Look so innocent into your wifes eye and lie to her about lisa page. Mr. Chairman, thats outrageous, this suggestion i somewhere in the dark chambers of the fbi would disregard and do this couldnt happen. The proposition that is going on, might occur anywhere in the fbi, deeply corrodes what the fbi is in america society, the effectiveness of their mission and it is deeply destructive. Strzok struck back and wept on li went on like that over nine hours. A spectacle on capitol hill as two republicanled parties did not get that they want grilling fbi agent peter strzok over megs sent during the president s campaign. He defended himself and the fbi against accusations of some sort of deep state conspiracy within the Justice Department. It was absolutely incredible. Were going to dig into that straight ahead with Nbc News National Political reporter heidi prisbella and Donny Deutsch is here. Also columnist and associate eder for the Washington Post, David Ignatius who will weigh in on deve
Without interruption all eyes and no shortage of heat had been focused on that hearing room and one individual, peter struck. Pulled from the russia investigation last august from the messages and emails he exchanged with then fbi agent lisa page. Grilled by two committees all day and into the night. Republicans who had seen nefarious s motives on his part and democrats viewing it as low comedy as best because struck has already testified behind closed doors. In a moment some of the lawmakers who took part today but first cnns manu raju joins u us after what has been quite a long day. Reporter something we have not seen on capitol hill, outburst after outburst drowning out the witness himself who pushed back for the first time trying to respond to those messages but peter struck wasnt having it. Fbi agent peter struck took a firm stand from the very beginning of the hearing. The suggestion that i in some dark chamber of the fbi would somehow cast aside all of these procedures, all of t
Initial batch in midseptember. Wait, wait, wait. No, no, no. Im not understanding. You said you got go back. Did you get documents from bruce orr. Yes, at some point we received material from mr. Orr. You got documents from mr. Orr. What were those documents . We received documents from mr. Orr, not me excuse me, sir. I can maybe it make it simpler. Agent strzok, was it the dossier . Sir, what i am authorized to tell you in response to a question did you receive any documents from bruce orr, the fbi has directed me that i may say that not me, the fbi received documents and material from mr. Orr. Did you . I appreciate that. I appreciate that. But you did not from mr. Orr. No. But the fbi did get documents from bruce orr. Yes, sir. Did they get the dossier from bruce orr. My direction from the fbi is i may tell you the fbi received material from mr. Orr. This is amazing. This is amazing. So nellie orr im as frustrated as you are. Nell owe orr works for fusion, works for Glenn Simpson re
Witness himself who pushed back for the first time getting a chance to respond to those messages the president seized upon to try to taint all the fbi as biased. But peter stzok wasnt having it. Fbi special agent peter stzok took a firm stand from the very beginning of the hearing. The suggestion that i in some dark chamber somewhere in the fbi would somehow cast aside all of these procedures, all of these safeguards and somehow be able to do this is astounding to me. It simply couldnt happen. The proposition that that is going on, that it might occur anywhere in the fbi deeply corrodes what the fbi is in American Society and the effectiveness of their mission and it is deeply destructive. Stzok saying he was removed from the Mueller Probe because of how the texts were perceived, not because of bias. I am stating to you it is not my understanding he kicked me off because of any bias, it was done based on the appearance. If you want to represent what you said accurately im happy to answ
Email investigation. For the investigation into russian interference. And for every other investigation ive worked on. It is not who i am and it is not something i would ever do. In spite of that strzok was fired today in a reversal of a previous decision by the fbi to keep him on staff according to his attorney. President trump has already seized on strzoks dismissal as ammunition in his latest attack on Robert Muellers russia investigation tweeting this morning, quote, based on the fact that strzok was in charge of the witch hunt, will it be dropped . The firing of strzok and adrenaline hit to a president who desperately needs one in that now sprawling investigation into his conduct, his family, and his campaign and white house staffs. His lawyer Rudy Giuliani now publicly debating himself on the question of exactly how the president will perjure himself. I just want to be clear exactly what happened in that conversation with comey about Michael Flynn . What exactly did President Tru