conclusion n. a 360 -page report released today, durham says the fbi should have never opened the investigation at all, concluding that the bureau overly relied on raw and unconfirmed intelligence, writing that they lacked evidence at the outset of collusion between the trump campaign and russia. this stands at odds with the 2019 justice department inspector general s conclusion that there was basis for opening the inquiry. we ll talk shortly with andrew mccabe. he ll give us his first reaction to the report. the former president is claiming vindication, though it certainly does not, as he once claimed it would, reveal the, quote, crime of the century. for more of what s in today s report, we re joined by evan perez. what stands out for you in this? the lack of any new prosecutions. that stands out because we were expecting certainly we were led to believe by the former president, by the former administration, that this investigation was going to find crimes. they were g
the fbi relying on unconfirmed data was susceptible to confirmation bias and ignored evidence that did not fit a preconceived narrative. those were the most damning conclusions of the report, into ties between russia and donald trump s 2016 presidential campaign. special prosecutor writing, quote, the fbi s ability to critically analyze information that ran counter to the narrative of a trump russia collusive relationship exhibited crossfire hurricane is extremely troublesome. the former president for his parts of the report proved that the original fbi probe was a charade started by the democrats. and added that there must be a heavy price to pay for putting our country through this. his allies agreed. there needs to be prosecutions. there needs to be accountability. and the fbi has got to be overhauled now top to bottom. it has got to be completely reformed. it cannot go on like this. jonathan: but with no new prosecutions announced in the report and many procedural r
in the faulkner focus. the review is 306 pages. it is a scathing indictment exposing the political rot at the top of some of our nation s most powerful law enforcement agencies. it concludes the f.b.i. s launch of crossfire hurricane. that was an operation driven largely by hillary clinton s presidential campaign. it shows just how dirty and partisan their persecution of donald trump actually was. an excerpt. the d.o.j. and the f.b.i. failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law and there is continuing need for the f.b.i. and the department to recognize apparent confirmation bias and an over willingness to rely on information from individuals connected to political opponents. jim jordan inviting special counsel john durham to testify before his committee next week. reaction to the report, buckle up. the f.b.i. knew it was a lie. they had no evidence. no evidence whatsoever to commence this operation. the f.b.i. has a lot of work to do to restru
into the fbi s investigation into donald trump s 2016 campaign ties to russia. special counseljohn durham found that the bureau should not have launched a probe into the campaign s alleged ties with russia. in the report, he said the agency s inquiry had lacked analytical rigor , concluding that the fbi had not possessed actual evidence of collusion between trump s campaign and russia before launching an inquiry. he also accused the fbi of repeated instances of confirmation bias . the fbi responded to durham s report, saying: former president trump responded to the report with a series of posts on his social media platform truth social. in one, he said: with me is north america correspondentjess parker. what new information to the report revealed? there are some old and some new because bill s report on 2019 by us watchdog but identified performance failures and what the fbi had done. but significantly, it didn t identify any political bias. this report differs a little b
every time. yes. all right. well, thank you , hannity. and good seeing everybody. i have a great show. thank you for stopping by . all right. always great to see you . thanks so much. all right, everybody, i m laura ingram . this is the ingraham angle from new york city tonight. taken for granted. that s the focus of tonight s angle when addressing black voters on the campaign trail. president trump regularly raised a provocative question. we can never fix our problems by relying on the same politicians who created our problems in the first place. look how much africa american communities have suffered under democratic control. to those i say the following, what do you have to lose? well, it turns out minorities are losing a lot. and joe biden is america. they ve gotten poorer as their streets have gotten more dangerous, especially in urban areas. and it s tragic. regular everyday people need to be safe if they re harassing people who are vulnerable and nobody gets