into question. even the announcement of the investigation by the i.g. is sort of adding to this cloud that s hanging over the new administration. we re less than a week from inauguration. he has historically low poll numbers for an incoming president. that doesn t make his job any easier in terms of unifying the or healing the wounds that this campaign opened. to make your point, i was talking to david of the washington post and he tells me that investigation by the intelligence agencies about a possible relationship about russia s involvement helping trump, that s still open. so now we have two vying probes. one looking at his sections to russia, the other looking at the comey operation. most objective people say may well have taken hillary out of the running. we re still talking about hillary s e-mails and russian
cahoots, and nobody is saying this, but if he was in ka hoots with the trump operation, this brings in all kinds of things into question. even the announcement of the investigation by the i.g. is sort of adding to this cloud that s hanging over the new administration. we re less than a week from inauguration. he has historically low poll numbers for an incoming president. that doesn t make his job any easier in terms of unifying the or healing the wounds that this campaign opened. to make your point, i was talking to david of the washington post and he tells me that investigation by the intelligence agencies about a possible relationship about russia s involvement helping trump, that s still open. so now we have two vying probes. one looking at his sections to russia, the other looking at the comey operation. most objective people say may well have taken hillary out of the running. we re still talking about hillary s e-mails and russian
to bring charges. but look, whether one is lying or the other is lying, i think this is a potentially a case for prosecution because as mr. comey himself said, there are severe consequences. paul: one of the things, if you read the book by comey, he puts an enormous premium on prosecuting people like martha stewart and david petraeus who he says lied in the course of an investigation. well, is that a standard that s going to apply to fbi agent as well? well, we ll find out. i mean, that s going to the prosecutor in d.c. is going to make the decision about mr. mccabe. but what s becoming clear, paul, is that the fbi in the director s office at the highest level under jim comey was in complete political disarray. it should have been accountable to someone. it doesn t look, paul, as though the comey operation was accountable to anybody at justice. paul: and jason, rudy giuliani coming on-board of
to bring charges. but look, whether one is lying or the other is lying, i think this is a potentially a case for prosecution because as mr. comey himself said, there are severe consequences. paul: one of the things, if you read the book by comey, he puts an enormous premium on prosecuting people like martha stewart and david petraeus who he says lied in the course of an investigation. well, is that a standard that s going to apply to fbi agent as well? well, we ll find out. i mean, that s going to the prosecutor in d.c. is going to make the decision about mr. mccabe. but what s becoming clear, paul, is that the fbi in the director s office at the highest level under jim comey was in complete political disarray. it should have been accountable to someone. it doesn t look, paul, as though the comey operation was accountable to anybody at justice. paul: and jason, rudy giuliani coming on-board of