Former FBI director denies having knowledge of key information in the Russia investigation; Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz shares his thoughts on Comey testimony.
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Thank you for doing that
Steve. Thank you.
Brian congratulations,
Ainsley James Comeys, grill him
on origins of the russian probe.
What effort had been made to
verify the dossier in October?
I dont know specifically.
Did you ask any questions or
do any due diligence on this at
all?
I dont remember anything
about the facts that have been
revealed recently about the
Subsource.
With all due respect, you
dont seem to know anything
about an investigation that you
ran
Brian wow here to react.
Chairman of the House Oversight
Committee, Jason Chaffetz.
He had a much different
attitude even a few years ago,
so when he agreed quickly to do
this, you almost knew something
was up.
Was he promoting the movie or
does he have a second book?
Well, he probably has another
book in the works,
but you know hes on the
record some times on his books
in his interviews just
incredulous about how this whole
thing was done
and Senator MIKE Lee is
absolutely right.
This was not done by a field
office somewhere.
This was at the main
headquarters at the FBI,
one of the most consequential
and important investigations, and
when did you go through that
hearing that he went through
time and time again, I dont
recall I dont know
I didnt look at that. That was
below me. It wasnt important to
me.
Are you kidding me
and you know what in the Senate
needs to get up a lot of the
other people around him
im tired from hearing from
Comey that the prosecutor should
be going after him.
There are other people that the
Senate, and certainly the Durhams
of the world, should be looking
at
Steve. You know what
you just did a good promo for
us.
We have Senator Lee coming up in
our 800 eastern hour,
stay tuned for that. Nonetheless,
here is the former FBI director
talking a little bit about how
the controversy and all this
trump stuff- you know it just
doesnt. Remember
watch,
do you recall getting an
inquiry from the excuse me,
the intelligence community in
September, two thousand, and sixteen about a concern
that the Clinton campaign was
going to create a scandal
regarding Trump and Russia.
It doesnt ring bells with
me:
thatS, a pretty stunning
thing: it didnt ring a bell,
Steve Jason Chaffetz. How do
you, as the former FBI director,
forget important details about
an investigation into a
presidential candidate and their
campaign?
Its totally inexcusable?
What you can look at is that
document, as released by John
Ratcliffe, the director of
national intelligence,
its something like the next day.
The Clinton campaign is actually
out there doing those types of
things,
so that document was in their
possession.
It has now been declassified
and you can look at what the
Clinton campaign actually did,
and I tell you when I was the
chairman and I sat there with
James Comey, and we were talking
about Hillary Clinton and her
emails.
The biggest issue that he made
was intent.
He said, oh well, I couldnt
prove intent.
This goes to intent.
Now it is a russian document.
It needs to be investigated, but that has got to ring bells,
but that has got to ring bells
at the highest levels: Toe FBI,
Ainsley biggest story in twenty sixteen
biggest story.
The media avoids covering
this look at this ABC zero
minutes.
Nbc zero minutes,
CBS zero minutes
Steve did we forget to pay our
cable bills
Ainsley evening NEWS, keep in
mind
why didnt they cover did
I got to tell you when I sat
there as the chairman, and we
were doing these investigations
time and time and time again,
the biggest publications, the
so called news organizations
were totally incurious because
it was negative about Hillary
Clinton and her candidacy
and then about the Obama Biden
administration.
They never asked a question or
had a peep,
but the moment Donald Trump was
going to become the president of
the United States. Oh, my gosh
were worried about everything.
His kids. They put Donald
Trump Jr on the cover of time
magazine for saying, caught red
handed
Hunter Biden, where you have a
Senate report detailing all of
this. The financial transactions
putting money in his pocket.
Well, Joe Biden is the vice
president and there is nothing
out there.
It is absolutely shameful. It
is an embarrassment to this
country
and shame on those national
media organizations who never
report this and say: oh its been
debunked.
Joe Biden said its debunked
by who
nobody,
he should have gotten a
follow up question and he should
be asked that question every
single time the media has a
chance
Brian. I was surprised Ukraine
wasnt a topic
at the very least if it isnt
true, let Joe Biden tell us way
to isnt true.
It has nothing to do just
tell us what you had to do with
it, and that includes the China
link too,
and with this Comey did admit. If
he knows what he knows now, he
wouldnt have went for that FISA
warrant against Carter page
he actually wouldnt have gotten
it,
and Mccabe is next Wednesday,
but Brian. Where is the
court?
How many people can go to a
court and lie to the court,
submit documents that were false
and the court just sit back and
do nothing
Brian? I know
shame on chief Justice
Roberts
that court should be holding
these people accountable as
well
Brian. They should be madder
than everybody else, even madder.
Transcript generated on 2020-10-17.