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Strike a deal on asylum and Security Issues at the southern border. Plus, the congressman tells us about the letter he sent to fbi director concerning fisa abuse. That letter went out on friday. Also former congressman trey gowdy on the latest of attorney general William Barrs investigation. Plus, china expert Jonathan Ward back with us previewing the high stakes meeting next week between President Trump and president xi, just days from now at the g20 summit. All that coming up and a lot more right here, right now, sunday morning futures. Maria President Trump is keeping up the pressure on iran and saying the u. S. Will impose further sanctions on tehran beginning tomorrow. He added that military action is still on the tables just days after calling off retaliatory strikes against iran following the downing of a drone. The president tweeted iran cannot have nuclear weapons. Under the terrible obama plan, they would have been on their way to nuke it is in a number of years. We are putting major additional sanctions on iran on monday. I look forward to day that sanctions come off iran and they become a productive and prosperous nation again. The sooner, the better, the president wrote. National security adviser john bolton had a warning for iran, meanwhile. While meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu in jerusalem. Watch. No one has granted them a hunting license in the middle east. As President Trump said on friday, our military is rebuilt, new and ready to go, and as he made clear yesterday referring to his earlier remarks, the president said i just stopped the strike from Going Forward at this time. Maria joining me now is congressman mike turner, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services subcommittee. Congressman, its great to have you on the program this morning, thanks so much. So tell us, first, about your reaction to president s response here to iran. How serious is this threat . Well, i think its very serious. As you know, maria, these sanctions would come on top of the maximum Pressure Campaign as outlined by secretary pompeo to insure that iran never gets a nuclear weapon. As you were describing, the Iran Nuclear Deal was flawed in that it had insufficient inspection regime, it had a limited period of time for some of the critical components and also didnt include miss sills. This administrations also identified irans malign activities in yemen, syria, iraq in support of hezbollah and hamas as issues of concern. Now that we have the attacks on the tanker and the drones, the tankers and the drone, this is the administration stepping up and saying through additional sanctions theyre going to continue to impact iran and its economy and its ability to do harm to others. Maria so what will these additional sanctions put into place tomorrow be . I mean, how will that impact the economy there further . Well, the economy in iran is reeling already from the sanctions that have been put in place before as part of the maximum Pressure Campaign. The International Monetary fund indicates that irans economy this year is projected to contract 5, 6 . Secretary pompeo has signaled previously some additional areas of sanctions that the United States ought to look at would, of course, be oil exports. That goes right to heart of really the engine of irans economy. But with irans new announcement that its going to increase uranium enrichment, it is probably likely facing additional sanctions from europeans as the european leaders are beginning to discuss what sanctions they would put on iran if they step out of the Iran Nuclear Deal and begin enriching uranium to a higher level. Maria well, i think you hit on probably one of the most important points. Does the president have the alliance of other countries in order to really put the maximum pressure on iran . Thats really key, isnt it . Arent you still seeing europeans buy oil or try to buy oil from iran . Yes, but theyre doing so with the United States providing waivers and additional, you know, exceptions to existing sanctions. The United States ability to provide sanctions are really allpervasive, and thats why youre seeing such a huge impact on irans current economy. The europeans do not really have an ability to sidestep those. Theyve already been announcing how it impacted their ability to do business with iran, but if iran does as theyre threatening increase enrichment of uranium past the threshold set forth in the nuclear deal, iranians are likely to be facing additional sanctions from europe in addition to those of the United States which would, to of course, be more crippling. Maria which would you expect those additional sanctions from European Countries . Thats what im trying to understand better, whether or not the u. S. Has european allies on its side for this. Because while they say they are, theyre still using those waivers to buy oil. Well, and but theyre doing so, again, with the United States providing those exceptions. Maria right. Secretary pompeo has said were going to be closing those loopholes and making it more difficult for anyone to violate u. S. Sanctions which really, again, are allpervasive. But i think the europeans themselves may step up and impose their own sanctions if iran talks about breaking the nuclear deal. But in looking at european reactions to american