report s findings and he did not take reporter questions. the report is my testimony. i would not provide information beyond that which is already public in any appearance before congress. in a separate developer, sources tell fox news the former british spy christopher steele, behind the controversial drum dossier, was so concerned that he could get thrown under the bus in a forthcoming inspector general report that he agreed to cooperate. broke new details this morning that he was interviewed in the u.k. in june by three lawyers working for inspector general michael e horwitz, who is investigating alleged surveillance and targeting the trump campaign. the ig office is not commenting on the status of their work. bret: kevin, thanks. you re welcome. bret: up next, the story behind the family feud at what is supposed to be the happiest place on earth. first, beyond our borders tonight. hong kong s political leaders say the effort to commend a highly contentious extradition b
depositions are also scheduled with the fbi s former top lawyer james a baker, who revealed this month that the fbi god russia and information from a lawyer who s firm handled the drum dossier. a deposition is on deck for russia researcher nellie ohr her works for simpson. in addition, her official, bruce ohr, became the unofficial back channel for the dossier to the fbi and significantly, sean, simpson s earlier testimony conflicts with it the emails abt their contacts. in the meantime, the house committee s republican chairman ispu considering a subpoena for the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein to secure his testimony under oath about whether he seriously discussed reportingte the president in may 2017 and removing him from office. also late today, carter page, the subject of the surveillance warrant, he was the target of that after,, filing a lawsuit against the dnc and the law firm
as we know you will. trace gallagher, thank you so much. who s got access, who doesn t? today the intel an oversight committee chairman met with top justice department officials amid an increasingly bitter tug-of-war of a classified documents. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge and what she has been able to dig up on that meeting. shannon come this afternoon, the chairman of the house the house intelligence and oversight committees matter the deputy attorney general as well as fbi intelligence officials. the meeting was brokered after congressman nunes issued a subpoena april 30th for records about alleged government abuse during the 2016 election. a source familiar with the matters of the classified records that relate to an individual intelligent source are a significant to the house surveillance abuse investigation as a so-called drum dossier, used by the fbi and justice department to secure the surveillance warrant for trump campaign aide carter page. the unverif
and yet, amazingly, it s common. it happens literally all the time in washington. last summer for example, congress sought basic information about the infamous drum dossier. did the fbi pay for it or part of it? that fbi agents believe the contents or use them to drive their russia investigation? these are basic and central questions and at the fbi just ignore them, they didn t feel like answering. they rarely do. back in 2015, two islamic extremists attempted to shoot up a mohammed cartoon contest in texas. later it emerged that an undercover fbi agent knew the two shooters personally and at ease and egged them on to tear up texas. that agent even traveled with the terrorists to the scene, was present right before the attack and try to flee as it began. it s hard to believe that actually happened in america, but it did happen. you would probably like to know why it happened, wouldn t you? senator ron johnson of wisconsin would like to know. he has repeatedly asked the fbi to explain
i conducted no improper discussions with the russians at any time. have you been interviewed or requested to be interviewed by the special counsel? no. two witnesses from fusion gps, the opposition research firm behind the controversial drum dossier that helped kick-start the fbi russian probe took the fifth. no american should be compelled to appear before a congressional committee just to invoke constitutional privileges. sources tell fox news democratic staffers on the house intelligence committee were aggressive and ran interference to help protect fusion gps. the witnesses refused all the questions on the trump dossier, including sources, who paid for it in the company s relationship to the fbi. bret: will follow that story. thank you. some history tonight on wall street. the dow gained 160 to close above the 23,000 mark for the first time ever. s&p 500 up 2.