put in place. we would know if there was any evidence of collusion. the fact is there isn t. that s why we know the muller investigation is in fact a witch-hunt and the fact that they re not even talking about the campaign is going after the president previous place of business. it is a farce. it is unacceptable and something has to be done. that s why we need a second special council to find out what s going on. mercedes from the legal standpoint where are we in this? it is just the beginning. because the trump attorneys have been saying they think this will be over soon it. seems like it will be gone. it is just beginning. first you will have the civil suit. you will start with presumably, if mccabe comes forward ask sees his pension is at risk. he will do something affirmatively. when you read his statement. he is teeing up a slander suit, which can be set sovereign immunity if he tries to sue the government. he could say he was defamed and teed it up in his statement and
warfare is the public release of the ig report, which sparked this firing in the first place. it is expected to be released any day now. the inspector gem is respected. known to be thorough, and fair and long-time analysts say there must be more in this report that is yet undisclosed. further damaging evidence of mccabe s wrongdoing to have resulted in such a punitive outcome as this. the loss of mr. mccabe s 21 years of pension. worth an estimated again $1.8 million. a lot of people waiting for that report. doug, thanks for that live report. now reaction breaking news that attorney general jeff sessions has terminated the former fbi director. let s bring in the senior advisor to the donald trump 2020 re-election campaign and bernie carrick with the law enforcement perspective. mercedes countien a criminal defense attorney and fox legal analyst and jesse weber at the
we have seen it with other individuals within the administration that have had those proceedings against them. obviously mike anyone is one of them. it could fall on his doorstep and will boil down to what is in the investigation? what s in the report? and whether it is criminal charges. when mercedes invokes the name of michael flynn facing charges of lying to the fbi. our producers looked at least 17 fbi personnel have been fired in recent years for lack of candor and were not officially under oath. just in some employee setting they were lacking candor. they made a false statement. my question d michael flin was charged for making a falls statement to the fbi. to the opr.
boils down to let s take a look at the report. what is within that report? if it is sufficient to launch criminal charges and academic. it is 101 percentagery. . you mention quickly michael flynn lying to the fbi. and manforecharges all of that. still no evidence of collusion. no, no collusion. the house said it. even the prosecutions, even the indictments that muller has had so far. 13 russians that tried to interfere with the election on both sides. the democratic and the republican. and the muller was very clear. rod rose s team is very clear it had no impact on the election at all. it had nothing to do with donald trump. bernie, mercedes, jesse, katrinaa thank you for joining us. if you have not gotten enough of this breaking story. i have to get sleep 6:00 am