main stories on newsnight, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team, it s goodnight. controversy rages over rape trials withoutjuries in scotland. could a new pilot scheme improve convictions rates in rape trials, or undermine the principles ofjustice? we ll be speaking to a former snpjustice minister, who is implaccable opposed and the head of rape crisis is scotland who backs the principle. also tonight. the afghan interpreters and their families promised safety in britain, but stuck, some now for a year, in hotels in pakistan, under effective house arrest. now i m stuck here. the taliban are threatening me. i can t go to afghanistan, and i can t go to the uk. i m stuck in the middle of things. fresh momentum for donald trump as the fbi is heavily criticised for its handling of its investigation into alleged ties betw
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no, they have violated that trust, and again, i think the vast majority of fbi agents have integrity, and you could trust them. the problem is, we have and we have had, at least, politicalactors is, we have and we have had, at least, political actors at the highest levels of the fbi, people like elisa page, andrew mccabe, james komi, the acting director of the fbi. these were political actors. the fbi knew that the steele dossier, one of the sources was investigated as a russian spy by the fbi, and they knew that as early as october 2016. and yet, they allow the investigation to go forward, the muller investigation to continue. so, senator, iwant muller investigation to continue. so, senator, i want to pick you up on that, because essentially, although you are saying there are a lot of very good fbi agents, you seem to suggest that there is something rotten at the core of the fbi stop isn t that an incredible danger, and a jeopardy in the united
in hotels in pakistan, under effective house arrest. now i m stuck here. the taliban are threatening me. i can t go to afghanistan, and i can t go to the uk. i m stuck in the middle of things. fresh momentum for donald trump as the fbi is heavily criticised for its handling of its investigation into alleged ties between the 2016 trump campaign and russia. and misson mars as nasa and the space industry meets to reboot efforts to put humans on the red planet by 2035 an astronaut will be in our orbit to talk about the challenge. good evening. in the past few months we ve been looking into the dismal record of the criminaljustice system when it comes to prosecuting rape. long delays, low conviction rates and what many see as a traumatising experience even getting as far as
and the russians, that would be unprecedented in american history. what gave the allegations a measure of credibility was that the fbi had launched an investigation codenamed crossfire hurricane, and told the world that it was investigating. the fact that there was no evidence at all for the claims meant donald trump s attorney general, william barr, launched an investigation into what had led the fbi to start crossfire hurricane. it s that report that was published last night. and it s extremely critical of how donald trump was treated. the speed and manner in which the fbi opened and investigated crossfire hurricane during the presidential election season, based on raw and analysed and uncorroborated intelligence, also reflected a notable departure from established practice, it said. the initial raw and uncorroborated intelligence came from the steele dossier, written by former british spy christopher steele in this london office.
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