sanctions, they dont have very many places to go. Thats why were seeing the maximum Pressure Campaign impact iran so much. This is the goal, of course, to bring them to table so we can renegotiate the nuclear deal, get one thats lasting and insures iran never becomes a nuclear power. Maria very good. Now, this is one of the worlds biggest potential opportunities for oil and gas, right . I mean, in iran this country has an enormous portfolio of oil and gas, and yet theyre not developing as much as they could because theyre using their efforts and energies instead to support terrorism. Exactly. And secretary pompeo has said we all look forward to a time when iran becomes a normal nation in the community of nations in the world. As they support hamas and the palestinian authority, threatening our ally israel, hezbollah in lebanon and their activities in syria, their activities in iraq, theyre a threat to saudi arabia with their destabilizing efforts in yemen, they really are the destabilizing force in the middle east which makes it difficult for them to join the World Economy as an equal partner. Maria how significant has the conversation of a military strike been as it relates to iran . I mean, obviously, this president doesnt want to go to war, but is that the only leverage after all of these sanctions to have some kind of a military situation . Well, i think the president has said and certainly secretary pompeo has said all options are on the table which includes a military response and, certainly, to extent that iran has increased its military attacks both on tankers and u. S. Drones, we might see in the future the need for a military response. I think its great that the president showed restraint as a result of the downing of the u. S. Drone. But what the president is making clear both with the buildup in the area and with his planning for action is the president would not hesitate to use military force. Now, in congress the debate right now is from the democrats in the house is how to restrict the president to take his options off the table. The house just last week voting to repeal if the 2001 authorization of use of force against alqaeda and isis, and the week before debating an amendment that would have restricted the ability to even defend israel if iran should attack them. So maria go ahead. This is an area thats going to continue to be debated in the house. Maria and the president has lots of different voices in the room to advise him on this issue. Yesterday he said he likes having people Like National security adviser john bolton who he described as a hawk and others who have different positions. Watch this. Hes doing a very good job, but he takes generally a tough posture. I have other people who dont take that posture. But the only one that matters is me, because ill listen to everybody. And i want people on both sides. Having people on both sides, to me, is very important. Maria so where is the president on this, in your view, in terms of the potential military answer . Well, i think hes in the right place, and that is both he has very strict sanctions in place, hes increasing those, hes working with our european allies, and hes calling for iran to come to table so that we can renegotiate the nuclear deal to insure there is no nuclear iran. And also very clearly calling out the dangerous, malign activities of iran that are destabilizing in the middle east, calling on them to, of course, you know, end their dangerous military actions that has resulted in the tanker attacks and the done attack. So hes giving them both an out at the same time hes putting on pressure and indicating hes willing to use military force if necessary. Maria and these provocations from iran are simply the result of them being upset that the president that the u. S. Is cutting iran off from the rest of the world and upset that the u. S. Pulled out of the deal, the nuclear deal. Well, you know, we cant really know irans intent other than the fact that, obvious, as our adversary they continue to chant death to america and death to israel, but they have a long history of actions. As you recall just a few years ago, they actually captured navy vessels of the United States and held our service members. So they have continued to have, i think, very dangerous, threatening actions within the area. Maria congressman, good to have you on the program. Thank you so much. Thank you. Maria coming up, devin nunes, the Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee. Hell tell us about being in the situation room last week at the white house when top lawmakers got the briefing on iran. Also, the California Republican on President Trumps decision to delay deporting Illegal Immigrants for two weeks to give congress a chance to fix americas broken immigration system. Can lawmakers really get anything done . Also trey gowdy and Jonathan Ward. Follow me on twitter and on instagram. Stay with us, were looking ahead right now on sunday morning futures. Well be right back. If the mercedesbenz of tomorrow will transform not just the automobile, but mobility itself. An autonomousthinking vehicle protecting those inside and out. And its the mercedesbenz of today that will help us get there. 