and wondering how much job security you have when your boss is saying this on twitter. do we have that? there we go. i don t know what report current director of the fbi christopher wray was reading, but it sure wasn t the one given to me. with that kind of attitude, will he never be able to fix the fbi, which is badly broken, despite having some of the greatest men and women working there. he called the fbi scum tonight at his rally. how does it feel these ways to be an fbi veteran? brian, this has moved way beyond morale as an issue. we re now looking at a threat to the independence and neutrality of the fbi. it s essential for the fbi to remain independent of pressure and political influence. but in the last 24 hours, all we ve seen is pressure and political influence and led by who? the attorney general of the united states rejecting his own inspector general s report.
oh, yeah, i think it was definitely appropriate because i think it was necessary to avoid public confusion. john durham is a u.s. attorney, serving in connecticut. he was hand selected by that man, ag barr, to investigate the origins of this russia investigation over and above the doj s own internal inspector general report, which we ve been talking about, because it was issued yesterday. but durham took the unusual step of releasing a statement, reacting to the ig report while he s in the midst of his own work on the same thing. his statement read, in part, and we quote, based on the evidence collected to date and while our investigation is ongoing, last month we advised the inspector general that we do not agree with some of the report s conclusions as to predication and how the fbi case was opened. that, right there, is not done.
paul butler, is the attorney general, to coin a phrase, muellering the inspector general report? what he did by setting public opinion into the fermament, knowing the mueller report was voluminous. he has now put out this predefinition of the ig report, even though the author will be appearing at a senate hearing tomorrow. it s the ag s words that got circulation because they were delivered over the mainstream media today. attorney general barr is the attorney general of president trump s dreams. he s a fixer. he represents the interests not of the united states, but of donald trump. when the attorney general descents from an inspector general report he or she is supposed to write a letter that becomes a formal part of the report that states the objections. that s not what the attorney
chris wray, the fbi director, said in defending the criticism that the ig leveled really came in with against them. it is an affront to these people who are professionals, who work with rigor and care and lots and lots of unpaid hours. it s an insult to call them that. the facts that come out don t match with what the administration wants to hear. mike, outline for our viewers what trump and bar are distorting about what the inspector general actually said. barr is taking on the issue of whether the fbi cleared the threshold to open up such an important investigation. and barr is saying the fbi, in his view, should have needed
political influence and led by who? the attorney general of the united states rejecting his own inspector general s report. paul butler, is the attorney general, to coin a phrase, muellering the inspector general report? what he did by setting public opinion into the fermament, knowing the mueller report was voluminous. he has now put out this predefinition of the ig report, even though the author will be appearing at a senate hearing tomorrow. it s the ag s words that got circulation because they were delivered over the mainstream media today. attorney general barr is the attorney general of president trump s dreams. he s a fixer. he represents the interests not of the united states, but of donald trump. when the attorney general descents from an inspector general report he or she is