hello again and happy Father's Day from Fox News in Washington President Trump
is back from his summit with North Korea's Kim jong-un and is already
taking on his next big challenge the Department of Justice and Specter
general issued a report that is sharply critical of how the FBI conducted the
Clinton email investigation and the president says that undercuts Robert
mullahs probe of collusion with Russia and obstruction of justice joining me
now from South Carolina Republican congressman trey Gowdy chair of the
House Oversight Committee mr. chairman before we get to the IG report I want to
discuss how President Trump and his lead lawyer
Rudy Giuliani are using the IG report here's the president linking what the
Inspector General found in the Clinton investigation to the Muller
investigation of him I think that the report yesterday maybe more importantly
than anything it totally exonerates me there was no collusion
there was no obstruction mr. chairman does the IG report exonerate President
wrong well it certainly helps him Chris I mean keep in mind the same people the
same players that were involved in the in the Clinton Pro later moved to the
Russia probe John Brennan who said he should be in the dustbin of history Jim
Comey who said impeachment was too good of a remedy Loretta Lynch who wanted
Hillary Clinton to win and then we've got Peter struck and Lisa Paige the two
FBI employees Kristen this is what's most important to me
those two presumed and pronounced Hillary Clinton's innocence before her
investigation ended and they presumed and pronounced Donald Trump's guilt
before the investigation even began so when you have that pervasiveness of bias
yes it's going to help the person who is complaining about the investigation on
the other hand Robert Muller was not part of the Clinton investigation Peter
struck was fired by Muller as soon as he found out about those very biased and
damaging texts and of course we don't know what Muller has
in the last year in his investigation so again I have to ask has president from
been exonerated I clearly understand your point that there was bias in the
FBI but has he been exonerated on allegations of collusion and obstruction
well well it part of that depends upon what you view the Muller probe as now
you mentioned collusion the only person in the universe who claims to have
evidence of collusion is atom chef and unlike any other secret he's ever had
he's actually kept this one he's never told anyone what evidence he has so
there's no evidence of collusion obstruction of justice Chris
good luck having your star witness Big Jim Comey in any prosecution from
shoplifting to obstruction of justice good luck if that's your star witness
for me the Muller probe is about what Russia did in 2016 and who if anyone
they did it with so that's what I mean when I say Muller probe and I hope he
does write the definitive accounting of what Russia did but there's no evidence
Donald Trump did it with them and Jim Comey would be about the sorriest
witness that I can imagine the prosecutor could have I find this very
significant because you have not been in the tank for for President Trump on all
of this not now no I understand that I'm not saying you are now but I'm are you
saying this morning that Donald Trump is off the hook and the Muller
investigation well I don't know what Muller has I do know this that bias is
so pervasive and everyone who's ever stood in front of the jury and had to
explain it away will tell you it is the most miserable feeling of the war in the
world and I have never seen this level of bias so you have Peter struck who
can't think of a single American who can vote for Donald Trump and you got Peter
struck who says we'll stop it the campaign and the presidency will stop
the campaign and then if that doesn't work the day after the election he's
talking about impeachment so how would you like that to be your lead
investigator two weeks after you're assigned to look into what a foreign
country did to us the only thing he can think to talk about is an insurance
policy to keep Donald Trump from winning and then he says will
stop it I assumed the we is the FBI so how would you like if you're Bob Mahler
to present that case to a jury you are co-chairing a hearing on Tuesday where
the Inspector General Michael Horowitz who issued this damaging report will
appear what are the main questions you want to ask them whether a bunch is a
500-page report and the good news Chris is Michael Horowitz proved what we
wanted the FBI and the DOJ to do which is that you can have an investigation
that is fact centric and fair and even-handed there are a lot of questions
I have for him number one you know the Hillary Clinton failure to
prosecute was predicated upon two things number one that her emails were not
exposed to foreign actors there's some evidence that that's not true number two
if there was no evidence of intent well of course there's no evidence of intent
you didn't bother to ask her you went into the interview knowing that she was
not going to be charged so I think some members will ask about that a lot of
members are going to ask about the bias the same team that exonerated her
implicated him before the investigation began and I suspect some members will
ask about the coziness between the FBI and the media well the FBI is very
critical as you pointed out and we're going to get into it in more detail
about actions taken by Comey and struck and others here is his overall judgment
on the final conclusion of the Clinton investigation I want to put this up on
the screen this is from the IG we found no evidence that the conclusions by the
prosecutors were affected by bias or other improper considerations rather we
determine that they were based on the prosecutors assessment of the facts the
law and past Department practice and here is current FBI director Christopher
Rea this report did not find any evidence of political bias or improper
considerations actually impacting the investigation under review so when they
say the final judgments yes there may have been biased but that didn't affect
the final judgments are the Inspector General Michael
Horowitz and Christopher Rea the--it current FBI director are they wrong well
I'll say this why did Allah run a Lynch asked it to be called a matter and not
an investigation why was Cheryl Mills in the room when the target was being
interviewed why did you write an exoneration memo six weeks before she
was interviewed why did you start planning your press conference two
months before the investigation was over here's where I depart from from from
Chris ray I don't think it's my job to prove the bias impacted the