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Congressman, always a pleasure to see you. Thank so much for joining us. Thank you, maria. Maria youre in california where we have a wall that separates tijuana and san diego. Whats your reaction to president s move to wait two weeks to see if the democrats actually approach this issue . Well, the president is growing in office, right . He knows that he cant do it by himself, and i think what hes doing is the democrats asked him if he would delay this. Hes saying, okay, ill give you two weeks. Now remember, the democrats have been in office for six months now, they have yet to move a comprehensive immigration bill. And i think thats what the American People need to focus on, is the people that they elect have responsibilities to pass legislation. They cant just oppose what the president wants to do because, as you know, youve been at the border, you know that its a disaster down there. It is a humanitarian crisis, and this is a problem that could easily be fixed if we wanted to do it. Maria youre right. When we were at the border, seeing those children being, you know, mowed around by people and showing up sick, it was actually such a crisis and so obviously a crisis when we were at the border. Why arent your colleagues addressing this . Do you think anything can get done, first, within this two weeks that the president is giving them to attack these loopholes or just all year . The truth is, maria, they dont want to get anything done. The Democrats Use the race bait. Theyre only using this for identity politics. So theyre going to people of hispanic descent, and then theyre saying all of you guys, were helping all of you. The republicans are bad, trump is bad. Theyre trying to demonize trump. If you watch the language and the rhetoric that comes from the left, its scary really. And, you know, hopefully over time people of hispanic descent will understand that the democrats are only using them. Theyre not actually trying to help them. If they were trying to help them, they would have passed a bill already. I mean, theyve got plenty of votes. They could do a bill that would have border security, they could put in some permit systems, they could take care of all the kids that were brought here by no fault of their own. And by the way, those are all things that donald trump wants to do too, its that donald trump says, hey, ill do all of that, but i also want to have a wall so that we have longterm, lasting security on our southern border. Maria so go through these loopholes and tell us specifically what needs to be changed, because i know that theres one loophole that basically is catch and release, we catch you at the border, and we process it, and we have to let you out. Not to mention the fact that the Detention Centers are all overwhelmed, theres not another seat in the house for anybody. Yeah. Of so the easiest way, in my opinion, to fix all of this is that you put in a permit system. So you put in a system where if somebody is employing you, you have to, you have to actually file with the government whats called everify. Finish its a voluntary program now, its worked really, really well. And, or you know, that means if everybody was certified by the government, that everybody working for you is, in fact, here on a legal permit, that in the long run is great. Now, you cant is have that without a permit system because everyone knows in this country weve got millions of people that are here on either expired permits, or they never had a permit in the first place. Its important for us to have workers in this country that want to do jobs that, in many cases, are quite skilled, right . Whether its working in agriculture which now is really, you need technology, you need people who know how to drive complicated equipment all the way to really smart people that are developing the next generation using math and science and developing the next generation of computer technology. We want all these people to be in the country, we want them to be on a permit system. And if you do that along with the wall, you take care of the people that are here, its really an easy solution, and i dont want to act like its easier than it is, but compare the Technology Today allows us to do it because weve already proven that this everify system works with people who have voluntarily been taking part in it. Maria now, we already let in, what, a Million People a year in a legal way. They go through the process, get the green card, etc. Then we also have on the illegal side of the ledger a million apprehensions were talking about likely this year. Thats what Vice President mike pence told me just a couple of weeks ago. Is so, i mean, do they think that its okay to just have a Million People coming in every year in an illegal way and just continuing to flood the country without any accountability . I mean, what is the answer when you raise all of this . It goes to what i said. Theres only one answer. The answer is, is that they dont care about these people. Theyre not trying to solve the problem. They are using identity politics because they want to say if youre of hispanic descent in this country, vote for us, the democrats. Thats all theyre trying to do. And how do we know that . Because theyre really just taking advantage of these people, and we know it because they dont have a bill. Maria yeah. They have no legislation. They have nothing. Theyre in control, theyve got plenty of votes. They dont even need a republican vote to pass this. All of them claim that theyre going to give amnesty to all of them. So, you know, i dont think the president would actually sign that, but at least they should have a bill. Maria all right. Lets take a short break. This is extraordinary, congressman. A lot more with congressman nuness this morning including the letter he sent frizz friday friday he sent friday to fbi investigator Christopher Wray, plus the deadlines to when he expects answers. Also ahead, trey gowdy is here on a. G. Barrs investigation into who initiated the false russian collusion hoax in the first place. Well be right back. Experience the style, craftsmanship and technology that have made the rx the leading luxury suv of all time. Lease the 2019 rx 350 for 399 month for 36 months. