introducing legislation today, congressman, but there were numerous fisa abuses. what do we do now to stop this from going forward? with the fisa courts are essential to our national security, but if so is protecting the constitutional rights of every american citizen, including supporters of presidentri trump there is no question that comey and others have used that power. you are exactly right, we have to fix it. if we don t fix it, don t reform it, conservatives like me won t vote to reauthorize it. my legislation is very simple, actually, and the american people understand it. it is not hard to get, it would reform andly take away some of that power and that potential abuse from director comeys and director brennans of the future. laura: let s talk about exculpatory information. we saw through this process, after this investigation got going, congressman, there were multiple instances where the targets of investigation or
working with a number of professionals who are going to try to ensure this is done appropriately. reporter: brennan s former colleague michael morel isn t so optimistic. the proper people look at this, john durham should not be looking at it. reporter: it is expected to take several months. we are waiting for a doj ig report looking at alleged fbi surveillance abuse into the trump campaign. we can find out then why the durham probe is criminal. shannon: praise from both of the are, the spotlight on the report, who could become up in this expanding probe. ethan bearman and greg jarrett, the author of witchhunt. great to have you both with us. from the national review, if he comes back with an indictment he s likely to
forward to. the new york times reporting a key white house witness in the impeachment inquiry asking to determine whether to testify. the doj s origin probe is a inquiry, prosecutor john durham has the power to file charges and that isn t all. we now have an official criminal investigation. that means durum and william barr can am panel a grand jury and this is why the mccains and brennans and clappers are running around in your panic. let s talk this out with legal eagles, great to have you. here is donald trump s pick today. looks like it is becoming very serious.
integrity so i understand they made a call. i appreciate that. what i fear for my country, forget parties, for my country is a precedent where somebody can make the law and kneecap a duly elected president and face absolutely no consequences for it. what are the consequences? he got a book deal. is he doing fantastic for himself. there are no consequences for my fellow brethren and it tells this community my god, what is to prevent that from happening again today? nothing. nothing. steve: bryan dean, what do you think the perception is people looking in three letter agencies like the fbi or the cia? i think what you are going to hear and what have you heard in the past couple years is a call to disband. steve: too much power. yeah, exactly. i understand why someone might make that argument after they see people like the comeys and the brennans and the mccabes and strzoks and page and all the rest of that disaster. it makes sense that people would say these people have
i think should be all of our expectations about what an american president should be doing, especially in times like this. john brennan, who was of course called a lowlife by the president. jill, the question is can brennan speaking like this cause other brennans to speak out? or if there were any potential profiles in courage, especially on the republican side, would we know about it by now? i think at this point everyone pretty much knows what the president s m.o. is. you know, there have been endless opportunities at this point for members of the republican party to stand up when the president goes after people like brennan or eric holder or any of the litany, the hundreds of people that the president has gone after now in his three or four years in the political spotlight. and that s something that we really have not seen happen. i also want to say the president s message today was one of calling for unity. he really kind of advocated this idea that we should have this new mome