well the answer is yes and as i say the whole matter is coming to a head. we've had communications with the department of justice about thi

page and strzok attempting to cover their tracks. this text, make sure you can lawfully protect what you sign. just thinking about congress foia et cetera, you probably know better than me. andrew mccabe, the top fbi official fired by attorney general jeff sessions hours before his planned retirement is now soliciting donations online for his legal defense fund. no word yet on whether clinton donors which supported mccabe's wife during a run for virginia state senate have pitched in as of yet. joining me now, chris farrell. welcome to the show again. good to see you, sir. explain to me how the strzok-page messages going backwards and forwards brings president obama, the obama name into play. go through it for me. >> sure. there's clear evidence in their own language, their own text messages explaining how they were communicating and coordinating with white house officials. for example, there's elisa page text message that we uncovered a few weeks back that says quote, potus wants to know everything that we're doing. that is pretty cl

strzok and fbi lover lisa page wanted to meet judge cocon

contrary contreras is a friend e and strzok.elling you, this gives everybody a sense that this investigation from the beginning was the insurance policy, was an insurance policy in the fall of 2016, heaven forbid, should something happen with hillary, maybe her health, or who knows, maybe donald trump was going to win even though they didn't think they would come up because when you see dennis mcdonough on those texts? >> a lot of them thought republican president, republican congress, than the justice department will cooperate with the republican congress, and that didn't happen. what they didn't realize, apparently institutional prerogatives and back-covering back-covering -- >> laura: it's called the deep state. >> they were stronger than any desire to actually cooperate with the republican congress. you have seen this adversarial atmosphere develop between people in the same party. >> laura: there is one other saying, and i want to play it over, but senator blumenthal was on cnn today. i would love for you, chairman goodlatt

to conclude, obviously we have to find out what's going on not only with andrew mccabe but peter strzok and other people who were not doing allegedly all they were supposed to do on behalf of the fbi that's being truth-tellers? >> right, when the president criticized large institutions like to fbi, he mention it is state department in one of his tweets today as well, we are left wonder what's that about, i think that there is -- there's a -- an erosion when the president speak that is way, i think the public is metabolizing this and president trump has a certain style, he's not always on speaking terms with the truth. kelly: he's never been a politician to be fair. >> right, not uncommon for him. this is his style of operating and i think that there's a certain discounting that maybe happening with the public as well. kelly: also evident that he doesn't like andrew mccabe and yet the 20-year career for andrew mccabe has come under this cloud of doubt and as a result of that he's now been fired, so what's -- do you think he will face any criminal charge in the future? >> we don't know. t

mueller gets rid of peter strzok on the commission.he team is full of partisan democrats. >> neil: what would happen if the president fired mueller? >> i don't know. and i don't think it is going to happen. but the real problem here is that the whole investigation is gone far afield of having going to do with russia. paul manafort on tax charge and on general flynn for not accurate in representing a private phone call and in flynn is going to jail? shouldn't andy mccabe go to jail? he lied about doing something imlegal. and supposedly general flynn didn't tell the truth about something that was not illegal. i am concerned about how the intelligence agencies that so much power to look at and listen to phone call and remotely assassinate people, they should not be partesan and people who are so biassed against the president that they are using the power of their office to go after president trump. >> neil: you think the firing of mccabe was justified? >> if he lied about classified information. >> neil: if he is it denied pension, you th

to which strzok replies really? rudy, i'm in charge of espionage for the fbi. espionage fisa warrant that comes before him what should he do given his friend oversees him? page replies standards for recusal are quite high i don't think this poses an equal conflict and he doesn't know what you do? strzok says generally he does know what i do. not the level or scope or area. but he is super thoughtful and rigorous about ethics and conflicts. m suggested a social setting with others would probably be better than a one-on-one meeting. i'm sorry, i'm just going to have to invite you to that cocktail party. so, eboni, there is no confirmation yet as to whether or not this alleged cocktail party ever occurred, but we will, of course, keep you and our viewers updated. >> eboni: absolutely. thank you for that update. gillian, leland? leland: russian officials now saying 23 british diplomats have a week to pack up and leave. this as the diplomatic dispute over a nerve agent -- also ordering the close of the british council. no longer reopen the british consulate in saint

congressman, peter strzok was not just anybody in the fbi.e was the right-hand man of james comey when he was director of the fbi. of course he was the lead fbi investigate for for mueller. to mueller's credit he fired him after all the texts were found where he revealed his hatred, pure hatred for donald trump, before and after he became president. he, there was, he was not alone. there was a whole team of anti-trump people in there. is that what you're investigating and worried about? >> it is one of the things curious to me. the fbi is center to center right, generally apolitical entity. how in the world is it that mr. comey surround himself with such very aggressive, progressive, really in some cases political hacks? that wasn't just by coincidence or, it didn't just happen. very clearly these individuals were selected and moved into these positions. mr. strzok is a god example of that, let's go back to the, seems like so long ago, so many scandals, so little time. hillary clinton had an email that we know was unsecure. she shouldn't have

