this was an investigation. we were just looking into this matter. brian: i wonder if he went out and took notes and ran out and called up his friends to the new york times. why didn t he run out and take notes on that then everything would have been solved. steve: we don t know why they have different stories. perhaps somebody is not telling the truth or they have different memories. here is deputy attorney general john yoo and his observation about the discrepancy. there is a lot of pages about is this a matter? who decided to essentially clear hillary clinton in those first press conferences? as you can tell as you are suggesting laura, neither comey or loretta lynch now wants to take responsibility for essentially clearing hillary clinton. but one of them did. they are both in charge. the fbi and the justice department they are in charge and they shouldn t, i don t think, ever gone public and cleared her in the first place. they went and took that momentous step and started this
credibly. ainsley: yesterday doug collins releases the transcript of his interview and when loretta lynch had to go in front of lawmakers and was testifying behind closed doors. he released the testimony that she said we never had that conversation. i didn t say that. this is what she said to the group. she said i didn t direct anyone to use specific phraseology. i said what i have been say something we have received a referral and we are working on the matter. working on the issue, or we have all the resources we need to handle the matter. handle the issue. i was quite surprised that was his characterization of it because that was not how it was conveyed to him. certainly not how i intended. brian: move the politics out of this 6 9 james comey and loretta lynch can t get together on something key behind the scenes, which prompted james comey to have that july press conference. and that is she thought that she didn t want the attorney general wasn t pursuing aggressive enough the fa
changed to hurt trump. i thought it was damaging for the presidency over the long haul. barr told bill hemmer that americans should be cautious. if we are worried about foreign influence for the very same reason we should be worried about whether government officials abused their power and put their thumb on the scale. jillian: barr has ordered an investigation into the russia probe s investigators. two police officers are dead and the gunman, a known gang member, was just convicted. john felix was just found guilty of murder after ambushing eight cops back in 2016. officers leslie and jose vega both died in that ambush. family members say they are grateful for the outcome. justifiable has been served. to me justifiable has been served. the penalty phase to me doesn t matter. him being found guilty was the most important thing. jillian: prosecutors could seek the death penalty for the convicted cop killer.
steve: crazy democrats, he said. brian: the president of the united states also is pro-energy. we know there is a lot of fracking going on in pennsylvania. we know that everyone outside of joe biden is really talking about switching to renewables and not go for the oil and gas industry. meanwhile, let s talk about something else that seems to be percolating underneath. that is investigating the investigators. and how the whole investigation into the donald trump campaign, which turns into the president-elect which turns into his presidency took place. and i m astounded on a daily basis how many major players in this group seem to be turning on each other. yesterday, the ranking member of the house committee congressman collins released this information on loretta lynch wants behind closed door testimony and it seems, again, the loretta lynch, the former attorney general, contradicts james comey on the so-called let s call the hillary investigation a matter not an investigation. the pro
the attorney general for barack obama who he clearly worships. steve: so let s start this and we are going to show you how it does appear either the attorney general or the fbi director, former both of them, somebody is they are not on the same page. here s james comey talking before the senate intel committee in 2017 and he is talking about why he decided to have that press conference in the summer of 2016 and one of the things that led to it was, of course, the tarmac meeting but also the conversation with the attorney general regarding was it an investigation of hillary clinton? or something else? and he dropped this bombshell then. the attorney general had directed me not to call it an investigation but, instead, to call it a matter, which confused me and concerned me that was one of the bricks in the load that i have to step away from the department if we are to close this case