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. Has been excellent. They really appreciate the military family and it really shows. With all that usaa offers why go with anybody else . We know their rates are good, we know that theyre always going to take care of us. 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The ranking reon the House Intelligence Committee wants to get to bottom of the carter page warrant. He sent a letter reviewing the origins of the russia investigation. John thurm requesting records the bureau received that undermines Christopher Steeles credibility. Of im back now with congressman nunes to talk more about that letter he sent. Tell me about what specifically you are waiting on, congressman, in terms of this letter that you sent to Christopher Wray on friday. Well, weve learned in the last month that there was information that the number two person in the European Affairs department of the state department and if you recall, weve long been looking at the state department looking for any information the state department had on Christopher Steele or anything involved in this russia hoax. So that information we now know that the government had that in 2016. So the state department, in october of 2016, emails went to fbi saying things like that Christopher Steele was not believable, that he wanted to, he wanted to bring this out before the election. That should be a big red flag. Also said that the socalled russia hoax, the operation against trump with trump, that trump was a part of, was being run out of the russian consulate in miami. Well, it ends up, guess what . There is no russian consulate in miami. So this number two person at the state department informed the fbi of these concerns. Now, why is that important . Its important for a number of reasons, but first and foremost, the fisa court should have had this. The fbi had it, the fisa court should have had it before they went and spied on the Trump Campaign by getting a warrant on carter page. Another reason why this is important for the fbi is because the congress, under republican control last time, asked for the anything and everything on Christopher Steele. Cheerily, if we would have clearly, if we would have had this two and a half years ago when we started this investigation, we would be in a much different place today than we are. Maria yeah. So, because this is clearly obstructing a congressional investigation. So someone at the fbi determined to hide this information, not provide it to court, and what im concerned about is not provide it to u. S. Congress. So they have til friday to get it to us, and if they dont, we will make our ninth criminal referral. Basically, we wont know exactly who at the fbi obstructed justice, but durham or the department of justice should be able to figure it out because theres emails that went around, and somebody decided not to give it to congress. Maria yeah. Were looking right now at the information that you requested from director wray, and you write in the letter the date that the fbi was informed about the transmission of information from Kathleen Kavalec including the information now known as the steele dossier. She was the number two person at the fbi at the state department in europe, and she basically raises her hand, raises a red flag about the steele dossier. She does her due diligence. She says, look, this is not trustworthy, Christopher Steeles work is not credible, and that memo from kavalec is not shown to fisa court. This was excull a pa story evidence that was not included. Do you think that the fisa judge may have reacted differentlied had he known that there were state Department People who were saying this information is not credible rather than just handing over a warrant to wiretap on carter page . I think all americans should be furious at this, right . So on one hand, we now know for sure that someone at the fbi kept this from the court. Number two,ing they also kept this from congressional investigators, meaning the republicans that have been investigating this for two and a half years. And this is really Important Information. And, you know, i think a lot of times americans are just becoming tone deaf to this because its just like one grenade after another. Its, like, how many times do we have to see this russia hoax, how bad it was and how really what you see i think the only way to define this, maria, is we have people that are possessed in this country, that continue to perpetuate this russia hoax. Whether its ignoring Important Information like in that kavalec had, whether its continuing to say, oh, my gosh, bringing in hope hicks and pretend that something really