your first big hearing you re bringing in a guy in front of congress going to prison for lying to congress so that s where the democrats are. the other thing in the himes interview this idea the dossier was never verified. james comey said selacious un verified they didn t check this all out and yet used it as a basis to get a warrant to spy on the trump campaign. maria: let me ask you about this new york times report, of course the fbi opened an inquiry into whether trump was secretly working on be half of russia, what prompted this? your reaction? well the firing of comey is what prompted it. you ve got to remember whose involved here and when it happened. the who are andy mccabe, deputy director of the fbi who lied three times under oath and then fired, lisa page, who was demoted at the fbi and then left , and peter strzok, the deputy had a counter intelligence who was demoted and fired from the fbi. these are the people who were or who are saying they launched a counterintelligen
in ference s the 2016 campaign at some point, although we ve hs before. yet the investigation goes on. our chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is her life to take us in-depth on the important events and key people who change the course of this probe. good evening. documents, text messages and congressional testimony reviewed by fox news show eight days in may 2017 right after the fbi director was fired, they are pivotal period with no hard evidence of collusion, senior fbi and dod officials apparently pushed back against the white house. he unfortunately had to fly back to washington unexpectedly. on may 9, 2017, the fbi fbi director james comey left a los angeles recruiting event afr learning on tv that president trump fired him. the white house released a memo from deputy attorney general rod rosenstein to justify determination. i cannot defend the director s handling of the conclusion of the investigation of secretary clinton s emails.
neither strzok for page have spobded to fresh comments on that deposition. sandra: there are texts about comey s firing under new scrutiny. this is important and i m going to try to make it simple so it s easy to understand. two hours after director comey s termination became public on may 9, 2017 there was a series of urgent text messages are strzok telling page we need to open the case we are sitting on with andy. andrew mccabe temporarily took over after comey. page replied we need to lock in redacted in a formal chargeable way soon. fox news has learned that during her july deposition page declined to clarify that text and strzok also declined to answer questions but indicated there is a connection to mueller s probe. to get into that would relate to ongoing investigations which consist of
fired immediately and the president trump out to initiate an investigation into his actions, conversely on may 9, 2017 the same democrat made a yu turn and stated that quote, the firing of f.b.i. director comey by president trump is a terrifying signal of this administration s continued abuse of power on so many levels, end quote. additionally following the 2016 election another of our democratic colleagues insisted that comey should pack his things and go. however, a year later the same person insisted that james comey s firing suggests an attempt to squelch an investigation in an effort to cover up wrongdoing. lastly on october 31, 2016, a third judiciary committee democrat stated that comey s actions make it clear he should resign immediately for the good of the f.b.i. and the justice department. fast forward a year and the same democrat is then
today. without warning. suddenly. summarily. effective immediately. james comey is fired from his position as fbi director. on may 9, 2017. the white house first explains the decision as a response to his handling of the hillary clinton e-mail investigation the previous year. the following day there s a new explanation. most importantly, the rank and file of the fbi had lost confidence in their director. according to to official agent surveys comey s popular in the bureau as his replacement tells a senate committee. director comey enjoyed broad support within the fbi. many in washington have their own suspicions. i was pretty upset when i heard that comey has been fired. it seemed like the president was trying to take player off the field when it came to the russia investigation. the fbi director was fired. the acting attorney general was fired.