it s all an inexplicable comedy of errors. you mentioned bill barr and jeff sessions saying we don t remember this. i spoke to barbara mcquade yesterday and she as you said backed that up saying listen, you can t get things like this happening without an attorney general involved. or without the attorney general involved. but the two questions that ali asked are so incredibly important as she was reporting. and those questions were how it happened and who okayed it. are these things that the investigation can drill down on? yeah, so that s exactly right. again, depending on what the it is. some kind of happenstance acquisition of their data or an actual targeting. the oig investigation can somewhat. here s what it can t do. it can t go after former
department s probe will run parallel to this. what is the i.g. looking for, and how this have, would you say, different than the bureau s probe? kendis, i can tell you as a former i.g. and prosecutor, the fbi probe essentially will be aimed at what happened. how did epstein die. is there any evidence of foul play. whereaser the oig investigation will be aimed more at looking at the policies and procedures that govern the custody of prisoners like epstein. whether blp followed or did not follow those procedures. that investigation, the oig investigation, is likely to take longer. and be probably more illuminating in terms of any deviations or violations of policy that may have led to or enabled this to happen. yeah. katie, in the meantime, you
men and women in uniform tasked with handling this flow and there is corrective action that needs to be taken, according to this report and dhs officials are recognizing the findings in this oig investigation. the system is simply not prepared for what is going on down there at every level. it s really important to keep shining the light on it. thanks for bringing us that exclusive, and up next the attorney general is defending his reputation and considering his legacy. are you at the end of your career? i m at end. your career. it s the reputation you ve worked your whole life on. everyone dies and i m not i don t believe in the idea that immoral at all comes by having something owned by you over the centuries.
investigated we need all the fact to come out. we need the victims to get essentially their de facto day in court and we need to make shower to hold alex acosta accountable, and if that leads to his resignation that s exactly what should happen. you re not calling for him to resign right now. i want to make sure that this oig investigation is made a priority, taken up immediately, and i want to work with senator sasse to ensure that that happens and we get answers as soon as possible because, you know, what i don t want to have happen is we immediately default to resignation and then all of this gets swept under the rug and the girls who were victims here never actually get any justice. okay. stay in touch with us because we ve been covering the story as soon as the miami herald broke chain credibly powerful story. congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz of florida. new details from court files dropping tomorrow about the president s former fixer and former campaign chair so
justice inspector general will look into any alleged abuses by the fbi on fisa warrant applications. and joining me now to weigh in, former justice official, thank you for joining us. i want your reaction, a special counselor no? i don t think so, inspector general horowitz is already investigating this and the u.s. attorney from utah has been appointed i understand since last summer, since last july, to oversee it and you just need a special counsel when special counsel can t investigate itself. i don t see why senior officials in this administration couldn t make the appropriate call on ex-employees and people from the obama administration. elizabeth: there was a thought that they would find abuses and agree or disagree. the reason i m asking, then what? i think he could. and interestingly, none of this investigation is leaked.