comey, page, strzok. loretta lynch.ou have the obama administration, top down. >> absolutely. >> sean: deep state. >> let's remember, this individual, andrew mccabe, he's just a small part of a massive conspiracy and again, the opi, it sounds very anodyne, the office of professional responsibility, that the iad of the fbi. that's the internal affairs division and they said this guy cannot get his pension. that is a massive blow and it's just the beginning, but now comes the real test. now ha sessions has to clean. >> sean: special counsel. special counsel. if an amazing, thank you all. so much more to get to. we are way behind. ♪ at the lexus command performance sales event. current qualified lexus owners can get up to $1,000 cash on select 2018 is models for these terms. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. you won't find relief here. congestion and pressure? go to the pharmacy counter for powerful claritin-d. while the leading allergy spray relieves 6 symptoms... claritin-d relieves 8, including sinus congestion a

this comes after new texts between peter strzok and lisa page.hey were planning on meeting fisa court judge rudolf contreras at a cocktail party. we don't know if it' the same judge they petitions for a fisa warrant with the dossier. i recently traveled to d.c. to discuss the russia investigation, and fisa abuse with congressman nunes. take a look. nice to meet you chairman nunes. how do you think the media has handled this fisa abuse story? >> i'm embarrassed for them and scared for this country in regards to what's going to happen moving forward. the way the media makes their money has totally changed. if you are not writing left-wing stuff and taking left-wing orders you are not going to work there very long. jesse: how much time do you spend dealing with fake news from the media. >> i don't talk to them at all unless it's somebody i know who will do a fair story. i don't trust them, and my goal here or the deal i made with the mainstream media is, null retract the fake news stories you wrote about me, i am not going to talk to you. jesse: con

strzok, he's got his fingers in everything. he was in the hill clinton e-mail server case, the russia case with the steele dossier. the fact that mueller realized strzok is a problem anakined him is an admission that th knows tt anything that comes out of all of those investigations is the fruit of the poisonous tree. you can't take bad evidence and pretend you got it some other way. and anything that derives from that is equally inadmissible. it's garbage. lou: garbage, the garbage that he has collected. is also known to rod rosen sign, why don't they take steps to end it now and cut their losses, because they know it cannot in any sense of equity proceed from here because it will lead to nothing. >> and mueller knows that ethical obligation he has, he's demonstrated it both with the fisa warrant nonsense and strzok. and so since he knows that he's under the gun here, i think that he's reluctant to admit that the whole thing is a sham and nothing can really be used because it's been obtained unlawfully. so he's trying to go ab

the partisan conspiring around with ohr and strzok.otprints on that deceptive fisa warrant with the faulty steele dossier. they corresponded up hillary clinton and huma abedin's emails. lou: in the call it seems is irresistible. i can't imagine attorney general sessions with congressman like yourself and others throughout the house of representatives demanding that special counsel with all the evidence of wrongdoing and corruption within the fbi and the department of justice, i can't imagine there wouldn't be a second counsel installed by attorney general sessions. can you? >> no, i can't. what's been put out on the printed media and fox. the delays in mentioning the emails. you talk about trump influencing a political campaign, that's i influencing a political campaign. lou: comey and mccabe. basically mccabe saying comb question knew he was leaking to the media. that he had at least tacit approval if not overt approval of his director at the time. this is getting worse and worse with each development. >> it stinks like 3-day-old fish

when we are looking at, is it a material fact that peter strzok had a relationship with a fisa judgey concealed it, yes. is it a fact -- and we now know that the investigation ended -- donald trump started late july, there was a meeting with the department of justice, they said the white house is leading this. >> laura: i think a lot of folks missed that when this happened the other day, that the white house is leading. >> we got text messages that would suggest that you paid within seven days of that, we had a meeting with the white house, chief of staff, we can't draw a conclusion, but we can certainly look at the facts, and the facts do speak to further investigation. >> laura: why can't he bring mcdonough and? >> i think that would be the appropriate thing to do, but it's not just there. some of the reactions that the department of justice have, they keep the names so we don't know who to bring in. >> this is from another text we were talking about, strzok to page, internal joint cyber until peace for d, that refers to directorate comey, from mcdonough brief, trainer of the fbi's

at the time this happened, peter strzok wasn't just any fbi agent. he was the senior fbi agent in the intelligence division of the fbi. knowledgeable of all the intelligence secrets and charged more than any other human being in the fbi with maintaining the national security of the united states. if he looked the other way, when he saw a breach of this nature, i don't know how he could justify it from an ethical point of view, internal d.o.j. point of view and potentially criminal point of view. >> i don't even understand interest, just from the pure -- what you do when your job point of view. it doesn't make any sense that he would just gloss over that. wouldn't have even told us, because puts everyone in a hole, in a horrible spot. >> he's still in the d.o.j., he's subject to interrogation by the inspector general, we don't know what the inspector general asked him and what he answered. we'll see it when the report comes out. kudos to the d.c. could egg loos for finding this. nobody else has. way to go catherine herridge. good to see you, stir. >>