late, bill barr, for you to think about your place in history. it is irrevokably tarnished. the cover-up general was his nickname that william sapphire gave him back in the 90s. i think it still applies. i want you to listen to senator mitt romney because there s a thing that s happening among at least some senate republicans. i wonders if it s happening among house republicans where they are doing some reputation laundry. here s mitt romney on cnn about the big lie, talking about the big lie. i do think it s important for each person to speak the truth and to make clear that the big lie is exactly that. this is a bit like wwf, that it s entertaining, but it s not real. i think people recognize that it s a lot of show and bombast but it s going nowhere. that would sound good if he even voted to discuss the for the people act but he voted with all the republicans to bar even
fbi handled criminal suspects in foreign countries and if you re wondering who counciled george bush to pardon the iran contragang, just look to good old bill bar, the cover up general. joining me now is matthew miller and justice and security analyst and former chief spokes person and msnbc legal analyst. thank you all for being here. to go to you first on this, matt, let me play you chris wray the fbi director talking about the inspector general s report and this was an interview he did on abc this week. based on the findings in the inspector general report, is the fush, was it part of some deep state? i think that s the kind of label that is a disservice to the 37,000 men and women who work at the fbi. that s not a term i would ever use. so the fbi did not spy on the trump campaign? well, that s not a term that the fbi we use to describe our work.