was wrong here, that trump really was colluding with russians. I mean, theres no evidence of this, right . The only thing they had on russians was the steele dossier, right . Those are their russians. Guess what . Theyre fake . Theyre phony, theyre russians that only the democrats knew about. M you just cant make this up. So i dont know of a better term to use than you have the democrats in this city, in washington, d. C. , the media for the most part, 90 of them are possessed individuals. Maria yeah. And the sad part about it is they have a responsibility. They are poisoning and have been poisoning the minds of americans, millions of americans for two and a half years now, and the worst is theyre not stopping. Maria right. Theyre not stopping, and thats the concern. Maria no, youre right. I mean, now hollywoods getting involveed as well, you know . Robert deniros going absolutely lunatic on everybody with this stuff too. Weve covered this a lot. Do you think what does your gut tell you . Did they just make it up . I mean, did they just they knew russia was trying to undermine the west for decades, and they just inserted donald trump in there . Well, i think it gets to heart let me just get to heart of what we have yet to answer that i hope the department of justice can answer under the u. S. Attorney out of connecticut, and that is this there were two parallel operations that were running at the same time that the i believe started in late 2015, early 2016. One is the fbi was running an investigation into the Trump Campaign. Not in july of 16 like they said, theyre lying about that. It clearly starts in 2015 or early 2016. At the same time, you have the Clinton Campaign and the Democratic Party running an operation having their bag men, fusion gps, theyre both running an investigation on a parallel track. The thing that we dont know that we need to get to bottom of is when did those tracks become one and the same. When, you know, were there people that were working together with the fbi and fusion gps and the Clinton Campaign . We know they, we know at some point they knew about Christopher Steele. My guess is they knew this a long early on in the process, probably at least january, february, march of 2016 maria yeah. And so think about that. Its Banana Republic stuff. Its stuff that you only see in countries that we would never want to live in. Maria yeah. Where the intelligence outer works with a Political Party and puts the other campaign under investigation maria unbelievable. For the very thing that theyre doing. Maria yeah, unbelievable. Its so extraordinary which is why i agree with you, everybody on both sides of the aisle should be outraged. Well take a short break. When we come back, i know you were in the situation room last week when top lawmakers received a briefing on iran as new sanctions are going into effect tomorrow. And youre suing limu emu doug look limu. 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So im very worried about this for the next election whether i call them tech oligarchs, it always seems like most of the time its the conservatives that get kicked off, and you cant see our platforms, or you cant see us on their platform where the left, they get away with murder. Is so thats this discovery process on twitter starts tomorrow and, of course, we have more lawsuits that are on the way. And i hate to be having to do this, but its really the only way that this can, that this problem can be fixed. Because if we dont, conservatives, i think, are going to be doomed in future elections because all of these Tech Companies are against us u. And i think republicans and conservatives across the country need to understand this is and need to take action now. The only remedy we have is the court. Maria are you concerned that twitter will try to influence the election in 2020 by doing whatever they can, like shadow banning maria, theyre already doing it. Maria yeah. Theyre already doing it. I mean, its clear what theyve done to me is ridiculous, what they continue to do to others. You see people getting kicked off of twitter for nothing. You see the same thing happening at facebook. 90 plus percent of all the searches go through google. We know that googles been actually blocking emails from going out. So, look, theres going to be a number maria is that illegal . Is it illegal, congressman . Well, its, it depends on if theres, if you can prove it in court, right . So it takes people that are willing to step up and take these companies on, which im willing to do not because i want to do it, but because it has to be done. Because in the long run, we cant compete with, if social medias totally against the conservatives and the republican party. Maria they say theyre not Media Companies. Do you want to see legislation that puts them under the umbrella of Media Companies . Look, i think the courts i mean, what were saying is, is that twitter and these companies, theyre content developers. You know, they claim to be, okay, were just an open public square, we treat everybody equally. Well, they dont treat everybody equally. Its not even close. And so what i want is i want my day in court to go before a judge and a jury to explain how it is that twitter treats conservatives differently than the left. Maria okay. And maybe, perhaps if they have to pay and if we have to open you are their books and look at all