investigation I think it's his job to prove that it did not here's what I know
they exonerated her before the interview they said she did nothing wrong before
they even bothered to talk to her and this same group said Donald Trump should
not be the president and or should be impeached before the investigation even
began if that is not textbook bias which is the prejudging of an outcome I mean
that's what bias is we are prejudging the outcome we were prejudging her
innocence before we talked to her were prejudging his guilt before we even
begin to look into the fact pattern that's bias and yes it impacted the
outcome she the most important element is intent that's what they all told us
she did not have the intent to commit a crime the best way to figure that out is
to talk to her but they went into the interview Chris saying the only thing
she'll be charged with is maybe lying to us if you're Donald Trump or if you're
any other defendant in the country how would you like that deal we're not going
to charge you with anything as long as you tell us the truth that is blanket
immunity and everyone in the country would like that as they go into an
interview with the FBI now a couple of top Republican leaders House Majority
Leader McCarthy Senate Majority and leader McConnell are saying given all of
this and given the fact that the that the mulher investigation has gone on for
more than a year it's time to wrap it up it clearly is putting a cloud over the
president do you agree with that I think it's putting more more than just a cloud
over the president I think it's putting the cloud over the entire country this
is a unique case Chris it is a counterintelligence investigation
become public most of them do not is a criminal investigation that has
political overtones most of them do not combine the two it is a public
counterintelligence investigation with political overtones this is not your
traditional investigation so I would encourage Bob Muller keep doing exactly
what rod Rosa Stein hired you to do but Mulder did not volunteer we're here
because rod Rhodes assigned decided we needed special counsel do the very best
you can with the evidence and the witnesses you have but understand that
this is being used by political enemies to hurt Donald Trump Adam Schiff wants
to be the chairperson of the House Intelligence Committee Nancy Pelosi
wants to be the Speaker of the House they won't Bob Muller to do with Peter
struck and Hillary Clinton could not do which is beat Donald Trump so just be
aware that you're being used would be my advice to Bob Muller I've got about
three minutes left I want to get I'm gonna ask you for four quick answers
should based on what you've you knew before and what you know now from the IG
report should Hillary Clinton have been charged with a crime I need to interview
her effectively I need to ask her those questions on intent we know she lied we
know she's concealed evidence we know they destroyed F and it's those are all
circumstantial markers of intent so I would need to interview her without
going into it knowing I was gonna clear her like the FBI did should Comey and
Peter struck be called to testify before Congress yes on what issues
well Peter struck you name it the highest level of bias I've ever
witnessed in any law enforcement officer and Comey and the words of my Grandmamma
has some explaining to do he's having a hard time getting his stories to match
up Horowitz was very critical of him and and deservedly so finally where our
House Republicans in your your demand you're called for the Department of
Justice to share more documents especially on this question of the use
by the FBI of a until informant to penetrate the Trump
campaign and also do you believe as some of your colleagues have suggested that
Deputy Attorney General Rosen Stein threatened the house and threatened
staffers for demanding those documents well I wasn't in the room for that
January meeting I've been in the room with some other meetings where tensions
ran really high we had a meeting Friday night under the heading of minor
miracles you had members of the House working on a Friday night Paul Ryan led
this meeting yeah Devin noonas Bob Goodlatte myself and everyone you can
think of from the FBI and the DOJ and we went item by item on both of those
outstanding subpoenas we either have compliance we have partial compliance or
we have non-compliance and Paul made it very clear there's going to be action on
the floor of the house this week if the FBI and DOJ do not comply with our
subpoena requests so rod Rosenstein Chris Wright you were in the meeting you
understood him just as clearly as I did we're going to get compliance or the
House of Representatives is going to use its full arsenal of constitutional
weapons to gain compliance this is too important it was too important before
the IG report the IG report has even heightened the need for us to understand
what happened in 2016 so the new guys can either be part of the cleanup crew
or they can be part of the cover-up crew and I would encourage them to be part of
the cleanup and very briefly sir in the areas where you see
non-compliance and you might see action on the floor this week that's on what
area it would be FISA abuse it would be a little bit on the strop page text
we're a little miffed that we read that most damning text the same time you did
well we've been asking for it for a long time so Devon subpoena is is largely
most of the issues from with Devon subpoena and not chairman Goodlatte
and that's FISA abuse and it's what led up to the Russia probe and and Chris and
rod or there is no ambiguity the speaker of the house was really clear you're
going to comply or there's going to be floor action and I think they got the
message and floor action would be a full panoply
of constitutional weapons available to the people's house including contempt of
Congress that would be among them yes sir I don't want the drama
I want the documents and I think that Chris and rod got that message a
contempt of Congress just means we're gonna be talking about this six years
from now I don't want that I want the documents I don't want the drama and I
don't want the floor fight but they need to know that we're willing to do it and
unless they're in a different meeting than the one I have never seen Paul Ryan
as animated as I saw him Friday night he is sick and tired of the delay and he
communicated that point very effectively chairman Gowdy thank you thanks for your
time always there to talk with you and I got to say you had a lot to say today
thank you sir happy Father's Day Thanks same to you sir
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