was off and people playing politics against donald trump. bottom line, both political parties and american people were deprived of a fair courthouse and even now we have to be skeptical of things that the fbi did back then they are having impact on an investigation that s ongoing at this moment. neil: you know from the president on down, a lot of people are saying, maybe it is a rigged game, maybe there are many bad apples at the fbi than we thought and maybe the problem started at justice department because one of the reasons james comey gave for going rogue or getting insubordinate was because he wasn t getting much follow through from loretta lynch all the way to president obama. i m wondering whether that does say something in the wider sense that these agencies all the way up to the justice department were not keen on donald trump and were very keen on hillary
elected by the people of the united states according to the system and according to laws. at the same time, did jim comey do something on october 28th that caused public confidence to be eroded in hillary clinton s candidacy? no question about it. reporter: the report also calls comey s actions, quote, extraordinary and insubordinate in discussing publicly the clinton e-mail investigation in july 2016 and announcing that she would not be prosecuted without clearing that with his supervisors. jon? jon: molly henneberg in washington, thank you. well, right now former trump campaign manager paul manafort is in a virginia jail lock up after a judge revoked his $10 million bond. why he could be behind bars for quite a while. plus, tragedy in the heartland. two of kansas city s finest are killed in the line of duty. yesterday was a terribly tragic day for two of our young,
president trump seizing on thursday s release of the doj inspector general s report falsely claiming it exonerates him. while the report on the fbi s handling of the hillary clinton e-mail investigation calls out james comey as insubordinate, it found no political bias. report found he was correct in reaching the collusion that hillary clinton did not commit a crime. it does not conclude there was no collusion or obstruction of justice. it concludes while the fbi was not trying to help the trump campaign, that was the overall effect. joining me now a former cia officer. david is also the author of the president s book of secrets. also joining us usa today capitol hill reporter. i want to show folks what the report found. and ask you, the
reporter: good morning, dave and christine. in a report on the clinton e-mail investigation, the justice department announcing no evidence that conclusions from prosecutors in the hillary clinton e-mail probe were effected by bias or other improper consideration. president trump has made a habit of smearing the fbi work. this finds that former fbi director james comey s action were extraordinary and insubordinate. it was not fueled by political motivations. the 500-plus page report led to comey s initial july 2016 recommendation that clinton should not face charges. it condemns comey for usurping loretta lynn s authority at the time. lynch s authority at the time. and the discovery of e-mails were announced to the public days before the election. he calls that decision insubordinate.
the same cannot be said for everyone at the fbi. and president trump approves tariffs on $50 billion of goods from china. this move is likely to provoke a strong reaction from beijing. and several people in the hospital after a roller coaster derails in florida. some victims falling more than 30 feet to the ground. can you imagine? welcome back to k early start. i m dave briggs. i m christine romans. we start with the republicans quick to seize on the report. the inspector general calling the actions of fbi director james comey extraordinary and insubordinate. he was not motivated by political bias. this details numerous failures heading the e-mail probe and concluding the actions cast a