their algorithms, maybe we can fix that. If not, maybe they have to be broken apart. I dont know what to do. Maria and i know you have a court date for the end of august on this. Thats correct. Maria let me ask you about iran because the president says hes going to put new sanctions on iran tomorrow. You were in the situation room, you got the briefing on iran. What can you tell us . Well, the thing that i thought was important to take away from that is this was the first time in my time being involved in national Security Issues that the president of the United States, right, and ive served under i guess now three president s, george w. Bush, barack obama and now donald trump. He brought in all the leaders from house and senate that are on not only the National Security committees, but the leadership of both houses of both parties. And he talked to us. He talked to all of us. And i thinks what you want to see in a leader. I dont remember that happening at all in the last administration. So im excited about how this president is growing, how he wants to work with democrats and republicans. And, look, he doesnt want to go to war, and i think its important for him to work with the congress to make good decisions. And at the end of the day, hes the guy who is the leader. But we want to make sure that he has the support of the American People and the congress behind him if hes going to take any actions against maria does he have the international communitys support . Do we have allies against iran . Yeah, and thats the other thing that he can take this time to do. He decided not to do a small, a small strike. Hes now, i think, going to put on sanctions tomorrow, additional sanctions. Hopefully, he can bring more allies onboard to support our, to support going against the Iranian Regime. Because at the end of the day i can tell you this maria all right. President trump is not going to allow the Iranian Regime to get a nuclear weapon. Maria congressman, great to have you on the program this morning. Thanks so much. Thank you. Maria meanwhile, the road to white house winds through South Carolina this weekend. Nearly the entire field of the 2020 democratic president ial contenders gathering in the palmetto state making a pitch to voters. Peter doocy is live in South Carolina this morning. Was there much talk about the president s decision to call off i. C. E. Raids this weekend . Reporter yes, there was, maria, and thats because immigration is maybe the number one issue where democrats diverge with President Trump the most sharply. Who knows what hes going to do, what hes certainly attempting to accomplish is to distract us from the fact that there are kids today in el paso in Border Patrol Detention Centers sleeping on cold concrete with aluminum foil blankets in the dirtiest, most inhumane conditions. Thats under this administration. Reporter orourke has seen his poll numbers plummet, but he has some of the largest and loudest support at the South Carolina Democratic Convention yesterday along with kamala harris, cory booker and bernie sanders. Maria . Maria how much did conventiongoers hear about iran . Im wondering if the issue, the important issues that were talking about are also being talked about at this gathering. Reporter it wasnt at the top of the list of candidate pitches, but they decide did hear a fair amount, conventiongoers did hear a fair amount about iran because these democrats are trying to warn against conflict. At this third way meeting, i was called, quote, an existential threat to Democratic Party. Now, why am i an existential threat . Maybe its because were going to take on the military Industrial Complex and end, and end endless wars in this country and not get into a war in iran reporter the frontrunner, joe biden, was there too. At one point a reporter approached him to ask about the relationship between the u. S. And japan, which gave me an opportunity to follow up with a question about the u. S. And iran. What about u. S. And iran . Shouldnt be there. Reporter to hear joe biden suggest that the relationship between the u. S. And iran shouldnt be there is somewhat surprising because it was Obama Biden Administration that negotiated the muchdiscussed iran deal. Biden went home to prep for the first debate later on this week, and we dont know yet if anybody in the top tier thats going to share the stage with him will challenge him directly. If this weekend is any indication, they might not because at a fish fry on friday and then at two separate candidate forumstyle events here yesterday that went all day, none of the other candidates were, the primary on the democratic side used their time on the stage to number one biden. Maria interesting. Peter, thank you. Peter doocy in South Carolina this morning. Trey gowdy on attorney general barr next up looking at how intelligence agencies determined the kremlin favor ifed oh, yeah, thats gonna be a good one. playing did you know that nationwide has customized Small Business insurance . Huhuh. Maybe thats a song. 