its attention to pro-campaign aides and russian involvement in the election. the fbi opened its case july 31, 2016, telling the senate panel she rode research two weeks earlier. shannon: donald trump s longtime personal lawyer breaks his silence and appears to distance himself from the president and his first interview since the fbi raided his office and hotel room but the interview wasn t on camera and it appears he was distancing himself from the president how far is he willing to go? radio host, fox news contributor charlie hurt, welcome to you both. what do you make of this? let s play what britt hume has
officially opened the russia collusion investigation. peter strzok was the individual who drafted the memo that opened that investigation on july 31, 2016. he was the one who drafted the document for the entire russia probe. republicans feel very strongly because of his anti-trump text messages he was very forward leaning on the russia case. democrats as you heard again this morning from the ranking democrat on the house judiciary committee believe that these were personal, intimate conversations. there is nothing to indicate that infected the f.b.i. investigations and most importantly, altered the decision making in these cases, bill. bill: stand by yet again. we can hear heels in the hallway behind you. i think the point that catherine makes is critical again. what the i.g. report showed peter strzok was the heart of the russia matter for about a year. he knows a lot about the
it has to do with the investigative steps taken by the f.b.i. prior to july 31, 2016 which is when the russia collusion investigation officially opened and they want specific records about the alleged use by the f.b.i. of confidential sources that were run up against members of the trump campaign to collect information. so if this goes forward it sets the table, if you will, politically for some republicans who feel that a lack of providing the records really warrants something even more serious for the deputy attorney general, contempt or impeachment proceedings. when they come back from the break what we re expecting are open statements from christopher wray as well as the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. we ll expect remarks about the clinton email investigation and what they will follow through
pre-july 2016 time period and intelligence activities by the f.b.i. about the russia collusion investigation. the lawmakers want to see the raw data and the documents themselves. so the intelligence reporting were confidential human sources used and who directed them or lock-ins, people coming to the bureau, justice department. foreign intelligence agency and offering information that they think is important about contacts between members of the trump campaign and russian officials. so republican lawmakers on the house committee want to see the raw data and make their own judgment about what exactly happened. so far they have not been able to see those raw documents and the key thing for folks at home is that if this pre-july 31, 2016 time period. july 31 is when the f.b.i.
31, 2016? no. keep in mind i wasn t there. i only know the information we ve obtained from f.b.i. records. are you as you sit here today aware of any efforts to contact roger stone that occurred prior to july 31, 2016. i don t have any personal knowledge. i know we re seeking to respond to nunes request. same request with regards to michael caputo. i can only answer questions that we direct to the f.b.i. you re there now. have you asked these questions of anyone? we have conveyed all the questions chairman nunes has raised and try to respond to him fairly soon. you will understand why it s important to the country from the department of justice represented to a court the investigation began july 31 and the fact you can t tell me that before july 31 this was not intelligence collected on the trump campaign that that is something of great interest to us. congressman, i think you