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Its entirely appropriate, and, you know, i think some people would tell you russia wanted her to lose and then in a binary choice, by default, that means he must win. The Intelligence Communitys always really skittish when people look at their work product, you know . They dont deal in evidence, they dont deal in evidentiary burdens or thresholds, they deal in assessments. And, maria, you and i can think of some famous examples in the past where their assessments were wrong. So ive got a lot of respect for the Intelligence Community, but no one is above oversight and review and scrutiny. And if barr wants to look at the evidentiary foundations for this counterintelligence investigation, he should. Maria yeah, especially since michael morrell, who was the Deputy Director of the cia during the obama administration, says that john durhams interest in speaking to the cia is inappropriate. Yeah. Thats what they always say. I mean, remember the weapons of mass destruction in iraq and then remember the spontaneous reaction to an antimuslim video in libya. Thats what he told us then, you cant interview the analysts. Itll have a chilling effect. Okay, then quit using intelligence products in your criminal justice analysis. If you dont want to supply your analysis to your intelligence work, then quit using it. I think what were going to find in 2016 is the Intelligence Community was providing information to Law Enforcement that then went into this investigation where some democrats are calling for donald trump to be in prison. So you cant have it both ways. You cant have a lower standard of scrutiny but still get your information put into the criminal justice realm. It doesnt work that way. Maria and yet there was some information that actually wasnt presented to the powers that be that were making important decisions. You just heard your former colleague, devin nunes, he sent a letter to head of the fbi on friday saying how come we never saw the Kathleen Kavalec notes where she said Christopher Steeles information is not to be trusted . Yeah, you have her assessment, but you also have the fbis own assessment of Christopher Steele as a source. Have you ever seen that . Have you ever seen the fbis internal analysis of whether Christopher Steele was reliable . Have you seen the paperwork where he was defrocked as a source because he couldnt follow fbi rules and regulations . Have you seen the exculpatory information as it relates to George Papadopoulos . Heres one, maria, have you seen the disparate, offensive debriefings that they gave candidate clinton versus candidate trump, and has anyone asked the fbi to explain why they took entirely different tracks with those two debriefings. Theres a lot left to be seen by you and your viewers. Maria yeah. 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Trey, the last time you joined us we were talking about the informants that the fbi used to entrap certain people potentially like George Papadopoulos, and you said that there were certain transcripts that had the potential to persuade people should they be made public. Now, i know that the president has given the authority to william barr to declassify certain documents, but can you talk to us a bit more about those transcripts that have the power to persuade . What exactly are we looking for . Whats most damning . Well, i think anytime Law Enforcement talks to a target or a potential target, theyre either going to record that conversation or theyre going to monitor it in realtime and take notes. Some of us have seen transcripts of those conversations. And i was supportive of mueller, i was support i of the idea to initiate, to investigate what russia did, but when i saw this transcript, it actually changed my perspective. Because you want to think of Law Enforcement as being unbiased and disinterested in the outcome as long as we just find the facts. But when you have information that someone you think has done something wrong has, in fact, not done something wrong, when you have exculpatory information and you dont share it with others and then you put that together with strzok and page and the defensive briefings, remember, maria, the defense of comey and the media and the democrats has always been, yeah, some of the fbi was biased against trump, and it didnt matter. This really matters. When you have exculpatory information and you dont share it with the court, when you give two different kinds of defensive briefings to candidates depending on who you like and who you dont, then youre biased. Thats what what i thought when i saw the transcript, but your viewers should be entitled to make up their own minds. Maria that was not presented to the fisa court when they tried to get the warrants to surveil Trump Campaign members like carter page. Would the fisa judge have acted differently . Well, well never know, but i know this having been a prosecutor, when you have exculpatory information, something that tends to show the person didnt do what you think they may have done, you have a constitutional obligation to turn that information over to other side maria wow. It is not the job of the United States government to just get convictions. Maria of course. We have a responsibility to be fair. Maria great to see you, sir. Thanks so much. Yes, maam, thank you. Maria thatll do it for sunday morning incomparable design makes it beautiful. Stateoftheart Technology Makes it brilliant. The visionary lexus nx. Lease the 2019 nx 300 for 359 month for 36 months. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. Has been excellent. They really appreciate the military family and it really shows. 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